Extracurriculum

In their extracurriculums the outstanding schools are distinguished by the following practices:

A theme of rugged individualism on the part of college students running their own extracurricula pervades the period before the NCAA was born.

First there was the era of the church-dominated college with its unity of curriculum and extracurriculum, with its cohesive, self-contained life.

Because the extracurriculum was outside of the official curriculum, it was also outside of the control of faculty and college officials, who often found themselves in serious conflicts with students.