Word: harvarder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before the Administration undertakes further renovating of the plant, it should examine the purposes for which the building exist. A Council Report, giving the "Students' view" of Harvard education, received high praise from the Dean's Office last spring. The Administration would do well to ask the Council's advice--as it did for the Lamont Library--in putting the "students' view" into practice...
There are at least a score of available experience coaches and successful professional players, including some former Harvard players, such as Charley Buell, Charley Crowley, Eddie Maham and "Chuck" Peabody who could make good and restore Harvard football prestige, but unfortunately Valpey is not one of them. His plays were too complicated, caused too many fumbles, had no power plays, and failed lamentably in forward passing, and also in the fundamentals, particularly in blocking, interference and tackling. Obviously Valpey had too many trick plays instead of a few simple basically sound ones, well executed, and he failed to provide protection...
Director of Harvard Athletics...
...have had very little connection with Harvard football for a long time, and am reluctant, even now, to indulge my views by expressing them to you, and releasing them to the Press. I want you to know that I do not join in the criticism that you are being subjected to, both by Harvard graduates and the Press, as to your responsibility because of your having hired Arthur Valpey as head coach, and on account of the dismal failure of the 1949 season. I confess that I agreed with your selection of Valpey last year, and believed that, given time...
Valpey and his assistants should be retired immediately and at all costs, whether it means adjustment of the contract or not. You are not responsible for the coaching and its success. That responsibility rests with Mr. Valpey and his assistants. I have seen every Harvard-Yale game (with one exception during the war--1941) sine 1905. The Yale-Harvard game this year was the worst exhibition of football that I have ever seen by a Harvard team. The record of having lost all six of the "Ivy" football games speaks for itself...