04-11-2015, 10:50 PM
Mr. Mustard
You are in (at least) a minority of two. Stanford has, and always will attract an incredible diversity of young human beings, with an amazing array of talents. To try to quantify the collective accomplishments of those whose talents are in the very small segment of human capabilities called "athletics"is a folly. All but an extremely few athletes who are Stanford people make their living based on their campus avocation. The vast majority of our athletes benefit from the" mens sana, sano corpore" meme as well as the "4 and 40" one. That's enough for me.
You are in (at least) a minority of two. Stanford has, and always will attract an incredible diversity of young human beings, with an amazing array of talents. To try to quantify the collective accomplishments of those whose talents are in the very small segment of human capabilities called "athletics"is a folly. All but an extremely few athletes who are Stanford people make their living based on their campus avocation. The vast majority of our athletes benefit from the" mens sana, sano corpore" meme as well as the "4 and 40" one. That's enough for me.
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George Box