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Show . - J- . i... ' ; , - . I X. . O o i v rf V L :. cf i:::v::J TI:ir!:s (I:: L!j G".c: Diverts - . . . Al!::li:n Proa Studies. . rOSTON. Mass., March 7. Prof Ira N. IIollls, chairman of the Harvard AtMtioT"ror-.:tte.-ln an article written for the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, suggests giving up the annual football contest wlt"h Tale. He thinks Harvard would r ront by omitting it. In leading up to this point Prof. HoIlls reviews at some length the general trend of college athletics, which he maintains are growing grow-ing better in spirit. He thinks "that one fatal thing for good sport Is the bus-r;"--'rt prtvaila between rival universities. Then,-he says, referring to Harvard football: . "The most demoralizing football gams played by Harvard during the year Is that with Tale. This has been true for many years with only an occasional lapse into a FeaVon'of good fellowship. The students of the two universities are, In tht'maln. friendly to on, another, but this game seems to arouse their worst Impulses. Surplcions are rife, bet are on, and studies are practically -STspended during , the entire -week preceding -the game. The graduates, too,. have their period of excitement, and. are In large measure responsible for the feverish strata In-which the gam Is played." ' .". '.''' T ': '. Interviews "with' both graduates ' and undergraduates' who' have had the most to dp with Harvard football fall to show that Prof. HollrV idea of dropping . Tale Is indorsed. ' . ".' ' " -i , ; ; : n : |