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William J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, will report tomorrow to the first Service Command for duty as a Major in the Internal Security Division, although he will be available here for the next few weeks. He has been granted a leave of absence for the duration by the University, and no successor will be named...
...With Bingham away, Carroll F. Getchell will handle the business problems of the H.A.A., while Norman Fradd will have charge of the conditioning program. A new head of the Athletic Council, probably Dean Hanford, will be chosen at its meeting December...
...Bingham emphasized that his departure is no indication of future athletic policy. "Harvard will continue its sports schedules as long as we have students and are permitted to travel," he stated...
...commission represents a step upward from Bingham's post in the last war, which he finished as a captain in the transport corps. He had served with the French Army as a member of the American Field Service from June to October, 1917, when he enlisted in the American forces as a private. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant Novem- ber 15 and a Captain in July, 1918. During the fighting of October 6-20, 1918 he won the Croix de Guerre for bravery. He returned to this country in April...
...Bingham, however, said that the future was so uncertain that the H.A.A. would make no such plans at the present time. While he admitted that it would probably be necessary to give up the College's present program eventually, he said that he was not interested in intra-city games until that time...