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at the present time this practice is followed, but it does not exist in
Kansas, Re S, se of Kansas is also a happy hunting ground for the

athletic head-hunters from the Big Ten, the Southwest and Pacific Coast
Conferences. Coaches and athletic officials, or their emissaries, ordome tel,
these conferences annually pay profitable visits to Kansas and make away
with much of our choice high school athletic materialf, Corporations will
not be financially able to make good-will donations to these athletic slush
funds nor will fraternities and sororities be willing to feed an extra
athletic mewth for the glory of good old Siwash! Father and Mother will not
be able to foot the bills. The vital business of whipping Hitler will be
paramount to our over-indulgence of glorified publicity and financial display
neither of which are worthy lessons for youth to learn. Participation in
athletic once tasty the masses will be emphasizedg @S& Gur gate receipts will fall

off an Oi: ere esters e a consequent dimbnution in the numbers of our high-

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Many times we Laatidl than “CAtoe the money is oe on football games ._
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oy Yanwte geek or on football parlays which they put out each cateetag nearly

40% = leaving the easily hood-winked public the suckers share. While this

situation is not the fault of the collegeg soeriaes, em felis of the

rackateer has not edified these intercollegiate games which oD ou academic.

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A high school or college teacher: desires security, the goed voll as does the

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manuel laborer. A teacher of young men desires secyrity - an athletic coach

   

desires security, but there can be no security with subsidized football and
basketball because the followers of subsidized athletics demand a sure-fire
winner every time. So-called athletic: boosters pay their subsidized money
into a secret fund to insure this. Every coach in the same conference cannot
win the championship for his team. Winning a championship is very uncertain.

And when successive losses accu™ulate then the emotional frenzy of the disae—