Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-31
SIMPLE SERVICES
At FUNERAL LATE
PERCY D. HAUGHTON

Boston, Oct. 0.-The funeral to-
day of Percy D. Haughton. founder
of a football system at Harvard COL
lege. coach of that game at Har-
ward, Cornell and Columbia and a
man of many activities in the field
of sport as player, coach and ex-
ecutiye. was marked by the simplest
Of services. The congregation that
filled ST. Paurs Cathedral was rep
resentative of the many interests of
the man whom they mourned, play
deans and delegations. from COL
leges. class mates, officers iii the
army, friends of high social stand
ing, associates in business and in
professional baseball.
The altar from which Bishop Will
liam Lawrence read the simple Epis-
copal service, assisted by Rev. Sher-
rard Billings of Groton, was bank
ed with flowers. 1t seemed that all
the colleges of the east mad sent
their tributes to the man who put
the game of football on a new plane.
and score or more of the men
who PLAYED under Haughton at Har-
ward. Cornell and Columbia added
floral tributes to their presence.
Michael Donihan, who handles the
water pail for Harvard football
teams. sent his spray of red roses
with sincere sympathy from his old
friend Mike"
1.-THE surviving members of the
football group of seven" were among
those who sent flowers.
This group of seven" names that
To-, Inl
history. had been said by Haughton
to be the halo of my foutball ca
reer.' All members % the class
of 1915. they were Charles l.. Brick
ley, Huntington X. Hardwick. Wal
lace II. Trumbull. T. Jefferson Cool
idge. +. f. Bradlee. Jr.. and NAL
colin J. Logan. The seventh men,
Der, Stanley J. Pennock, died.
AS honorary pail bearers. Robert
J. Fisher, who succeeded Haughton
as head coach at Harvard. and DR..
Paul Wilmington. who succeeded him
at Columbia. served with others as
sociated with him in college. on the
gridiron or in business. surpliced
choir chanted hymns: 1.-THE Strife
Is Ger" Now the I.aborer's Task
Is Done" and Ten Thousand Times
Ten Thousand" There was no eu-
logy, but Bishop Lawrence selected
five prayers as most appropriate.
The American flag was carried be-
fore the bier in observance of Ma
jor Haughtons World war service.
At Mount Auburn cemetery in
Cambridge, short distance from
YoldierS' field and the stodium, in
terment was made in the family lot.
Columbia Heads Tribute
Eulogizing Percy u. Haughton as
dominating influence over the
moral and physical welfare of Col
umbia University. and urging the
undergraduate to carry on the
work left off by him. President
Nicholas Butler today paid glow
ing tribute to the memory or the
last football coach at chapel SER
vice held in Mcmillan Auditorium
simultaneous with the funeral SER
vices in Boston. Fifteen hundred
students, including members OF the
football squad, attended the SER
vice.
The members of the Columbia
football team quietly entrained Tor
Ithaca tonight for the game with
Cornell on, Saturday.
New York University. one OF COL
umbia's rivals. joined in tribute 10
Haughton's memory. \ blazing
"heat Columbia" sign that had Dcen
swung across a street at the uniNer-
sity lust before the coach's death on
Monday, was removed. 1t Will remain
in storage until next Monday.