The official attitude of the University to the charges made in a recent issue of Liberty by W. D. Hubbard '22 was revealed last night by the release for publication of correspondence between President Lowell and Mr. Hubbard, and between President Lowell and the editor of various weeklies believed to have been interested in the publication of the article.

As early as December 13, President Lowell first wrote to Mr. Hubbard. His letter follows: December 13, 1926.

Dear Mr. Hubbard:

Having been informed that you are proposing to publish an article on football, criticizing the methods of playing of the Princeton team. I venture to write you this letter. Of course I have no right to ask you to refrain from publishing anything, but I think it is proper to say that all the authorities of Harvard University would deeply regret the publication of anything derogatory to Princeton, or its football team; and that we should be very grateful it you saw fit to withdraw the article in question.   Very truly yours,   (Signed) A. Lawrence Lowell.

Hubbard sent no Answer

Receiving no reply within three days and having no definite information as to what periodical was considering Mr. Hubbard's article, President Lowell wrote similar letters, on December 16 to the Curtis Publishing Company on December 22 to the Crowell Publishing Company, and on December 28 to Liberty Weekly, Inc., in Chicago.

Under date of December 20 the Editor of the Saturday Evening Post wrote to President Lowell as follows:   December 20, 1926.

Dear sir:

The Saturday Evening Post has not planned and would not consider such an article as you mention in your letter of December 16th. The same thing is true of our other periodicals. The Ladies Home Journal and The Country Gentleman. It is possible that you informant had some other weekly in mind.   Yours very truly,   (Signed George H. Lorimer, Editor.

Collier's Rejected Similar Story

The Editor of Collier's replied as follows:   December 23, 1926.

Mr dear Mr. Lowell:

Responsive to your letter of December 22nd I am happy to be able to inform you that Collier's Weekly has no intention of publishing an article on football such as was brought to your attention.

Some weeks ago a former Harvard football player came to our offices and offered to prepare an article which, he said would show that the football teams of a number of universities were trained with the purpose of injuring players on opponents' teams. He also stated that he had access to documentary material showing that a number of universities enlisted good football players by the use of money. I was informed that the athletic authorities of Harvard University had been assembling this data for a number of years and that they were now willing to make it public.

The negotiations with this writer were conducted by one of our Associate Editors but when the matter was brought to my attention, I said that Collier's would consider publishing such an article only on the conditions that every important allegation be substantiated by documentary evidence, that the Harvard athletic authorities take full responsibility for any charges made, and that the spirit of the article itself be such as to appeal to men of fair minds, regardless of their athletic or other affiliations. The article as submitted met none of the tests laid down and was immediately and finally rejected.