Word: bingham
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first a supporter of Woodrow Wilson, he grew scornful of the President's caution, eventually warned his readers: "Beneath the veneering of scholarly polish lies the coiled serpent of unscrupulous ambition." After rich Judge Robert Worth Bingham bought the paper in 1918 and supported the League of Nations (". . . inevitably Woodrow Wilson would be caught by such a whimsy . . .") Marse Henry quit in disgust. He died a few years later...
...Judge Bingham, nominal editor of the Courier-Journal for ten years, doubled its circulation, upheld the national reputation that Colonel Watterson had given it. But he left the editorial page to Harrison Robertson, and in 1929 resigned the title to him. (Judge Bingham became Franklin Roosevelt's Ambassador to Great Britain, died in office two years ago.) Editor Robertson never worked for any other paper. He had been 60 years a member of the Courier-Journal staff when he died last fortnight...
William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, announced yesterday that a new Pocock eight oared shell has been given to the University by Robert F. Herrick '90, great benefactor of Harvard rowing...
Behind the Harvard band, the student throng marched to the field to hear speeches by Macdonald, Bill Bingham, Tack Hardwick, Dick Harlow, and manager John Atherton. All expressed the hope and the belief that Harvard would reach its turning-point as in the past two years with the Princeton game...
...short speeches over the public address system John M. Atherton '40, team manager, will introduce Bill Bingham, Director of the H.A.A.; Dick Harlow; Captain Torbie Macdonald; and Tack Hardwick; ardent alumnus and football enthusiast...