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A letter from William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, to President Seymour of Yale, apologizing for the skit put on on between the halves of the Yale game, is being made public in tomorrow's issue of the Alumni Bulletin.
The skit was a satire of President Conant and President Seymour's views on the war and world affairs. The letter to Seymour was as follows:
"I wish to apologize for the unforiunate and unauthorized demonstration by the two Harvard students in the Yale Bowl last Saturday.
"In the past, stunts have occasionally been put on by the Harvard cheerleaders at the football games, and they have always been approved in advance by my assistant, who is also our public relations officer. The demonstration last Saturday was not conducted by the cheerleaders nor was it authorized. I was with the football team between the halves and did not know about the incident until after the game, when our cheerleaders made it a point to search me out to assure me that what had happened was none of their business.
"However much any group of undergraduates may disagree with the opinion of the President of this University, there should prevail an ordinary regard for the institutions and their representatives, and I deeply regret that such an unpleasant incident occurred when we were your guests last Saturday."
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