The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-21
TO BEAT HARVARD.

'Tis a study in human nature, why one deeply but secretly desires to beat one's dearest antagonist at his own game He takes a beating at his hands with the kindliest philosophy, and instead of nursing his wounds and getting angry over them, he smiles as only an affectionate enemy can smile and says to himself: "Drat 1t, he got the best of me. All right let him look to himself next time I'll do him"
 At heart Yale would rather beat ! Harvard on the grldiron-as she will | to-day--on the river, on the diamond, or on any other field of mutual en- deavor, athletic or intellectual, than be given the championship over all other colleges in these many states of North America. II is not so much question of being indifferent to vlc- tory, as victories go, as it is a question Of growing taller as a consequence of licking an antagonist whom Yale knows is worthy of her steel. Yale admires the pluck and staying quali- ties of Princeton. Someway Prince tons gameness reminds Yale of her self, and yet If the truth be told. a friendly sympathy goes out to the striped tiger when the bulldog suc- cessfully snaps at her legs and gets a grip on them When tho bulldog whets his appetite at the sight of richly flowing crimson blood and laps 1t up with feverlsh thirst, a complete satisfaction sets in and there springs up a new realization of the intelligent way in which Yale works her wonders to perform. Somewhere in this world of contradictory emotions and pas Q sions--somewhere, God knows where -there sits In a loneliness bred of hopeless self-confesslon and conceit somebody who, until he tries to think logically and convincingly, thinks he thinks the pleasant problem out. The solution pleases and satisfies him until there is borne in upon him, over a wire which measures his distance from the clash of battle, the news that Harvard has beaten Yale. Then that curious phase of human nature, which is most alert when animated by a scratch of the pointed pin, asserts It. self and one hears as the echo of ones own past: 'Drat 1t, he got the best of me. All right let him look to him self next time. I'll do him"
 Yale welcomes Harvard to New Ha- ven to-day--to eat her up If her teeth are sharp enough but to bite and bite hard anyway, just to prove that oc- caslonal defeats do not permanently dull Yale teeth. Yale folk will enjoy as no other folk can better enjoy the spectacle Of the moving crowd, as 1t winds It's way from prosaic railroad station to human field of strife, illus tratng It's vivid partisanship by the colors 1t waves aoft--now the blue, which carries to the Yale heart the prophecy of approaching victory now the crimson. which touches the proph- ecy of local confidence with the chilling blast of sub-conscious appre- henson. II Is all beautiful neverthe- less Back of the wearers of the blue and loyal hearts; hearts which beat true to the martial music of youthful hopes and aspirations; hearts which throb violently with swiftly running mixture of blood, which spells Amerl. can manhood before 1t spells colol and local prejudice; hearts depend. ence upon the trustworthlness Of which means the manufacture at New Haven and at Cambridge of the kint of men, whose services must more and more. if our free institutions arr to endure, he devoted to not onl, their preservation but their develop ment.
 Welcome then Cambridge 10 Eep Haven--HaVard to Yale, Make tn most of us. Beat US lf you can--thel look out for the next bout But what ever you do, or whatever Is done t' you let the realization sink deep int your soul, that the two oldest insti tutons of learning in America owe to themselves to sot the pace for al institutions of learning athletic vic tories aside-in ell things which mak for a scntleman's agreement in hon orablc battle Cal the game, Mr. Ref cree.