The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-03
\ CRISIS AT HARVARD.

For the first time in many years there is prospect of spirit being formed at Harvard University among the undergraduates which may and should lead to a revival of the days when to be an athlete at that institu- tion and to indulge in intercollegiate sports was to make other universities and colleges sit mp and take notice Al last the undergraduate has notined the faculty that its attitude towards his social and athletic needs is not one 10 be borne patiently There Is touch of the old revolutionary spirit in his declaration: Taxation without repre- sentation will never he tolerated"
 It is the determination of the Har- yard faculty to decrease the number of Intercollegiate contests. President Eliot has for long time taken an un- friendly view of the value of these sports and has in consequence separat- cd himself farther and farther from the undergraduate world But now that it is seriously suggested that Har- yard shall live an increasingly exclu- sive life the college organ has found both it's pen and its voice and given notice that no such programme will be approved by the students The result has been that there is hot misun- derstanding between the faculty and the college press, in which the latter shows every determination to fight fire with fire Says the Harvard Crimson. the offending daily newspaper of that institution; Friction between instruc- tors and students is the last thing any of us cares to see. but if any friction has resulted the Crimson does not hold itself responsible. Tn upholding our right to engage in our full quota of intercollegiate contests we have mera- ly expressed the opinion of large majority of the undergraduates and incidentally our own. If the faculty is as anxious as the undergraduates to avoid trouble the students opinions must be considered. Important issues affecting their welfare and happiness. whether in athletics. dormitory prob lens, class segregation. or what you will must not be fought out over our heads Taxation without representa- ton will never be tolerated" In addi- ton the neryy editors of the Harvard Crimson warn the faculty that if trou- ble results from the controversy the faculty and not the undergraduates must he held responsible"
 As we have, already said, the spirit which this editorial attitude reflects means victories on land ard see if it is carried to a successful finish The fac ulty of Harvard has given a number of reasons why Yale SO frequently wins the athletic honors and not all of them have been lattering to Yale's sense of amateur sportsmanship, but the Harvard faculty has never seen just what the reason was why Yale should hold the honors. It has been more than superior skill. more than willingness on the part of the players and oarsmen To make the necessary sacrifices in order to win IL can largo lv he attributed to the assent of the faculty in the proposition that under mutually satisfactory agreements and conditions the undergraduates should co-operation of graduate athletes in whom they have confidence It is now many years ago that Professor Perrin of Yale declared to the members of the Brooklyn Yale Alunri Association that the faculty could not if it desired to do so successfully cope with the problems of undergraduate life as they are presented in athletics and social diversions The governing boards of Yale are hl m mapner of means i'm different to the standards of conduct and control which the undergraduates establish On the other hand they are keenlv alive to the importance of hay ing them established with reference to the honor of the university and the