Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then there is the problem of Pennsylvania, Bingham is entitled to his opinion that Penn subsidizes football by scholarships, and I am not sure he is wrong; but it was a poor idea to bring this up now. For one thing, Harvard has not played Penn since 1942, so why bother discussing it at all? For another, Bingham should have realized that even if he was speaking as a private individual his position as head of the HAA implies that this is the official University opinion on Pennsylvania...
Perhaps the most damaging repercussion of all will be the sheer volume of people antagonized by the Bingham statement. Harold Stassen and the University of Pennsylvania are answering the alledged slur on their athletic purity. The Yale A. A. released a calm but firm reply to the statement that the Big Three contests didn't mean much any more. No doubt, Princeton, as the holder of the last three titles, will also take umbrage at this charge from the Big Three's cellar-dweller. Perhaps the rest of the Ivy League is perturbed by the fact that Harvard has announced...
...there were repercussions from other Ivy colleges yesterday. President Harold E. Stassen of Pennsylvania, in Boston for two meetings yesterday, denounced any implication that Penn's State Scholarships were awarded for athletic ability. He offered to discuss the matter with President Conant, if necessary, to reach an agreement...
Other parts of the interview, which was sent over the AP national wire at 5:45 p.m. yesterday, quoted Bingham on the current football situation in the Ivy League. He was reported as saying that in the Ivy League Harvard was cutting out Pennsylvania--"We cannot compete against their State scholarships...
...Harvard has not played Pennsylvania since 1942, when the series between the college was suspended without any policy statement...