Foreword

The following report is based on a tabulation of a survey taken in July 1941
by the Central Office for Eastern Intercollegiate Athletics. Letters were sent to
the athletic directors of 625 colleges throughout the United States. One hundred and
fifty-seven replies -- a 25 per cent return -- were received, a result thoroughly
‘satisfactory in view of the fact that arrival of the letter coincided with the depar-
ture of many directors on summer vacations,

In considering the findings, it is well to take into dccownt the fact that
they paint what we feel is a highly accurate composite picture of what is happening
in this field. A 25 percent return is much more than sufficient to serve as a cross-
section representing a whole. Replies came from colleges of every type and size and
from every section of the nation. We therefore have no hesitation in saying that, had
letters come from every last one of the 625 athletic directors, there would be no

more than a slight variance in the statistics which follow.

ASA S. BUSHNELL
Executive Director,

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