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Constitution may appoint four members on a committee such as the Olympic Track and
Field Games Committee; the President of the Olympic Association appoints two and the
Sports Governing Body two. The President of the N.C.AeA. appoints four members and
these twelve may elect the thirteenth. This means of course that with the present
set-up the A.A.Us may every four years be represented by nine out of thirteen members
on these Games Committees. ., Mr. Brundage was very fair in his treatment of the college
interests. In other words, he did not use his official position as President of the
A.A.U. and President of the American Olympic Association to distribute patronage —
the A.A.U. mens

II.. The Question Today.

The question today is whether the colleges are or should be satisfied
with this arrangement. The N.C.A.A. has been recognized by the Olympic Association
as the national collegiate body so far as athletics are concerned. Some 300 colleges
and universities hold membership in the N.C.A.,A. For these and other reasons it
secms apparent that if any protest is to be made against the present Olympic set-up
that the N.C.A.A. is the proper body as representing the college interests to make
this protest, If the N.C.AsA. does not wish to serve in this capacity then undoubted-
ly sooner or later some other college organization would be asked to represent the
collegiate interests in Olympic affairs,

III, Should the Colleges Function as a Separate Entity or Should
They Lose Their Identity in the A.A.U?

It is sometimes suggested that if the college men are not satisfied
with the A,A.U. domination of Olympic matters they should join the AAU. district
organizations and thus see that their interests are conserved, During the last eight
years the A.A.U. has striven to persuade the colleges to join the A.A.U. and to in-
terest the college athletic leaders in affiliating with the A.A.U. units. After
eight years of effort, however, only one college athletic man is president of an
AsA.U. district, two or three are district secretaries and perhaps there are three or
four college men who represent the college viewpoint but who are not connected with
any college organization. Whether it is because the college athletic men are so busy
with their own work that they do not have time to assist the AsA.U. or whether it is
vecause they are not interested in the affairs of that other organization, the fact
remains that the predominating influence of the AeA.U. i8 not proscollegiate, In
fact, in some sections it is very distinctly anti-collegiate.

IV. What Further Steps Should be Taken by the Colleges?

It has been suggested that the colleges assume the responsibility of
raising adequate funds with which to transport the four teams in which they are pri-
marily interested to the coming Clympic Games and further that these four Olympic
Games committees be under the major control and direction of the N.C.A.A. representa-
tives on those important committees,

Further, it has been proposed that steps be taken to the end that in
the Olympic Association Meeting next November the colleges may at least be represent-
ed’ by as many voting delegates as the Amateur Athletic Union.

 

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