THE

N.C. A. A. NEWS BULLETIN

VOL. VI, NO. 6 MIDDLETOWN, CONN. DECEMBER 1938

 

 

 

 

Edited by the Secretary, and published from time to time to keep the
members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association informed as to the
business of the Organization.

THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION

The Association will meet in annual convention December 28-30,
1938, at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Final details of the program
have not yet been settled, but the general scheme is as follows:

Wednesday, December 28

At 6:30 p. m. there will be a dinner, followed by a business
session, at which the following will be expected to be in attendance:
the Council (that is, the officers, the vice presidents, the members
at large, and the Executive Committee), the chairmen of rules and
standing committees, and representatives of allied members (that is,
local conferences). At this meeting, matters of general policy of
the N.C. A. A. will be discussed, informal reports will be given of
the work of the more important committees, and plans will be made
for the conduct of the Convention of the following days.

Thursday Morning, December 29

At ten o’clock there will be an open session which the Football
Coaches and the Physical Education Society, meeting in the same
hotel, as well as the public, are invited to attend. The speakers will
be President Owens of the N.C. A.A., Harry Stuhldreher, Presi-
dent of the Football Coaches Association, and Mr. Branch Rickey,
Vice President of the St. Louis National Baseball Club. The
general topic for consideration is “The Relation of Intercollegiate
Athletics to the Public.”

Thursday Afternoon, December 29

At two o’clock there will be held a Round Table conducted by
Mr. C. E. Bilheimer of Gettysburg College, chiefly for the benefit
of the smaller institutions, on the general topic “What methods can
the smaller colleges pursue in order to promote confidence and a