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THE MAIL

(Ed Note--The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions, at the request of the writer, will names be withheld. Only letters under 400 words can be printed because of space limitations.

To the Editor of the Crimson,

I have read with much interest Bingham's denial of the statement that the H.A.A. has ever paid the tutoring bills of any Harvard athlete and have not the slightest doubt that such is the truth of the matter However, will the H.A.A. deny that there have been arrangements made with the tutoring schools whereby any member of a team who is worried about his oncoming exams may get tutoring at no cost to himself? Of course, this is done only in the case of impecunious students. I have knowledge where such was the case with two of my classmates, and the tutoring that they received would never have been had, were they not on an athletic team.

Moreover, why are such a large proportion of those men living at the Varsity Club always good athletes? Why is t that in the autumn the waiters at the Varsity Club are football men and in the spring crew candidates?

I have no quarrel with the H.A.A. policy and believe that the players ought to get more of a break than they do, but why the devil deny that athletics, especially football, have gone "big time" or at least attempted to at Harvard? Your truly, H. M. Fuller, '36

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