Crimson Eleven Faces Army on Even Terms At Stadium Today; Band Rally Draws 1,500

Harvard hasn't won a major football game in an awfully long time, but if the 1,500 undergraduates who were at the football rally last night know it, they gave no indication.

It was a normal rally in most respects: the parade started in front of the statue of John Harvard and the speeches were made from the steps of the Indoor Athletic Building. But over it all there seemed to be an atmosphere of optimistic speculation.

There were a lot of people in the rally crowd last night who thought the Crimson will win today. Newly-elected captain Warren "Red" Wylie spoke, and after bemoaning the "tough road trip" Wylie touched on the home stand. "We'll win four out of the next five," he said, and he meant it.

The one note of continued decline, was struck by Miss Radcliffe of 1925 who appeared in all "her" aging gracelessness.

Coach Lloyd Jordan spoke for the first time this season. "Things have been tough," he said, but then he added, "we're coming up."

The crowd believed it. When the band played, it sang at the top of its collective voice. And even when the cheerleaders called for "Sock it to 'em," it cheered. Dick Clasby, sidelined tailback and offensive standout, was at the rally last night as a spectator. "Tomorrow it'll be different," he told the crowd around him.