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greatest single foree in driving — ringer or the itinerant athletic

tremp fron the athletic fields.

Therefore, it is at least thinkable thet the American Associa-
tion of \nivereity and College Presidente could ineugurete another
workable plen to meet these -ew and perilous conditions which are
making dangerous inrosds into the vory life of the sport itself.
This group of men is the Suprene Court of College Ife, Their fine
job of thirty yeers age paid imge dividends, | |

The very antithesis of this plan which I am proposing is the
plen recently endorsed by the Netionel Association of Stete Univer-
sities wherein they suggest a court of inquisition com-anling every
boy of athletic tendencies ami desires to eign an affidavit attest-
ing to his emeteur standings Under this plen the only crime is in
getting eeughte

We 11 know how very difficult it 1s to make honest men by
legislation. Any boy who 4s required to sign an effidevit thet he
ig an amateur, will resent the insinmuaticn, and when we define as
professional things thet appear perfectly normel and haruless to
him, we ere inviting mass perjury. |

There are but few University Presidents who would appleud a
faqulty member requiring his students to eign affidevite that they
had not cheated In examinations. tet this is exectly what the pre-
sidente propose in regard to athletic regulations.

Why showld we as universities be so concerned about whether or
not the young man played summerebeseball for money or carried ice
during the summer? Either form of labor is honorable.

It would seem more emseistent for ecllege presidents to make
rules enlarging upon resident requirements for athletic participa.