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Show i;07 TCCDY GOT - lilTfli:G 1IAG1T Ei Fellow Get in His Way at Harvard College, and He Strucll Him; President Eliot Tallls. , . t NEW YORK, April 13. President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard spoke last night at 'the annual dinner of Harvard Har-vard men At the Hamilton elub, Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. President Eliot deVoted much of his speech to ridiculing the generally expressed idea that Harvard is a rich man's college. He said that there are a thousand Harvard graduates in need of employment at the present time. Dr. Eliot advocated college athletics. A. Whitman of Boston, who was one of the speakers, said that he knew of an instance in President Roosevelt's college life that would .acount for his attitude today. He said that Mr. Boose-velt Boose-velt was one day walking along the college campus when a student much larger than himself got in his way and caused Roosevelt to strike him. Shortly afterward Mr. Roosevelt himself got in the way of a smaller man ana was punched by the little man. . ' " . Since hen, Mr. Hamilton said,' Mr. Roosevelt has made it a practice to hit every man, big or little, who gets in his way. ' |