>   I believe that (former) Dartmouth coach Brian Mason was right in saying
>that Dartmouth cannot expect to maintain its strict admissions policies and
>have a winning hockey team - they are mutually exclusive.
>
>                                  - Bob
 
It would be really sad if this were really the case.  The Dartmouth
Cross-Country team has been one of the top 10 teams in division I for
years now (and at this level, it's _not_ a wuss sport...we're talking
100-110 miles/week and all the other associated scheduling problems of
a division I scholar-athlete...).  Dartmouth has become a place where
"smart" students (however that is defined...) who are also good runners
_want_ to go.  The challenge is to turn it into a place where "smart" hockey
players want to go (unless you're suggesting there is no such thing,
which I can't imagine you'd do because you would open yourself up for
some terrible flames...)
 
-Doug