Pusey Gives Approval To Ivy Football League

President Pusey said yesterday he would be "predisposed in favor" of a strong Ivy Football League.

"I can't say anything definite about an Ivy League yet," Pusey said in an interview with the CRIMSON, "but from my past experience at Lawrence College, I've found that groups of colleges having much in common usually enjoy and profit by playing each other in league competition. We thought our league at Lawrence was ideal," the President continued.

Pusey indicated that he was making a careful study of the proposed tight Ivy Football League plan now in the tentative stages. He did not, however, expect to reach any definite conclusions for several more weeks on the type of league, if any, Harvard should join.

In addition to Pusey, several other Ivy college presidents, including Harold C. Dodds of Princeton, have indicated interest in creating an official Ivy League in the past.

Ground Work

The presidents of the Ivy Colleges will meet in mid-December and are expected to consider the problem of an organized league at that time.

The groundwork for the new proposed league has been completed by the coaches and athletic director of the eight schools. A tentative plan shaped by this group will be presented for consideration at the presidents' meeting.

Under this plan, it is suggested that each Ivy school play the seven other member teams each year, probably beginning with the 1954 season. It is further suggested that the strong League set-up might be profitably extended to most other sports.

The attempt to strengthen the league is the second such move in the last two years. In February of 1952 the presidents of the eight colleges passed a resolution calling for every school to play each other Ivy member at least once every five years, starting with the fall of 1953.