Word: stadiumitis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Predicting a stadium sellout is not so simple a process as H.A.A. critics suppose, William J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, asserted yesterday in answer to the storm of protests that have flooded his office since Tuesday's announcement that undergraduates and graduates alike would be limited to two tickets per application...
...since 1931, Bingham pointed out, has a Harvard-Yale contest overflowed stadium capacity. In those days, applications were never accepted for more than a pair of ducats, and applicants were required to agree to use one of the admissions for themselves...
Answering these attacks, the head of the football rules committee asked whether the Harvard-Princeton, Harvard-Holy Cross, and Harvard - Dartmouth games did not rank as "major" contests. Palmer Stadium was less than half filled, he declared, and there were 23,000 vacant seats when the Crimson met Holy Cross...
Audience participation against the Elis will be whipped to the zenith pitch with the largest pre-game rally and march of the year headed by the University band on Friday and the first Stadium flash card display ever staged in the Soldiers Field stands between the halves of the clash...
Flash cards, he said, will be distributed in the Stadium behind the benches in sections 35 and 36 before the game Saturday. To insure the success of the flash display, he cautioned, occupants of these sections should not move their cards until told to do so or leave their seats between halves...