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It’s one of the highlights on the Harvard Athletic Department’s website. Posters advertising the event claim vast areas of House bulletin boards.
"Therefore the graduates do not have to bring to bear on the undergraduate the constant pressure for championship teams that is one of the results of alumni loyalty in this country. And (this want especially to emphasize) if the loliaty of college students in American ceases to express itself in...
Meanwhile, it seems, the Ivy Athletic Directors will be off debating ways to improve the level of academics in Ivy League classrooms.
In fact, in reading through the two official statements from the last two years’ meetings, I found only one paragraph discussing athletic achievement. It was a brief mention of the Rhodes Scholars and Academic All-Americans that the Ivy League had produced.
At the time, Wetzel couldn’t seek advice from Fish—a player must gain release from his athletic program before talking to others—but he talked extensively to Crimson players, gleaning as much information as he could about the university.