25 Athletes Dropped For Below-Par Marks

Mid-year grades have flunked or declared ineligible 25 athletes at major colleges and universities throughout the country.

This action is in compliance with a ruling made this fall by the National Collegiate Athletic Association requiring athletes to "make satisfactory progress toward a degree."

In the past, colleges have been inclined to keep the news of an athlete's failure quiet, but following the athletic scandals of last year, institutions have been careful to give any failures plenty of publicity.

At the moment, Brown is leading in this department with five varsity players in academic difficulties. Edward Sexton, center and captain-elect of the football team, has been dropped from the college along with two varsity hockey players. Two others were declared ineligible.

Notre Dame, which requires athletes to maintain higher averages than other students, dropped three basketball players from the squad just five hours before an important game with Kentucky. At Notre Dame students must keep their grades above the pasing mark of 70, but these participating in extra-curricular activities must maintain an average of 77.

The University of Pennsylvania announced yesterday that two of its football players had been dropped.