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...HAA will continue to finance the University's extensive athletic operations on approximately the same curtailed budget that was adopted by the Administration last year, Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletics, said yesterday...
...imbalance that frequently characterizes the financial decisions of the Harvard Athletic Association reached a highpoint in the HAA's treatment of the rugby team last Saturday...
Such sports as lacrosse, sailing, skiing and golf, styled "minor sports" by the HAA, receive no financial support from the College, other than scattered coaching or equipment. Some, such as skiing, have been surprised that this year, with new resources to be devoted to sports under the Program, their modest subsidies were suddenly ended. To most of these sports a grant of a few hundred dollars would be of major importance. All of them could survive all year on what it costs to fly a "major" team to a couple of away games...
...case of the rugby team, which averages better home attendance than the varsity baseball team, the HAA grants no subsidy whatever and seals off other sources by not permitting team members to pass the hat among the crowd. But the coup de grace came Saturday when the HAA charged admittance to the rugby game. Although it collected admission for both the baseball and rugby contests on Soldiers Field, only one of these sports benefits from an HAA subsidy...
...HAA cannot excuse itself by claiming that the entrance fee was really intended for the nearby baseball game. To do so acknowledges the principle it here denies, that of not charging admission without granting support. If a sport such as rugby is denied College financial support, whether on grounds of limited importance or University-wide participation, it should not be exploited as a source of revenue...