Word: bingham
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With something of the air of a farmer hoping for rain, H.A.A. Director William J. Bingham '16 dreams about football crowds and probably counts turnstiles in his sleep. Yesterday he was cornered in the sanctity of his office in the Union rotunda. Less than 100 feet away, ruthless undergraduates were paying $15.00 for participation tickets and heaping great oaths on the Harvard Athletic, Association. Questioned about finances, Bingham smiled the sad, wise smile of the afflicted and said, "This year we will spend about $700,000 gross. Of this, $100,000 will come from the sale of athletic participation tickets...
...Travel is terrific this year," Bingham explained. "We used to get round trips for a fare and a tenth, but, the railroads don't care what they charge now and we have to pay regular rates." He said salaries for all coaches run under $100,000, and that, contrary to popular opinion, the third-string quarterback does not make more than a full professor. No coach's salary, in fact, exceeds that of a professor. Laundry bills run high, especially for towels, the players always want more to eat, calling for steak when they get roast beef, and incidentals cost...
Wheels of the H. A. A. are expected to grind more rapidly today as ticket-line officials put into effect four Student Council suggestions submitted yesterday to William J. Bingham '14, director of athletics...
Patrick D. Dailey '50, Council member handling relations with the H. A. A. disclosed yesterday that he had talked with Bingham, has told him of the numerous student complaints received, and obtained assurance that the Council's suggestions would go into effect today...
...lively picture of hell's-fire-and-brimstone religion with contrived hillbilly dialogue ("Hit's a rite purty night, ant it,' Homer said, laying the paddle across the boat. 'God, he don't like a lot of rumpus, else why's it so quite out here.") Similarly, Robert K. Bingham's "Faux Pas" proceeds from an ingenious episode idea to pretty dubious execution of it. The infiltrating touches of amateurism would not jar if the top-level did not loom so very near...