Little Condemned for Views on Ivy Group

Two Ivy League athletic officials denounced Columbia coach Lou Little yesterday for his statement that four Ivy schools had substantially higher admission and academic standards for football players than the other members of the Group.

"In one class we have those teams whose academic requirements are high. In the other football 'class' we have teams from schools in which the academic requirements are practically nil," Little told the New York Football Writers Association.

Rolfe's Comment

"In the Ivy League, as example, the requirements are highest at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia," he explained.

Robert A. "Red" Rolfe, Director of Athletics at Dartmouth which Little did not include among "highest ranking schools," said "He has no business to make such a statement. I can't understand why he did it."

"If you're going to mention those colleges, you've got to mention Dartmouth," he continued. "We are living up to the rules of the Ivy Group and I don't know of any member that isn't. We certainly aren't proselyting."

"Little got himself into this. Let him get himself out," Rolfe concluded.

Robert J. Kane, Athletic Director at Cornell, joined Rolfe in rebuking Little. "I don't think Lou Little knows what he's talking about," Kane said.

"No comment at this time," said Brown's athletic director, Paul F. Mackesey.

Jordan Defends Little

Crimson coach Lloyd Jordan minimized Little's remarks, however. "As far as Harvard's general academic standards go, I think they are as high, if not higher, than any Ivy Group College. Still, you must remember no Group school makes special exemptions for its athletes, and I'm sure Lou wasn't trying to blacken anyone's reputation."

"Little's point was that at some schools football players can take courses they can't get into at Harvard," Jordan continued. "He was thinking of course catalogues at that kind of school."