Cornell University confirmed Wednesday it was waiving the requirement for those seniors graduating this fall and spring who had yet to complete the test. The move comes as colleges everywhere retool their operations amid the coronavirus outbreak.
In this Aug. 28, 1973, file photo, McGraw Hall stands on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University will not conduct its 115-year-old swim test this fall due to the pandemic.
The Ivy League school confirmed Wednesday it was waiving the requirement for those seniors graduating this fall and spring who had yet to complete the test. The move comes as colleges everywhere retool their operations amid the coronavirus outbreak. The test, designed to reduce the number of drownings, had been cancelled this past spring for the first time. The test is usually taken at student orientation and involves "a continuous 75-yard swim using front, back, and optional strokes," according to the school.Cornell adopted the swim test in 1905, following in the wake of military service academies. Former ROTC commandant Col.
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