New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24

~. superlative OF all tnat Is Petuiah'
"A resisting. Nothing Is quite Ike an
.,,oplans motor. 1t seems always pro-
..s.,ns to the very heavens against Its
md, now IN a conversational, yet
,.,.,.,nt voice, and again with a mad
.,.,.,, that has all the loosed fury Of
s Greek god
", looked UP and about, but saw
,.A,ns. As a matter Of fact, there
-, nothing 70 see. The motor, sew
-, blocks distant, was on the ground
n It's proper place, for Princeton new
!, n, home Of 8 school Of military
.,,onautics, which Is to say a govern
men. ground school Of aviation.
Tiger Preparing to Fly
n. Tiger is not yet in the sir, but
h, viii get there. And that isn't exact
" correct either, for many Princeton
,sssnts hsvs already graduated from
u. yround to flying schools, and there
:, ~ course, that young prince Of ad-
y.,tnr.. ~Hobey" Baker, baseball, foot
hall and hockey star, who is now flying
in France
sine. Princeton has gone to war
with Germany II, too, like Yale and
Harvard, has virtually abandoned foot
hall OF the university article there
Gil b. none but an informal brand, and
-. indications are that even the fresh
- ara more interested In war than
,so.hall. though they have an eleven
49, il 70 play the Yale and Harvard
first year men.
day said; ,
"Th. freshman class held meet
inc lns night in McCosh 10, whose
purpose was TO create a little more
Princeton spirit in the class and TO
encourage the support Of football.
Only about half Of the class was pres
emf" a-,
prpcetonian," that that half which was
nresent was reproached for its luke
warn support Of football. and Fred
Dawson. coach, said that 1t had come to
him that a Princeton freshman actual
lv had congratulated Mercersburg
Academy upon the defeat OF the hrst
wear eleven. "And that man." said Mr..
Dawson dramatically - according TO
aThs Daily Prineetonisn," is right now
il Princeton" indicating that in days
l sgone be would have probably been in
jsiL
! Only Elghty-fve Seniors
= Princeton, like Harvard and Yale,
4 dropped football because she believed
II vas the thing 70 do. With 40 per
cent Of her men now in active service
] and with but eighty-fve enrolled in the
4 senior class, Princeton is naturally
much more interested in war than she
could be in football
President Hibben said 70 the writer:
eve encourage our boys TO con-
/ tinue athletics as q matter Of course,
| but with reserve officers training
classes and a school Of aeronautics
We find that their time is greatly
taken We agreed with Yale and
Harvard 70 drop our regular var
! sty football schedule and 10 confne
Il our games to informal clashes and
interclass rivalry
\ Up TO this week, aside from our
freshman eleven, We have had no
football, but now there Is an ar
rsngement for a game between the
soldiers eleven at Camp Dix and a
team which Coach Rush will recruit
upon the campus"
j Like the two other members OF the
Big Three" and for the same reasons,
his status will prevail during the
] Frod Of the war, and football Is def
Nitely and finally out Of consider ration,
Rough, like Yale, Princeton retains her
coaching STAFF, speedy" Rush, Fred
Dawson and that grand old master Of
strRining. Keene Fitzpatrick
I Six Hundred Men Gone
a college which sends into its coun-
II rs service approximately 600 Of its
low men, or seven-tenths Of its older
lneh, has newspaper compilations TO
Il Nruse that do not come under the
iesos o. lineup and summary.
w.. nenesth the quiet exterior OF the
n'Ae New Jersey town there IL
elstnng belligerency. Shop windows
W ola Nassau Street are flled with
ast slogans and admonltions. We are
tOVlsed BY several tailo-s that aviation
vss which will doubtless be the envy
o. he enemy's eye may be obtained
I'M There are "Save wheat, save
~ -.s. save fat, save sugar" signs here
-u mere, and large banner strung
IN, I'm lhe campus 70 a bank building
o'.1im' 70 the world that princeton
I Ia subscribed s1s7,750 TO the second
Liberty Loan"
nrmy shoes and leather coats. as
rsp'enoent as that worn By Bill Far
go We movie actor, may be procured
~. SUBSCRIPTIONS for funds for the
w., Ctoss, Company L and other
4 ,ay causes proceed apace. And
49, y Nassau Street barber, who
c.. eItlses In his window, "Your hair
o,;.he way You want TT If some
hs;, freshman demands that his
wiz u. % cut with a soup spoon, where
VIII The barber be them
Az eseertain that Princeton athletes
,.e.eung their time to military
+ lss,, a.ls Is one thing; 10 definitely
III Iny'hing Of that school another.
maj, responsible military unit,
er,t,aed BY the United States gov
forI5issss', and officers and students are
ace. 70 speak Of IT'S activities.
,rmsS having been stopped thrice by
>, ts sentinels, the reader will pardon
p,ir,We have assimilated a little of
''Hee'ons secretive air:
A Conversation"
M ength we arrived at Hall
20 asked for Lieutenant -
cave you come to report?" asked a
~. blond stenographer.
r. we are on The - we said.
ara. - blond stenogrspher dis
Tee Zee and returned presently.
| 81. ~ ant - invites you in"
wald. He Is in Room ="
4 ,.r,.. went to Room - and met Lieu
an - busy" said Lieutenant