Word: problems
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Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen, said the program will train groups of interested sophomores to make presentations to members of the fresman class at the beginning of each school year. The presentations will aim at making students more aware that there is a crime problem in Cambridge and explain safety measures...
...tragedy emerges as the Harvard program drifts toward the mythical status of all-powerful, while athletes in Cambridge are constantly churned up by contradictory forces. The problem can be seen most clearly in the women's sports program here, which has bounded to great heights in the past four years...
Just how high-powered should a coach be? That seems to be a central problem. Paul Moses, a successful women's squash coach who left last year when his contract was not renewed, was a victim of this indecision. Some of his players complained about his intensity, while others were berating an acquiescence to academic loads. He could satisfy no one, so he left Harvard--or it left him. Stephanie Walsh, the women's swim coach who leaves this year after four seasons, has faced many of the same problems. Speak to any random handful of Harvard women swimmers...
...problem of sports at Harvard--not unlike these other woes--hurts people, Harvard people, as it rages on. There is a great need, in this idealistic academic community, to recognize the drastic limitations an education-oriented school inherently places upon an athletic program...
...12th century, you could have 50 to 100 scribes take care of all the business of the Court of Chancery in England. Only in the 20th century have we had the notion that everyone needs to be able to do it. Until now we have not really faced the problem of how to pass on writing by means other than one-to-one apprenticeship...