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Freshman intramural athletics begin tomorrow with a former varsity football manager as the Yardlings contact between the freshman manager and Intramural Director Adolph W. Sawborski '25. The new liaison is Charile Bingham '55, who, in addition to his proctorial duties, will act as special freshman intramural supervisor...
...Soldiers Field, Athletic Director William Bingham was busy denying the Carnegle Report on Intercollegiate Athletics, which claimed that Crimson athletes had a share in concession profits. The football team, meanwhile, was busy edging Yale, 10-6, and football fans had again stolen the Elis' fence, the tra- ditional background for Yale's Captain pictures. It was later mysteriously returned...
Other changes were also in the offing, but these concerned Harvard's athletic plant, the Stadium and the proposed Indoor Athletic Building in particular. Athletic Director Bingham suggested enlarging the Stadium to a seating capacity of 80,000. Wooden stands containing room for 22,000 had been erected annually but were now termed a fire hazard and had to be removed...
...Bingham wanted to replace them with a larger concrete addition to accommodate the alumni and the increased size of the undergraduate body. But opinion was sharply divided: many were afraid that a larger Stadium would mean professionalize football, while many thought it was the duty of the College to seat the alumni. The Overseers proposed a compromise...
...January, an unknown alumnus subscribed $100,000 toward an indoor swimming pool, a project that interested Bingham far more than a litte, and the H.A.A. started action that would culminate in the present I.A.B. Harvard knew so little about indoor pools, however, that questionnaires were sent to several colleges inquiring as to how one went about building and running...