Word: binghams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sundry bits of news of interest were revealed by Mr. Bingham yesterday morning when he met representatives of the press in his offices at the Athletic Association to tell them about his four weeks tour up and down the Pacific coast. Tanned by his exposure to the sunshine of the western shores, Harvard's Athletic Director seemed pleased to return to his local responsibilities and share with his local associates the information gleaned from the various athletic directors whom he consulted...
...primary interest to Mr. Bingham and to the majority of those closely connected with Harvard athletic developments was a small incident which increases the shroud of mystery which envelopes the identity of Alumnus Aquaticus, alias Anonymous Aquaticus, munificent but unknown donor of the $350,000 which has made possible the construction of the University's first-class "swimmery" and indoor athletic plant. When Mr. Bingham reached Los Angeles an unsigned letter in hand-writing was delivered at his hotel room. The note merely stated that if he wished to get in touch with Mickey Riley (the noted Olympic diver whom...
During his visit at California, Mr. Bingham conferred with Bill Monahan, graduate manager at that institution, who informed him that California had its doubts about the value of intersectional football games owing to the expense and trouble involved in taking the long trips and the time which the players are taken away from their studies. Monahan stated that the Golden Bears had no plans for intersectional contests in the future and asked if Harvard would send a team out to the coast. Mr. Bingham replied that there wasn't the remotest chance of it. Harvard does not believe in intersectional...
Career: His father Hiram, descendant of Thomas Bingham, Connecticut settler of 1650, was a pioneer missionary in the Gilbert Islands. While Bingham Sr. pushed deep into the tropic wilderness to translate the Bible into heathen dialects, his son remained in Hawaiian schools. He was sent to the U. S. at 18, was graduated from Yale in 1898, returned to Hawaii to serve briefly as superintendent of Palama Chapel Mission, as chemist at Molokai for American Sugar Co. A year later he returned to the U. S., studied at the University of California, at Harvard. Equipped with a Harvard...
...arguments to obtain it. He made Eyanson a technical Senate employe, took him into a secret meeting of the Senate Finance Committee. Eyanson drew Senate pay, received but did not cash a $1,000 check from the Senator. For this the Senate voted a resolution of censure against Senator Bingham. His offense, in his critics' eyes, was his attempt to deceive Senators as to Eyanson's identity and connections. The moral appearance of the situation was worse than the basic facts. It was never proved that Eyanson's presence obtained any undue advantages for the Connecticut Manufacturers...