Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES [ARTICLE]

ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES

Writes the Harvard Fullback That All Good Harvardians Should Be Grateful to Him. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 27.—Ernest Verweibe’s wonderful work as fullback on Harvard’s football eleven, which defeated Yale last Saturday, has been recognized by President Roosevelt, who has written a letter to Verweibe. congratulating him on his work in the game. The president declares that all good Harvardians should feel gratitude toward Verweibe, and adds: "It was through you more than any one else that the ball was put In a position to enable Kennard to do the work which he did so admirably and to kick the goal from the field. "For the good of the team your individual good was sacrificed, and through this sacrifice and through the admirable work you had already done, and through Kennard’s fine kick, a victory was won. However, it was a first rate example of the interest of an Individual being subordinated to the good of the team —there cannot be any better lesson for onr national life than to teach that the. good of the individual must be subordinated for the good of the people.”