The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
Reuiual of Antagonisn, BetWeen Students
 and Townies"
By WALTER CAMP Special Correspondent of The Age-Heral

Special Correspondent of The Age-HeraId
 Copyright. 1922, by The Ase-Herald)
 New York, August 12.-It Is not pleasing to have to record a revival al Harvard of old antagonism be- tween students and the "townies"-- the Old Town and Gown antagonism which forms a part of the annals of every college or university located in small cities throughout the coun- try.
 Outcroppings of bad feeling were first noted a few years ago and cases have occurred recently ind.- eating that the feeling has attained formidable proportions. Years be- fore the introduction of college ath- letics. trouble between students and citizens of the college community was one of the chief outlets of the pent up spirits of the young cone Eians. Usually there were sporadi c conflicts with "townsies" and often with the firemen. In seaport city such as New Haven there were often pitched battles between students and sailors.
 The "CIass Bully"
 The origin of the "class bully at Yale was a fight with sailors on Long wharf, in which the students
 
 club, which was preserved and known as the bully club" With the intro- auction of organized athletics the ebullient spirits of collegians had another outlet and while there has always been more or less feeling be- tween town and gown the old an- taeoni5m at New Haven at least has died out.
 At the present time disturbances do
 
 from desire on the part of graduates of other colleges living in Cambridge to see the home team downed. This, as matter of fact, Is also the case at Yale. but in lesser degree. In- stead of the streets, the grandstands of the athletic field have become the scene of conflict
 Situation at Harvard
 So serious were conditions at Har- ward last year that the Harvard athletic committee has taken drastic action regarding the seating of spec tators at the football games to be played this fall. They propose to permit the patrons of the game who are not Harvard men to come to the contests. but they are to be seated In other sections of the stands, so that the solidarity of the Harvard stand, holding none but Crimson sym pathizers, shall not be broken or dis turbed. The trouble has been pro- nounced at Cambridge. Were some incidents that occurred last year narrated they would hardly be be- lieved At Yale, football games against certain Boston colleges and certain other teams have deyeloped some similar conditions. In other universities located in or near the big eenters. town and gown feeling has also been manifested of late. But it has practically never appeared at such places as Princeton, Dartmouth and so on where the institution Is larger than the community in which it stands.
 Universities which have large grad uate schools attended by alumni os other seats of learning are liable to find bad feeling cropping out from time to time. However, Harvard and otter institutions which are now fac ing the trouble in forms more or less acute should regard the situation as complimentary inasmuch as it is likely to have its basis in sympathy for the under dog" When practical ly every team that comes to Cam bridge is this sort of canine it speaks volumes for the athletic pres tige of the Crimson. .