Ivy League

[Erik P Conard]

When Kingman Brewster initiated his two-tier system of getting
diverse types into Yale, the dummy forgot one thing...after these
less-than-gifted types got there...they could not pass the tests.
So, he put it in crawdad gear. One of my high school classmates
who rode a John Deere A in the '50s recently retired a full prof. at
Yale and the stories he tells...would curl your hair.
And I had the stupid notion of flunkin' a football player at the U of
OK. Damned near cost me my PhD....I dummied up for a first time,
got my PhD and got the hell out.
At CU (Colorado) they are shocked...shocked...to learn that there is actually sex, drugs, booze...girls...used to entice potential jocks
to come to CU! Forsooth!
Alums do not give a rat's ass how you put together a team, just
WIN...WIN...at all costs. To blow the whistle is to end a career...
yours.
So, it is kinda fun to embrace one's fraters and to mingle with the
greeks...in a milieu much more comfortable.
Again, I harp...ever see the composites of the so-called co-ed fraternities? Ugly...ugly...look it up...likely will have a photo of a
New Hampshire collegian...politically correct, and one who would
not be caught dead buying my act....LOL...We must, dear reader,
attempt to maintain a sense of humor...so please humor me and
Tom Earp....we will continue to try to be clever....try....well, er.....