Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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the love of many men and started his career as a speaker and poetry en- thusiast. From 1905 to the present day he has taught and studied at the Harvard Summer School for Coaches. Urged by his old Pennington friend, Mr. Eugene G. Grace, he came to Lehigh in 1910, first as football coach and the next year as Physical Di- rector. He is full of the Lehigh Spirit. Each man is his friend. It is people who count with him, and especially college boys. The happie.st night of his life wc.s the night of the last Lafayette smoker, when the Ford sedan was given to him by the undergraduate body of Lehigh. He said, It wasn ' t the gift, but when, and how I got it — just before the La- fayette game, after a hard season, with knockers plentiful, and best of all a gift of the boys — His Boys. That Ford is priceless and means more than any other car in the world to him. The signatures of most of the men in college, following the testimonial that went with them is a tribute which time cannot erase. Bosey is altogether simple and playful, interest ed in common things and common people. He has never lost the boy ' s point of view, as his Sand Letters will agree. This plan for the children to see the games free he started because he will never forget how he longed to watch the games at the Athletic Field in Philadelphia. Never having the price of a ticket, Bosey considered himself lucky if he found a crack in the fence big enough to see through. His personality is an influential one and full of stimulating ideals. His chief desire is to give happiness to others and to help each man to develop his own personality to the utmost. Perhaps there is no better way of showing how the students of Lehigh University feel towards their Bosey than the testimonial given to Prof. Reiter at the time of the presentation of the Ford sedan at the last Lafay- ette smoker. This communication reads as follows : To Bosey Reiter: The students of Lehigh University take this occasion to express their personal admiration, love and regard for him as a man ; furthermore, to assure him their solid support in his attitude toward the athletic policies of this University. We feel that he has done every thing possible to make and keep Lehigh athletics clean and spoi ' tsmanlike. This man who, with the deepest honesty and finest sympathy, has aided so many others to climb the hills of college life, we hope will find service and enjoyment in this aid to climb the hills that lie in his daily path.