Letter to the editor

To the Editors of the Daily Spectator:

I realize that nothing I say here about the win over Brown on Nov. 19 can add to the super satisfaction our football team already enjoys over that great come-from-behind victory. Nevertheless, I cannot repress a few words of congratulations:

To the team that overcame daunting odds after falling behind 21-7 by the end of the first half and went on to redeem a losing season by a final upset victory...

To the offense that took over in the second half to battle back and tie it up in regulation time and go on to win 35-28 in overtime...

To the defense that put on a magnificent goal-line stand in the last seconds of the game...

To the die-hard Lions fans, including Coach Bill Campbell and other trustees, who did not desert the Baker Field stands when we fell so far behind, but stayed for a rousing finish...

To the seniors who ended up on a winning note...

To the repentant Marching Band who played on to the end and even after...

Congratulations on a historic victory—as great as any I have seen as a spectator for over 80 years (yes “eighty”), even the great win over Army in 1947. May the memory live on in the hearts of all true Lions.

William Theodore de Bary,
Columbia College ’41,
Columbia University A.M. ’48,
Ph.D. ’53