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fhe very casteneies ef this plan which i om proposing is the ain :
recently endorsed by the National Association of State Universities
wherein they suggest « court of inquisition command ing every vey of
athletic tendencies and desires to sign on affidavit attesting te his
amateur standings Under this plan the only crime is in getting caught.

ig all imew how very difficult it 1s to make honest men by legis-

letion. Any bey who is required to sign an affidevit thet he is en
amateur, will resent the insimation, and when we define as professional
things thet appear —~ normal and harmless to hin, we are —
mess perjury. ake

There ere but few University Presidents who would sppleud «
faculty member requiring his students to align effidevits thet they
hed not cheated in examinstions. et thie is exsetly whet the pre-
sidents prepose in regard to athletic regulations.

why should we as universities be so concerned about whether or
not the young «am played sumrer-basebell frr money or carried tee dure
ing the sumer? “ither form of labor is honorebles

It would seem more consistent for eollege presidents to make rules
enlerging upon resident requirements fer athletic perticipeticn rather
then te inquire inte the personal ects and transections of « student,
ttet is, 2 long ae those transactions are honorable. |

++ do not find thet the eligibility of the college glee club mem-
ber is predicated upon hie refusal to accept fees for singing et funerele.

thet we need to do is to forget these cut-meded rules of amateurism,

and put on our college teams only those men whom the faculty senders :
cortify are ectually making progress geward greduation. |

if the eligibility teat comes from the classroom there will be