The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-17
pRINCETON'S POSITION.
The undergraduate Rule" From a
Tiger SiandpOiut-"Old Mas
sau" VIII Break 1t.

TRENTON, Oct. II, 1898 .-WiIn the zeal"
GUS eye that usually accompanies self
interest, the lover of football Is watching
rule'' problem. Today all are askiu G
Will the rule which was not repealed at
the last intercollegiate meeting stand, or
Will 1t D-eak up The IutercollesiaIe
Association? What is the attitude Of
Princeton In the matter?
With tae rise of the intercollegiate
athletics which has been SO marked and
rapid, came the necessary increa 'e in
competition, and its attendant evils OF
transferred allegiance. etc. Then came
the cry of Harvard against protest. lnal-
ism. Tue result OF all this controversy
was the present "undergraduate rule"
presented by Yale at the intercollegiate
meeting last fall. 1t was impossible at
that time to formulate q rule which
would meet with the approval
of all the colleges connected
with The association. SO the present
rule WAS passed with the distinct under
standing tina. 1t should 60 into effect this
fall with notifications watch were to
be agreed upon later. When this rule
was passed it met with the ~disapproval OF
the public in general an the studeno
body OF the colleges concerned. I5 Was
recognized as unfair to some OF the col
leges and unfair to many men VINO are
bonaf1de students.
princeton takes practically the same
stand Today that sac did when the rule
WAS passed. she is in favor OF a rule
which will keep college athletics pure.
Princeton is decidedly in favor Of rul.
ing that u man shall only play four or
i've years on college teams, be it In Que
t~collexs or more thau one. Having tried
o max it clear that Princeton is heart
iiy In favor Of legislation that will purify
college athle tics. aud that she mali tains
the same atti tud that she did when the
Undergraduates rulen was passed. it Is
time to pass on to the consideration Of
the rule itself ana the effect II will nave
on Princeton athletics this year. AL
though Princeton has asserted herself III
favor OF reform under the assumption
that I he great colleges n universities
of tue Ian are in favor of such refur.n,
she Is not foolish enough to think That
alone she can accomplish this work. The
time comes for notifications OF tie rules
as promis ed, which notifications are
stands as the only college which the
"UndergIaduare rule" VIII pro baby
affect materially. Pennsylvania can
Withdraw from the association and still
have her game with Harvard. aud 1t is
hardly likely that Yale viii refuse a game
with ner. whether she breaks With the
association or not. and Princeton will
play her in either case. Yale agrees TO
play Harvard without u word over the
Undergraduate rule"
Now comes the question Of Yale and
Princeton. Princeton realized ouly too
well her position. She WAS willing TO
sacrifice something for the protection of
col lege athletics, aud no college which
ha y any reputation to sustain could more
lily afford to cut of any or it's students
from its athletic competitions than
Princeton; she needs every man shs
has. But now when the Tight TOR
purity in college athletics has been m ,ds
and lost, or at least dis greed upon, does
Yale expect that Princeton will fight
under The tattered banner that remain
of that conflict just because Yale chooses
to do SO? Ii even Yale pretended that
the fight were a matter of principle 1t
might be differ snt; but no, she places it
entirely upon a matter of time. Her
undergraduate body Is not invited to
assert itself this fall; ths affair Is left in
the hands of the management. They
say Yale will stand by the rule
until January l with no advics
as to what will be doue then.
Yale broke the law last spring
when she played Kedzie aud Greenway,
or at least the SPIRIT of the law, and as
long as there is no longer any principle
at stake Princeton will not feel herself
obliged to hold to a law that is now use
less as well as different from what was
distinctly understood would be passed
this fall.
There is no Ill feeling between Yale
and Princeton in the matter. for there is
the general feeling that Yale thinks it
better to allow the rule to remain tacitly
imperative rather than vote TO repeal u
measure which she mad brought forth,