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Show Princeton Head Defends College Gridiron Sport College football, buffeted by a storm of criticism ts being overemphasized, has found a champion In the president presi-dent of Princeton university, John Q. HIbben. .Declaring that 'he only real opposition opposi-tion to the gridiron sport comes from those outside the universities who are not Interested by family ties or other associations w'th colleges, President HIbben paid tribute to Princeton's championship ''Big Three" team as having "done something which will make them useful citizens." "I have been told that publicity would ru!n these young men. but I do not believe It," he said. "It has been stld that there Is too great emphasis em-phasis of football. That complaint does not come from those inside our colleges at least, I can speak for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. It cemes from outside. We emphasize footall for a season and then forget It," The one great central Interest, he said, wr.s "to be worthy of Princeton Prince-ton and the country we have to serve." |