Tate around 1902. Though now a wealthysteel man, he had preserved his love for football and his college and followed the Tate elevens year after year with all the youthful enthusiasm of an undergraduate. He saw every game, spent many days of his valuable time assisting the coaches, always passed the final week of the season at Tate and was annually a center of attraction at the last mass meeting. Williams's interest in Tate football yearly took a more material form in the presentation of a brand new and latest model headguard to each member of the varsity eleven on the eve of the Union State game. A heap of these harnesses was now piled in back of Williams's extra-size chair.
Aside from the football men, the auditorium stage also held the leader of the glee club, who doubled as head cheer master, and his assistant cheer leaders. Below, in the orchestra pit, were massed the Tate Band. The glee club leader led cheers and the building rocked with hoarse youthful voices. The band played Tate songs and the rafters trembled anew.
Then "Cupid" Williams wheezed heavily to his feet. There was a new wave of enthusiasm.
"That's the stuff that wins for Tate," shouted Williams. "Don't think these foot-
