New-York tribune., 1912-03-17


After giving these statistics Mr. DAVIS
goes on to show that not only nave 'he
football men superfcially been INDUSTRIOUS
bv going into many pursuits after stau-
nation. but they have also been successful
He says in part:
To answer the question Have they heeh 1
successful?" one must hrst uiluei E. e an, az
what is meant by being sIccessI ~, have
of the wealthiest men in the country leoo io'7
OF cone time during their career peSh
bankrupt Fortunately this aspect may a7 oo
sidestepped, for only two 1ooJDall mn IL
he found who have been through lhe pdI!n p!
Ttptcv court and they are now feailng
great successes on the foundations ol tuei' .
failures Success certainly impnes 5eSPeoott P,,ot
ability and with equal certainty IL does hot
imnlv notoriety Success may be quiet as
well as bowling. The obscure lawyeI. III ti,,
country doctor or merchant adequaIeIy ~,
ministering TO their countryside, may ,.s IT,
ne deemed failures because their acIlVlueS
have not drawn on them the reWa[dS anu anu
spotlights that have characterlZed nnSL
comrades in the larger cues clues. II that mt" the
found, Notwithstanding, however, tnSC i toD Eny
football man does not have 10 ask IoI
quarter even on the ground OF conspicuous
ness.
Mr. Davis then takes up each profession
and occupation separately. giving a long
list of names we'll known not only by men
in their professions but by the country as
well. Among the more prominent OF these
are Robert Bacon. retiring ambassador 10
France; James s. Harlan, ex-Attorney
General OF Porto Rico and member OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission: Lee NC
Clung, Treasurer of the United States
William H. Lewis Assistant Attorney Cen
eral; Clifford Pinchot, ex-Chief Forester OF
the United States; Harmon S. Graves Pin
chot's successor; numerous Representatives
in Congress and state legislators William
s Gummere, Chief Justice of New Jersey;
Justice David T. Marvel, w. II. Coroin'
Commissioner of Taxes for Connecticut; w.
H. Edwards, Street Cleaning Commissioner
OF New York City: the late James j. Ho-
gan. assistant Street Cleaning Commission
er of New York. and numerous Mayors OF
cities
In the field of literature and art there
are the late Frederic Remington Richard
Harding Davis who was a graduate Of Le-
high: Bolton Hall, w. ]. Henderson, ]. p.
Peters and Walter Camp Mr. Davis goes
on to saw:
Referring again to the table. it is appar-
ent that the first six classes OF lawyers
physicians financiers, merchants, clergy
men and manufacturers comprise more
than half OF the total number or varsity
men. The search INTO Ine Careers Ol lHtSo
men has found them in the great office
buildings of Wall Chestnut, MIX and state
streets. IT has found them in small cities
and in country villages, but Wherever ~
has found them II has come on them IN full
labor and successful in their fields
Then follows another long list of names
of those who have gained popular reputa-
ton in medicine. teaching, industry and
other fields Among these might be men'
NJ II oP Pa1f
who was offered the presidency of Prince
ton University before DIR. Hibben; Rod
man Wanamaker, the directing genius Of
the great mercantile house of Wanamak-
er: and four railroad presidents, II. NJ.
Atkinson, NJ. C. Kennedy, A. B. Newell
and j. A. McCrea.
Still further in the article is the following
paragraph:
Proponents of the argument that foot
hall men are failures may claim that am
endeavoring to establish general rule
bv few brilliant citations which in real
fly only are exceptions. Therefore, 10 oe
more than fair, let us reverse such a proc
ess and now cite chain OF men at eacn
RESTITUTION solely because they have been
notorious football players.
He then gives a list of the star foot
ball players from the three universities.
and points out that in every case the man
Is by no means unsuccessful and in the
great majority OF cases unusually sue
cessful. In this list he did not include the
football stars of the last decade, since
these men have not had fair opportu-
nifty in which to win their spurs. although
several of them are wearing them. In
closing, Mr.. Davis pays a glowing tribute
10 Sam White, OF Princeton. He says:
And now a single incident to illustrate
that the material is not deteriorating. AT
Princeton last fall Professor Spaeth. OF
the English department, the day before
the Yale football game assigned to his
senior class in English a theme which
every may was TO write and hand in by
the next Tuesday. The next day Prince
ton defeated Yale through the efficient
playing of Sam White. Sunday inter-
vened, and Monday was given over by
most Of the students to celebrating the
victorious season. When the class in
English assembled Tuesday morning man
after man arose and asked to be excused
from handing in the essay on the ground
of the distractions of the previous days.
One man alone presented his essay, and II
was a good one displaying careful thought
and care. That man was Sam White.
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