SUPPORT GIVEN TEAM DECLARED DISGRACEFUL

Only three hundred undergraduates out of 2400 in the College turned out for the football mass meeting at the Union last night, twelve and one-half per cent, of the total registration. The few who attended developed great enthusiasm. Aroused by the spirited words of Walter H. Trumbull '15, and carried from their seats by the inspiring song leadership of V. B. Kellett Occ., the men responded with a glorious outburst of football cheers and songs.

R. W. Emmons, 3rd, '20, opened the meeting by leading a series of long and short cheers. Then he yielded the platform to Kellett, the newly appointed song leader. The latter, who led the singing at Camp Devens during the war, instilled a spirit into the gathering such as has not been seen at Harvard since the fall of 1916. Time and again the room rang to the tunes of "Harvardiana" and "The Gridiron King" until the leader was satisfied and Trumbull took the stand.

"How can I curse you out after such applause?" he began "but it is not you whom I want to curse out, but those who are not here tonight. When I was an undergraduate you had to fight your way into the Union for a football mass meeting and this room was crowded to the walls. When I arrived tonight I did not know whether I was to speak to ten or twenty men."

Then the 1914 captain went on to describe how important the solid backing of the undergraduates is to a team and how much it helps when their opponents have them down. "There are three prime requisites for a winning team: technique, fight, and spirit. The first is up to the team and coaches; the second is up to the players, helped indirectly by the undergraduates; and the third can be given only by an enthusiastic cheering section. The coaches are giving every ounce that they have and so are the team. Every one of you must give every ounce he has."

"If you think your team is a steam roller you are mistaken. You don't know what it is to fight a Princeton team at Princeton. Thousands of supporters will give their team its strength. Out of 1000 expected only 100 have signed up here for the cheering section. It's a disgrace I'll make you a proposition. If every undergraduate who possibly can will follow the team to Princeton we will guarantee to give you a fighting eleven. Will you do it?"

The answer to that last question was no doubtful one. As a starter the hat was passed in behalf of sending the University band to Princeton and $140 was contributed on the spot.