Word: raver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What you have to do is learn definitions. You have to realign your whole frame of football reference. The shock of this readjustment has been too much for some; University psychiatrists still talk about Edgar O. Raver '62, who came to the Health Service one Monday morning last fall in an absolute frenzy, screaming, "First and goal on the one and they didn't make it! THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT! How can they not make it? I can't believe it. I CAN'T BELIEVE...
Clearly, this boy had had his expectation cycle quickened by years of following New Trier High School games, and could not bring his accelerated expectations into focus with a new reality. With plenty of care and a season ticket to this year's Boston Patriot home games, Raver was given a new lease on life. His progress has been slow but steady, and he will someday be a useful citizen...