Evening star., 1923-02-08
C0LLEGESPUTBAN
ON PROFESSIONALS
Princeton President Tells
Harvard Club of Agreement
for Clean Sport.

The elimination of all professional
aspects from college foot ball and
sports is the aim of the presidents
of Harvard. Yale and Princeton uni
versities. declared President John
Grier Hibben of Princeton Univer-
sity in an address before the MEM
hers of the Harvard Club of Wash
ington. d. g., at the fortieth annual
banquet held at the Racquet Club
last night.
DR.. Hibben told of an agreement on
TIE part of President Lowell of Har-
ward. President Angel of Yale and
himself in regard to trying to over
come the professionl aspects of
American foot ball. Toward this end
President Hibben said that he thought
il would be best to eliminate the
teams of eastern universities travel
ing long distances to play games with
western institutions and to limit
themselves With contests with col
leges nearer to hand and on their
own playing fields. In these long
Journeys to play the western colleges
President Hibben said that the teams
not only represent their universities
but have beCun to represent the east
against the west.
Wilbur G. Abbott, professor of his
tory at Harvard University, spoke
on the efforts to avoid entrance exami-
the acquiring of an education on the
part of many young college men to-
day. He urged the proper guarding
of giving degrees.
Langdon p Marvin. president or
the Associated Harvard Clubs ad-
dressed the meeting and Walter l.
Mccoy, chief justice of the supreme
Court of the District Of Colum bia.
acted as toastmaster. Maj. Charles
Tittman sang.
Those who attended the banquet
adams, Charles F. Aiken. DR.. w. s.
Abernethy. Arthur NJ: Beal. j.. Z;
Brinsmade. Harry Billings, Edward
w Bradford. Robert Wood Hiss, Ut.
Frank w. Ballou, David A. Buckley
G. a. Barnard. r. W. Chubp. George
Collier, w. D. Collins. James F. Couch.
Austin Clark. Grattan Colvin. George
G. De Bord. H. G. Doyle. F. w. Dal-
linger. Francis De Wolf r. S. II.
Dyer. Col. II. {. pickenson' Frank NIX
George A. Finch. F. f: Harrington,
Warren w Foster Frederik A. Fer
nald. Sidney Gum. Horace Green.
Leroy l.. Hight, J. w: Holcombe'
Charles S. Hamlin. Daniel L. Hazard
man Hills. L. L. Hooper. Lester s.
Hill. Ralph H. Hallett. Charles V. Inlay.
Robert Jackson. Alden Keene, Rob
ert Z. Kline. Eliot c. Lovett. s. NJ.
Ladd. l.. p. Leake. Raymond B. Ladoo,
Howard s. Leroy, Walter l. Mccoy
Albert L. Marks. D. d. L. McGrew. Abb
bott p Mills, Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Henry H: Morse, Louis w McKernan,
Truman Nicholson. George w. Offutt.
jr.; Isaac King Phelps, Chaun-
cey G. Parker, Chauncey G.
Parker, jr.: Mahlom F. Perkins. w. d.
Ritter, NJ. c. Rosa. Z. W. Spalding. Nj.
X. Sullivan, Frank II. Simonds. Cabot
Stevens, Dean Hill Stanley, John \.
Selty, James Brown Scott, Alden
Sampson. Charles H Tittman, w. r.
Tuckerman. William r; VALANCE,
Charles Warren. Eliot Wadsworth.
c. H. Weston. Harvey W. Wiley. Will
liam NJ. Williams, Edward P. Wynne.
George T. Weitzel.
The officers of the Harvard Club
are: President. Walter l. Mccoy. So;
vice presidents, Charles S. Hamlin.
's4; Frederic A. Delano, 'S5: Frederic
E. harrington, 'e4. and Dallas D. l.
aIcGrew, o3; secretary. George T.
Weitzel, 's4, and treasurer, Percival
Hall, 80.