It was my pleasure to have played against him in two Yale-Princeton games, ’98 and ’99.  I have never known a finer sportsman than he.  He played the game hard, and he played it fair.  He had nothing to say to his opponents in the game.  He was there for business.  Always urging his fellow players on to better work.  Every one who knew this gallant leader had absolute confidence in him.  All admired and loved him.  There was no one at Yale who was more universally liked and acknowledged as a leader in all the relations of the University than was Gordon Brown.  The influence of such a man cannot but live as a guide and inspiration for all that is best at Yale University.

Gordon Brown’s name will live in song and story.  There were with him Yale men not less efficient in the football sense, as witnesses the following: 

A Yale Song verse from the Yale Daily News, November 16th, 1900: 

    Jimmy Wear and Gordon Brown,
    Fincke and Stillman gaining ground;
    Olcott in the center stands
    With Perry Hale as a battering ram—­
    No hope for Princeton;

James J. Hogan

The boys who were at Exeter when that big raw-boned fellow, Jim Hogan, entered there will tell of the noble fight he made to get an education.  He worked with his hands early and late to make enough money to pay his way.  His effort was a splendid one.  He was never idle, and was an honor man for the greater part of his stay at school.  He found time to go out for football, however, and turned out to be one of the greatest players that ever went to Exeter.  Jim Hogan was one of the highest type of Exeter men, held up as an example of what an Exeter boy should be.  His spirit still lives in the school.  In speaking of Hogan recently, Professor Ford of Exeter, said: 

“Whenever Hogan played football his hands were always moving in the football line.  It was almost like that in the classroom, always on the edge of his seat fighting for every bit of information that he could get and determined to master any particularly difficult subject.  It was interesting and almost amusing at times to watch him.  One could not help respecting such earnestness.  He possessed great powers of leadership and there was never any question as to his sincerity and perfect earnestness.  He was not selfish, but always trying to help his fellow students accomplish something.  His influence among the boys was thoroughly good, and he held positions of honor and trust from the time of his admission.”

Jim was hungry for an education—­eager to forge ahead.  His whole college career was an earnest endeavor.  He never knew what it was to lose heart.  “Letting go” had no part in his life.

Jim was a physical marvel.  His 206 pounds of bone and muscle counted for much in the Yale rush line.  Members of the faculty considered him the highest type of Yale man, and it is said that President Hadley of Yale once referred to 1905 as “Hogan’s Class.”