per year in Grays than in any other dormitory. Those who lived there studied elsewhere; in the days before electric lights permitted the Library to be kept open after dusk the inhabitants of Grays were the most nomadic of students. Frequently they spent their evenings trudging the streets and climbing long flights of dormitory stairs in search of some hospitable room where they might be allowed to con the morrow's lesson. It occurs to us to ask how many Harvard men write "Grays Hall" correctly, and how many of those who do happen to write it correctly know why the form is correct. Do not most Harvard men write "Gray's Hall"? We don't speak of Thayer's Hall or Hollis's Hall or Weld's Hall. Was then the name of the donor of the building Grays? No, dear son and brother, it was not. The building was named Grays Hall in honor of a noted family of benefactors-in honor of the Grays. Do not use the apostrophe in addressing your letters to the fortunate young relative who has drawn a room in the dormitory de luxe. The Tripping Habit. There is no doubt that habits grow with exercise. If there had not been plenty of preliminary "warming up," the idea of transporting the Harvard football team to California in the Christmas recess of the year before last and the Glee Club to France in the summer just past would not have received a moment's consideration. As it was, there were plenty of doubters in each of these instances. Many said, in the first, that it was no business of an institution of learning in Massachusetts to give athletic exhibitions on the Pacific coast; and, in the second, that while many parts of Europe were still in dire need of the necessities of existence there was something unseemly and incongruous in the expenditure of a large sum of money for sending sixty college students across the Atlantic merely to sing. These were plausible and tenable points of view; but in both cases the record of results has silenced, and even converted, many of the most sceptical. There has never been any question that a well-conducted trip of a college organization affords a valuable experience for those who have the good luck to take part in it. The larger question concerns what it does for Harvard. The California trip of the football team and the European trip of the Glee Club have manifestly been of positive service to the University. In the first place they have made it known as a tree is known, by its fruits; even a spectator's acquaintance with a considerable body of chosen members of any instituttion is better than no acquaintance at all. In the second place, the sportsmanlike behavior of the athletes, the artistic achievements of the singers, and the admirable bearing of both of these groups under the trying considerations of conspicuous appearance before an alien public has served to make Harvard favorably known. The excursions into the world which produce precisely these results are not to be despised. Are trips therefore to be encouraged indefinitely? Shall bands and orchestras, and the athletic organizations of every kind, and eventually all the solemn troops and sweet societies that delight in exhibitions of physical, artistic, and intellectual prowess be turned loose upon a spectacleloving people? Heaven forbid! Let the authorities make their own discriminations and authorize only such excursions, under the most responsible control, as they can count upon to represent Harvard at its very best. The football men and the singers have established a standard from which there should be no recession. If tripping is to become a habit, let it be a good one. Harvard Defeats Holy Cross, 3 to 0 H TARVARD defeated Holy Cross, 3 points to 0, in a highly exciting game of football in the Stadium last Saturday afternoon. It is an interesting coincidence that the same score was made in last season's game between those two elevens and that the points in 1920 as well as this year were made by Buell, the Harvard quarterback, who in each case kicked a goal from the field. The Harvard supporters were on pins and needles until the whistle blew for the end of last Saturday's contest. More than once it looked as though Holy Cross might score a touchdown; and when that threat was for the moment removed, a goal from the field seemed imminent. Gagnon, one of the Holy Cross backs, who has the reputation of being an excellent drop-kicker, had three opportunities to send the ball over the cross-bar; once he stood on Harvard's 15-yard line, once on the 28-yard line, and once on the 44-yard line. His last try was a final, desperate attempt to tie the score, but in the others he was near to, and directly in front of, the goal posts. Fortunately for Harvard he failed every time. Buell stood about on the 40-yard line when he kicked his drop goal; the distance was so great that most of the spectators felt sure the ball would fall short, but it went straight and true and would have gone across if the posts had been many yards further away. Nothing of consequence happened in the first half of the game except that the punting was far above the ordinary. Fitts kicked superbly; he had great distance with accuracy, and the ball went so high that the Harvard ends, and frequently other men in the line, had time to run down the field and wait for the Holy Cross player who was about to catch the ball. Simendinger, the Holy Cross punter, made many splendid punts and placed one or two beautifully, but several were SO long that his ends could not cover the distance. Neither side developed much offense during the first half of the game, and neither seemed likely to score. The only real attempt was made in the second period when Harvard succeeded in getting the ball to Holy Cross's 30-yard line but could go no further. Buell then went in as quarterback in place of Johnson and tried for a goal from the field, but the ball went low and to one side. With that exception, neither goal was seriously threatened. It was a very different story, however, in the second half. Harvard kicked off to Holy Cross, which was defending the south goal. Simendinger caught the ball, and, protected by excellent interference, ran back to the 43-yard line, where he was tackled by Owen, who had made the kickoff. Then Gagnon ran around the end to Harvard's 38-yard line, and on the next play Simendinger went around the same end and kept on until Fitts stopped him on the 10-yard line. That was a critical situation, but the Harvard defense was equal to it, and Holy Cross made only about four yards on the next three downs. Gagnon then missed his first try for a goal from the field. from the field. At that point the Holy Cross players temporarily lost some of their spirit, while the Harvard players were correspondingly elated. The result was that the home team displayed its best offense of the game. Consistent, steady gains carried the ball to Holy Cross's 23yard line, where a penalty for off-side play and a miscue about the signals stopped the advance. Buell then kicked the goal from the field. In a little while Holy Cross again threatened the Harvard goal. On the kickoff the visitors ran the ball back to the 30yard line, and then several dashing, sweep ing runs pushed Harvard steadily back to its 19-yard line. But once more the Harvard defense was adamant, and Gagnon was forced to try for a goal from the field. After he had missed, Harvard took the ball out to the 20-yard line, but was immediately set back fifteen yards because Dr. E. H. Nichols, the surgeon in charge of the Harvard squad, without asking permission from the officials went on the field to look after one of the players who seemed to be hurt. That penalty sent Harvard back to the 5-yard line and disturbed the Harvard spectators. After one play, which did not gain, Fitts, standing six yards behind his goal line and kicking against a light wind, punted the ball beyond the centre of the field. That kick saved the day. Holy Cross afterwards made many gains and once went to Harvard's 35-yard line, at which time Gagnon made his third try for a field goal; but with that exception, neither goal was thereafter in danger. About 35,000 people were at the Holy Cross game, by far the largest crowd ever seen in the Stadium at such an early time in the season. The attendance last Saturday and the demand for tickets for the ensuing games indicate that football is attracting this year more attention than ever before. Graduates who intend to get tickets for the remaining games on the Harvard schedule should buy or make application for them forthwith. The Holy Cross game showed that the Harvard squad is making progress, although it may be slow. Fisher and his associates are proceeding on well established lines, trying to develop the team so that it will be at its best for the Princeton and Yale games. The coaches have in mind, nevertheless, the earlier part of the schedule; they will be by no means content to rest on the record of the Yale and Princeton games alone; they hope to make a good showing in the other contests also. Readers of the BULLETIN should understand that Harvard is at some disadvantage in early games against opponents who are anything like as strong as it is. Every one of the elevens on the schedule has as its chief objective the game in the Stadium. Holy Cross, Indiana, Georgia, Penn. State, and Centre would be satisfied with their season's work if they beat Harvard, no matter what happened in their other games. Most of those elevens are almost at their best when they play Harvard, but the plan of the Harvard coaches has always been to go slowly and "point" at the Princeton and Yale games. The earlier part of the Harvard schedule, therefore, may bring to the Stadium teams which are nearly, and 1.g., Case, Cooney, O'Connor perhaps quite, as strong as Harvard, and Holy Cross had a better offense and gained considerably more ground than Harvard, but the Harvard players were able. barely able, to stop the visitors when they had reached dangerous territory. If Gagnon had lived up to his record as a drop-kicker the Worcester team might have won. The game was hard fought, but, as far as could be seen from the seats, was clean and sportsmanlike on both sides. The summary follows: HARVARD. Kane, Field, Macomber, l.e. Henry, Lt. Grew, 1.g. Tierney, Bradford, c. Brown, r.g. HOLY CROSS. r.e., Young, Mahaney, Ward Lockwood, Hobson, r.t. Crocker, r.e. Johnson, Buell, q.b. l.e., c., Gildea 1.t., McGrath Golembeskie, Cotton q.b., Wallingford r.h.b., Simendinger, Broussard Chapin, Jenkins, r.h.b. Score-Harvard 3. Holy Cross 0. Goal from field-Buell. Referee E. J. O'Brien, Tufts. Umpire-W. S. Cannell, Tufts. Head LinesmanG. N. Barkhart, Dartmouth. Field judge-E. E. Allen, Springfield. Time-10 and 12-m. periods. under those circumstances the possibilities of defeat always exist. Harvard had a narrow escape last Saturday. It will have others before it faces Princeton and Yale. One of the first questions of policy which every Harvard coach has to decide is whether in any year he shall make up a preliminary schedule of easy games or shall meet strong teams. If he takes the former course, the players, as has often Edwin S. Webster, Jr., '23, and John H. Sherburne, Jr., '24. happened, may be taken off their feet in is above the average. The material for the rush-line, from tackle to tackle, is untried, and Saturday's game produced some evidence that even the ends, which have been regarded as strong, need coaching. For the present, at least, Lockwood and Henry seem to have the call for the tackles' positions. The former has been on the university squad for three years and is in many ways an excellent player, but there is some doubt whether he is strong enough to stand the wear and tear which a tackle has to undergo. has to undergo. Henry was on his freshman eleven last fall and also rowed on the freshman crew last spring; although he is young and not very heavy, the coaches think he may fill the place as well as any one now in sight. Ladd also is in the competition. He played on his freshman eleven two years ago, but abandoned football and gave his attention exclusively to rowing last year. Kunhardt, another alert and active player, will probably be tried at tackle, although he has hitherto been a candidate for centre; during the past week he has been laid off on account of slight injuries. Hubbard and Hobson, both of last year's freshman eleven, are promising. There is, moreover, the possibility that Tierney, who is now the leading candidate for centre, may be moved to tackle, where he has had experience. If that change is made, Bradford, who played last year on the freshman eleven, will have a chance to show what he can do in the centre of the university line; he has handled himself well thus far and is looked on as first substitute for Tierney. Brown is probably secure in one of the guards' positions; this year is his third on the university squad and he played part of the time in some of the important games last season. Grew, who was on the freshman team last year, is on trial as the other guard; he is big and strong. Brocker will be a good substitute even if he does not succeed in winning a place as a regular guard. One of the most promising candidates for the backfield, Gehrke, has not yet had an opportunity to take part this year in a game. Injuries kept him out of the games with Boston University and Middlebury, and the Harvard team was so hard pressed in the Holy Cross game that the coaches did not dare to try inexperienced men in the backfield. Gehrke is heavy, a fast runner, and a good punter. Some of the men who played against him when he was on the freshman eleven last year said that he was one of the most promising backs they had seen in many years. But he will not find it easy to displace Chapin, who has been doing well this fall as the companion of Owen and Fitts in the backfield. Owen seems a little slower than he was last season, but the cold weather will probably bring him into shape. Fitts is a valuable man; his punting has not been excelled by any Harvard player of recent years, and he is strong on the defense and in handling forward passes. Jenkins, a classmate of Gehrke, gives promise, and Gratwick, who has been hurt, is almost certain to play a part of the time in the Princeton and Yale games. Churchill is the most brilliant runner of all, but he is not heavy enough to go through the rushline unless he finds a hole there; if he succeeds in getting by the line, the secondary defense must keep its eyes open. Johnson has played quarterback on team A most of the time during the past week and began the Holy Cross game, but the chances are that Buell will be the first choice for that position. The latter's accurate drop-kicking is a great asset to the team. Fitts and one or two other players are fairly good at goals from the field, but none of them are as dependable as Buell; moreover, Buell is a fearless and expert thrower of forward passes, as all who saw the Yale game last year will remember. Conlon, the captain of the baseball nine, was quarterback on his freshman eleven two years ago and is doing well this year on the university squad; he comes next to Buell and Johnson. The strength of the team, as has been said many times, will be determined by the rush-line. If the coaches succeed in building up a strong combination of forwards, the eleven will doubtless give a good account of itself in the final games of the season. The readers of the BULLETIN should realize, however, that Princeton and Yale are much stronger this year than they were in 1920. The Princeton backers believe they will have the best eleven they have had in many years, and the public generally is confident that Princeton will defeat both Yale and Harvard. The New Haven eleven is developing slowly, but the material there is said to be the best in a long time. Consequently, the statement that the Harvard team will give a good account of itself against its two chief rivals should not be taken to mean that it will beat them. The schedule of games follows: Centre. Nov. 5-Princeton, at Princeton. The time within which applications may |