The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07
TO MAKE HARVARD WIN.
SYMPOSIUM or FAMoUS GRADUATE
,rnLETEs oN HARTARD's Attn
LETTC REGENERATION.

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M.- d. All walks s-a Conditions OF Life
Views OF Col B.-eroft sst Other Great
Harvard Ne. sftbs Psst-Ali are Hopefui
How often during the past nine years have
these words been seen IN the daily pspers'
Harvard loses" OF Yale winsW
There was a time when Harvard won but Tor
the past few years. when the opportunities have
becn better than ever before, defeat has been
the rule rather than the exception. Each year the
teams have gone In again, and just as oiten the
.,ud.n,. have aiyen their loyal support 10 the
t..,n and after the Waterloo their sympathy to
the contestants and their excuses TO the outside
world.
During the present year slight change of
..,,iment has been evident II was first seen In
IsDI. The unvarranted defeats since then
osr.ed 10 grow up in Cambridge q spirit OF
ovnicie,p A disbelief that her athletes could win,
. tendency 10 give the teams q half-hearted sup
mort Not that loyalty has gone. 1t seems TO be
tho characteristic of the university that who
ever enters Il becomes q" Harvard man" In
every sense Of the term, and remains so In pros
pcrity or adversely; but q hopelessness has be-
come apparent among the great body Of students,
q encouragement which cannot but have its
effect on athletics. and that at . time when en-
enlargement and support are needed more than
ever before.
Last commencement day group Of seniors or
rather graduates, for they had Just taken their
degrees. stood talking in the college yard. Most
Of them were varsity athletes, and all were
snarers In the disheartened feeling which was
made stronger by the defeat Of the ball nine by
Yale only the day before and the prospect of
the defeat Of the crew which they felt was suro
70 come two days later. Ono Of these men who
has often helped stop tho rush of Yale half
backs through the centre Of Harvard's line, in
the course of HIS remarks, made the statement
that rather than have Harvard athletics 60 on
in their present state he would prefer to call q
mass meeting Of tho whole university, discuss
the question, hear the pet theories Of any one
and every one In regard 70 remedies for defeat,
and abide by the decision Of the meeting as to
which was the best remedy, even though seven
sighths OF tho voters had no experience what
ever In sports.
To the surprise Of some OF the more conserva-
tive present. almost all agreed with him. and
several went so far as to exhort tho speaker TO
call a meeting for such purpose soon as
college opened again.
What the older graduates prominent in ath-
letics think the cause of Harvard's Door sue
cess and what their ideas of mass meetings was
thon unknown. For that reason the views of
many Of them have been obtained. Those
which follow form . good epitome Of the views
of the more mature graduates in regard to
First, the cause Of failure In athletics and tho
remedy. and
Second. mass meetings at which any one can