The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Asks Reduction Of Ticket
Allotment for Football

Special Dispatch TO TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Jan. 7.-Do away
with all privileged classes in the distri-
button of tickets for the football game
with Yale except former football play
ers. but cut their allotment as well as
that OF the coaches and players, is the
suggestion made by Frank w. Hallowell.
former star football and baseball player
at Harvard, in an enlightening commu-
nication to the editor of the Harvard
Alunni Bulletin, published to-day.
Hallowell played on the 1890 football
team, which was the first to defeat Yale
under modern football conditions, and
was an outfielder in the baseball series
with Yale. which Harvard won. in 1893.
He cites the fact that membership in
the Varsity Club gives the holder four
choice seats, whereas with the excep-
ton of former football men these mem
bers haven't a right in the world TO be
considered before other Harvard grad
yates.
Hallowell also secs no reason why
professors should rank ahead Of grad
yates who follow the game keenly, and
says IL there is 10 be "a privileged class
at all 1t should be the undergraduates.
Mr. Hallowell wrote the Harvard
Alumni Bulletin TO the following effect.
much has been said I'm these columns
by men who have been receiving poor
football seats. Is IL too late 10 hear
from an old player who has been re-
cciving four good seats for every Yale
game for the last twenty-eight years?
There are too many privileged
classes among the graduates. The game
should be first and foremost for the
undergraduates, and the undergraduates
should be the only privileged class. Re-
duce the football squad and coaches TO
five seats and allow every undergrad
uate either one seat in the cheering sec
tion or two seats In some poorer sec
ton, say opposite the goal posts, so he
can take his father or mother or brother
or sister or best girl If he wishes.
"Cut out the privilege oe the old
player. / have claimed now for num-
ber OF years that It was not fair for
me to receive four good seats when
many OF my friends, enthusiastic foot
ball followers. were getting two poor
seats; but curiously enough, l have
never found graduate who grudged
the old player his four seats. IL the
graduate thinks the old player should
have the privilege at least reduce II
from four to two seats until the appli-
cation of every graduate has been flied.
then allow him two more from the poor
seats that are left, If there arc any.
''Cut out entirely al tho other rfi.-
iloged classes. There Is no reason why
a Varsity Club man who rowed on the
crew or played on the baseball team or
ran on the track team should be priv
ileged 10 get good football seats. Tho
privilege was originally granted these
men In order 10 induce them TO Join the
Varsity Club. Let the Varsity Club die
IL a privilege of this sort Is necessary
for It's existence. There are about ESQ
members of tho Varsity Club, which
means about 1900 privileged seats.
Also, there is no reason why q Har-
ward professor. who may or may not
have any special interest in the game.
should come ahead Of some graduate
who has followed Il with keen interest
for years
"Thc graduate privileged classes have
grown so large that at prcFcnt the or
dinary graduate has no possibility OF
drawing a good seat Cut out the priv
ilcEed classes and let every graduate
run an even chance after The under
graduates are taken care Of, aud there
viii be no more kick'ns."