Word: harvarder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admissions office and the scholarship office and the Provost's office knew that a good Harvard showing in the Stanford game would boost our stock immeasurably on the Coast. They added their blessing to the expedition. But they now feel that the loss in that game has cost us years of quiet propagandizing...
...Football-Harvard...
Football can certainly do a lot for public relations--in fact, the football team in the fall and Valpey in the winter are Harvard's two biggest ambassadors. But football cannot do much for public relations unless we either win or make an excellent losing showing...
...Administration also likes football for its money value. This one sport supports virtually all the others, varsity and intramurals alike, and keeps Harvard's fine "athletics for all" program alive. Without gate receipts at the Stadium, there would be no money to pay for wherries and shells or for squash and tennis courts. Therefore, the people who have to sign checks for upkeep and replacements on Harvard's colossal athletic plant want big names in the Stadium, for big names mean big crowds. There is one flaw in this line of reasoning, however: big name opponents will not draw...
...football team is to fulfill these two functions it means that the players must put in a lot of time and effort which directly benefits Harvard University. But the University is not reciprocating. It is leaning over backwards not to reciprocate, on the apparent premise that any help at all would be subsidization...