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...letter to the CRIMSON, written while the team was in Philadelphia for the game with Penn, stated ". . . a new varsity club is necessary both by reason of need and Mr. Burr's interest in the project. We feel that the need for other projects does not depreciate the need for the new building...
...building will spoil the esthetic effect of the Lowell House tower, others consider a new Varsity Club detrimental to the spirit of the House plan. But the only reason which the Corporation saw fit to offer for its decision was that it had a "moral obligation" to Allston Burr '89, and it is this which has served as the center of the controversy. Once you decide the "moral obligation" does not exist, then you can spend Burr's donation, which amounts to over one million dollars, on a hockey rink, a theater, scholarships, or whatever. But including "hockey rink...
Indeed, the University does have an obligation to fulfill. Burr had been trying since 1930 to build a new Varsity Club and the Administration stalled him; his last attempt came just after the war, and Burr died shortly after that. He left his money unrestricted because he believed that was the proper procedure, but the fact that a Varsity Club was the only way in which Burr wanted to invest his money cannot be overlooked...
Once it is established that we're going to have the Club--right smack on Mt. Auburn Street--there is a basis on which its construction can be justified. Just after the present Varsity Club was built (by Burr, in 1912), Harvard experienced an upsurge in intercollegiate athletics, and the new Club is being built with this in mind. It will serve to focalize interest in College athletics, as a place where alumni can meet players, where visiting teams collegiate and scholastic--can be entertained. It will increase interest in Harvard sports to a point where further-donations, enough...
...suggest that the $250,000 from the Burr estate be spent in subsidies for football players. The increased receipts of a successful football team would pay for ten varsity clubs and leave enough left over for the devotees of a new theatre or an "activities center" as well. George Sommaripa, Jr. '51 David Bird...