p41 (THIS SIDE OF CARBISFOR ADDRESS J Univerety ie Fein es. 1 Che Rotarian 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Ill., U. S. A. Phe is a clipping from Editorial Offices the umber of “The Rotarian” sent tear Open to you for your infor- i mation and also with the thought that you might like to call this to the attention of your club. ... And a Reply _ I find that, as President McConaughy points out, I.am out of date on my Rhodes Scholarship requirements, and I stand corrected. . . . When some of my college friends made the Rhodes Scholarship grade, they were then usually picked from athletic teams. - But I see they have modi- fied that, and I-think it is.right and proper that they should. So far as~colleges* putting -all athletic actiy- jities, including» budgets, under ‘the direct control of the administration, I. know that is not true ‘in our section and in the West... . Many ad- ‘ministrators* may say that the do it that wa but while the members of aeaaiiced aet generally from the facultys»alumni, and student groups, it is entirely a different method of han- (dling money from that used in strictly college (- = : 3 fe Sas e y 4 SESE ow, regarding the quotation of ex-President Angell. I did not mean to insinuate Dr. Angell thad any thought of subsidizing athletes. I ‘know that he never did. My only point was in stressing the fact that educators thought that! hletics should be ah intrinsic part of the work the college, and as athletics are being handled, now, that idea has become badly warped. There} ywas__ certainly no intention of “twisting the quotation” in an effort to have Dr. Angell say something he did™ not intend to say.) eae : 1938 25, August : rot of i. ‘hu! Hh Al i di . fo ii i ce iin tol Mths tat i it he He i : 83 : i; Ae aaee i faa ay sll i li naqlieaid ils Guiniad a eh a [ a BeL83 ee a fa} ehtaliee i uss eee tds inwtmoe the ooh tough ater ta 3 | | filly a3 i: | ti et an ies ie iti “4 ‘ae inh i: ; ig Fee pore tor nice gr 3 and ag ood ! fee aH Mati ale] pbb uh ih : 1 With all oy cllkoaa, I em. _ Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Educati , Varsity Basketball Coach. uv i [TIP AN Ck PAUL TEETOR STATE 4016 ASSISTANT EDITOR OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL So okey WARK OMe HARVEY C. KENDALL BUSINESS AND ) CHICAGO, ILL. ADVERTISING MANAGER U.S.A. August Twenty-fourth s 9 3 8 Dear Dr. Allen: Your interesting manuscript upholding the subsidizing of athletes. was received on schedule and very shortly we shall have a check ready for you. In the meantime, however, there are a few points which I feel could be strengthened. We have had the manuscript copied and I am returning the original to you in case you have no copy in your files. We definitely feel that the affirmative could be strengthened : if you included a few cases or reports, at least, that there now is Cp avrg leg subsidizing of athletics. That should be made rather strong, even though be you find it necessary or advisable to use hypothetical names of institutions and individuals. Then you could bring out something on what is the effect of Fae subsidizing. A premium is put on hypocrisy and dishonesty. In other Edd tert — words, it is bad moral training. What is the solution? To recognize oF op gage openly what now is, to systematize it and have exchange of information Gi AAA ARE so there won't be "slave bidding" - that is, a successful athlete won't (7:2 be able to “sell himself to another school. mi point in which Notarians will be interested is the influence of subsidizing or not subsidizing openly, on the morale of youth. In other rerele words, let us teach youth honesty instead of hypocrisy; teach them to be appar ees realistic, etc. Such an argument as this puts the case on a similar basis “ to that brought out in the negative discussion. In other words, a Fal * eee strengthening of the phase of what's best for youth. 4 ha” Be RLS, rl Atel seegat Your article is about the right length, so if additional points are brought in, there will have to be a bit of trimming elsewhere. But with your permission we can take care of that on the return of the article. Of course we will send you page proofs just as soon as they are ready. We are getting close to our closing date, so we shall very much appreciate yaur giving these suggestions your early attention. I'11 hope to hear from you by Saturday. I note in your letter of August 23 that your secretary is away, so do not hesitate to make any changes and additions by pen. Again, many thanks for your fine cooperation. e: a Paul Teetor Dr. Forrest C. Allen SHOULD COLLEGE ATHLETES BE SUBSIDIZED? YES? Subsidizing does not mean the hiring of si ew te playing ability, at a salary based on skill. That is professionalism. Then the answer for the. colleges is emphatically, Wot If subsidizing means "to furnish aid with a sub- woe . oe : e sidy", or givine the athlete an even break with others in extracurricular ean leat ia then Yess And why not? yo Gon. aan Bares, paytlioeg mye; Gog. "Without discrimination for or against the athlete" has long been the slogan. of’. . the present purity collegiate eligibility rules committee. There has been much } x talk, but little actionds Bring Ya Pe ES ant Lan tre a ee My : Some of our American university dj eedakctedtore suffer from a deadly disease . weg the disease of "buck passing". The laos eines epochs in our Aiea life are the passing of the Indian, the passing of the buffalo, and the passing of the bucke We readily eotet ad some alarming and attendant evils connected with inter- collegiate athletics in some sectors, especially footballe However, there is, in my opinion, a far better way of meeting the attendant evils than that endorsed by the National Association of State Universities concerning their "Standards of Athletic, Eligibility", drawn up by the committee on Student Group Life, November, 1935. Article III of their regulations follows: “The faculty committee on ‘eligibility shall, in advance of competition, require of each candidate for compe- tition in exty sport, a detailed statement in writing of the amowmts and sources of his paseo earnings and income received, or to be Nami during the college year and the previous summer, from others than those ihnces. lbs he is naturally dis peniientt for supporte In smcxexex case any question arises with regard to the implication of this statement, the matter shall be referred to the executive committee of the conference for decisions" If the above unfair eS Sorin nacory regulation does not produce mass perjury, then pass judgment upon the following edt eke "Every candidate for an athletic team must, after a careful explanation of all the eligibility regulations and their implications of honor, by the faculty committee on athletics, declare orally in Dns to the point bebe aot in writing upon his honor his eligibility or ineligibility under each separate regulati one Kah senor of the athletic staff, physical education de- partment, athletic council, and faculty oceniicteo, on athletics, shell upon his honor in writing certify his own adherence to ali the athletic regulations and to the best of his, mowledge the eligibility or ineligibility of every member of the team thet represents the insti eta one" There is no admission or confession here stated that the majority of athletes are receiving secret subsidies of a clandestine nature, but the very tone of this act immediately takes on the spirit of the ‘vgn st bien, and then the crime results in getting caught. This scheme above mentioned was in operation a decade ago con= ore summer baseball for collégians, and it failed dismally. | You and I know that fretoras Sigs and poruesties feed athletes, who, being without the price of eats, pack a football and a sturdy pair of legs goalward and to glory e You and I know that fraternities and sororities index "wow" term papers and examin- ation questions from year to ees, even going so far as to determine just what pedagogue received this or that epistle and noting upon whom it should or should not be used at the next future timee : You end I toth know that the students on this great American frontier used expert "yonies" long before the dubdmobite gen: and that professors who caused students to sign the "no cribbing" exam blank knew full well that many who siguea were either going to crib or had already done soe Just as long as students are required to do many things in which they have no interest, these "get by" rackets will be indulged - in with no qualm of the conscience. The athlete is already and many times discriminated against. Just why ould the finger of suspicion be pointed at a twoefisted, healthy American boy because he wants to play a game in which he excels? Why should he be hailed into an academic court, lectured to, and caused to sign papers and also to declare orally that he is leche stain of professional eve lt any more than the music or art student who is makxpeckat not only paid a oT sum for singing in a church choir, but in addition jan is given credit toward graduation for hie singing in that choir. : No eredit bg given the athlete for parti ol patine in daily two hour practice drills on the football field, or for playing in a regularly scheduled contest. But if he ‘ should go down town and play any competitive game with an outside tean, even without remuneration, he would automatically become ineligible. If the wihies should referee an intramural game of any kind for the seme amount éP sionee that the singer receives for his one hour's work, the athlete immediately becomes a professional and is ineligible to play. When playing gemes for his school in intercollegiate athletic contests no academic credit is given for this activity, but credit toward graduation is given a member of the band for his servicese It is thinkable that you could take athletic coaching by correspondence and maybe | - you could get.a job at some fine school, but it is improbable. By earning a varsity letter you: feel that you have filled one of the laboratory requirementse If you desired to teach history or chemistry, you could carry the minimum the school re- quired and you could take as long as you desired to complete the coursee But if you care to participate in intercollegiate athletics you must possess 28 hours of academic credit the two piecstes semesters before you can paher the game laboratory of ath- letic instructione : A recent survey was. conducted in one of our co-educational mid-western universities to determine what porecutese of the male student body was eligible for athletic compe= tition under the present ruling of 28 hours of passing work the two preceding semesterse The findings were interesting. Out of a total.enrollment of 2700 men students, 1240 were ere and 1460 were ineligibles a little less than 467, eligible for athletic participation bectropehad, had the Soi iity and desire for varsity athletic competitione Undeniably it is unjust to we athlete ao Renal attention upon ‘the undesirable reflection that he brings upon his school, when his Slass grades render him ineligible for intercollegiate competition. ade : . ab- It is, logical to think that we should have physical education scholarships as well as any other irototed: solotadatips which are offered by alumni, and other bene=- ficiaries. Coaching and physical education oe professions, and the somner we have -@ newer and a better understanding on these moot points, the better off all of us will bee Who can say that from a great army of aspiring youth, tingling with the love of contests and conquests, it is not possible to discover another young Naismith, a Stagg, a Gulick, or a MacKenzie? These men were all poor boyse They struggled for their education and they competed in athletics when the parents of these boys frowned upon the profession.that they were eto take upe Since those days phgadon education has been dignified and edified, until now we have giants of intellect as well as physique in the field of physical education. i Again et oat ask why is it not possible for this young athlete to use his skills that are so highly developed in his quest for a higher education the same as the student of art and music. wat esearch men declare that the rhythm and the poise and the timing of a superb athlete are art and poetry in actions who From @ practical necessity, the so-called poor boy/is skilled in athletic endeavor looks to his skilled physical activity as reed eek means of obtaining a college educations When college days come up this so-called poor boy, who has been fed on coarse but wholesome food and has been forced to labor thoughout the day and into es night sometimes for a bare existence, is a fit subject for the So-called illegal athletic scholarship because he is tough enough to stand the football racket. . And our average social “mezzanine hurdler" sca Sonoleeousuon® who is surfeited on the pre-digested food, the late hours, plus cocktail parties and the automobile, is no fit subject for a goash's perfect dream. Who will say that this fearless and tureed chap, endowed with nature's wonderful physique and a fine brain, hasn't as much right to use his God-given talents as a favorable in- ' troduction to a college education, as is the rotund and dapper high school luminary with a Carusoan voice who uses his talents in the fine arts singing at funeralse \ : we. It is a notorious fact that the wealthy alumni of some of the oldest eolleces in America have long cubed bed thie somcalled poor boy with heavy and powerful gastroc= nemius and biceps muscles to the socalled glory of their alma matere But when the Southeastern Conference proposes a new deal that perhaps is radical, some of these “ same representatives throw their hands up in horror and ery, "Sind Sing" A Shamefil procedure happened a few years ago in our ow Big Six Conferenos, when it was becskeaty to resort to the application of a retroactive rule to make Jim Bausch a arovosedonal » although he was hired by an insurance company at $75.00 a month, a thing that is practiced and has been practiced for years by etiletes of other schools which are menibiets of conferences many, many times older than the Big Six dedeebecoes Life is full of paradoxes. We give money to aid the physically crippled young» and in the next breath we give money to mentally cripple the physically diene Sd Lin collect a thousand dollars for .a slush fund for certain purposes, where other= Wise you weld be unable to pollise? a hundred dollars for certain legitimate activities. — : - ‘The Aovoet ated Press out of Los Angeles, on Jelenry: lv, ‘1938, states de follows: A Survey of Coast Sports "Former Geman will Investigate Status of Athleticse Los Angeles, Jane 1l7e== Dean Ee. Je Waller of the University of California at Los Angeles said today that Edwin N. Atherton, former Geman who created @ sensation by a vice investigation in San Francisco two years Seo), had hoon engaged by the Pacific Coast conference a assist in a survey oa financial support for apivotes: Dean ijlier, chairman of a committee making the survey, emphasized that Atherton was not retained to seek ‘evidence against athletes or to investigate any one inetete aa" He said the survey is to enable the committee to adjust 'rules concerning what constitutes legitimate aid for'athletes.!" =) =Gee If a Geman should investigate the Big Six Conference or any other henorable, long-established conference on obeying the present rules of the conference as they are sy peed: his findings would cause much panice The athletic situation is a mesSe Conferences are Bra NG one rulg, but ostusiiy dbeyinc anothere This is comparable to the econ itlnabisak” when the world powers: say we must be prepared, we must protect ourselves against the outlawse When Primo Carnera, the great Italian hulk, bok Be wortd's heavyweight champion ship, 2 Little Jewish boy who was his shadow and hero=worshiper, followed him every- where. When Carnera left New York on the Italian steamer, the Roma, the little Jewish boy became a stowaway. Carnera was returning to his native home in Italy. He ini lionized on his triumphal return to Italy; the women of his little seaside — home knitted him the most gorgeous, multicolored shawl that the deft hands of Italian women could weavee When Carnera returned to America the little Jewish boy became a stowaway on the return trip, put as soon as the purser was out of sight, the little Hebrew slipped from his hiding place and camped along beside Carnera whose gigantic form was stretched out in a deck chair. As the evening wore on and the atmosphere became cooler, Carnera used this beautiful throw that the women of Italy had made him to protect himself from the chill air. The churning of the waves soon rocked him to sleep. The little Jewish boy, keeping a close watch over Carnera., soon had an impulsive desire to rush to the rail to feed the fishes. In his haste to scurry to the rail, he tripped over Carnera, and all of his gastronomic contents were spilled over Carnera and his shawle The awakened and surprised Carnera looked at the mess and glowered on the little shaking, Hri girbemed and sick Jewish boye But ) true to his traditional quick thinking, the little y gulped a couple of times, and then said, "Now, sir, Mir. Carnera, you will feel a lot etter: ie OUR FOOTBALL NEIGHBORS - Washburn College THE AMATEUR - Definition Some facetious wag said the only difference between a professional and an amateur was that the amateur would take a check. A Another nimble wit has suggested that the four-letter boy in wr Cons eae, Vee he boy with the large capital letters ina concentric circle over his chest - Cx Ax Sx#H With no desire to be as facetious as these other wags but having the same second guessing privilege as the athletic minded, we are offering President Avery Brundage of the A.A.U. a left- handed suggestion which might have prevented a very serious embarrassment in A.A.U. circles last summer. This, of course, pertains to the much discussed Eleanor Holm Jarrett incident on the S.S. Manhattan. Both Glenn Cunningham and Ralph Metcalfe of the Olympic Track Team declared that there were too many A.A.U. managers abroad. We would suggest that Brundage should have employed the large extra supply of free trip traveling A.A.U. managers as bartenders on the S.S. Manhatten. With this great group of team managers on the job at the bar-room Eleanor Holm Jarrett would not have had a chance to have gotten near the bar for her so-called over in- dulgences. #2 OUR FOOTBALL NEIGHBORS But let's bury the A.A.U. for this season and discuss the great national business and professional men's obsession - the collegiate game of football. FROM EARLY SEPTEMBER UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING THE AIR IS FILLED WITH PUNTS, PUBLICITY anD PLaupirs. @ . duly Lovers of football are becoming increasingly concerned over the attitude of the growing minority among the spectators, who under artificial stimulus make the game unpleasant for their ‘neighbors and even invade the field and interfere with the progress of the game. It is somewhat strange that the phenomena of offensive drinking is really peculiar to football games - not being so evident at Big League baseball games, prize fights and other athletic exhi- wietene. Strange, because a larger proportion of those at the football games than at other contests have had the benefit of college training. Such training is supposed to have some benefi- cial effects upon a person's manners, self control and sportsman- ship. Some of those who defend stadium drinking say that much of it is due to frigid weather conditions but those who regularly attend great skiing meets, toboggan races and other winter sports assure me that the spectators there, as a whole, are a sober lot. cee me August 30, 1938, You have done a fine job, end I em very greteful te "ith best wishes, I am , Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. LELAND D. CASE | | } Ee < () / \ | ’ | N / \ TELEPHONE EDITOR STATE 4016 PAUL FEE TOR ASSISTANT EDITOR OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 35 EAST WACKER DRIVE HARVEY C. KENDALL BUSINESS AND CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A, ADVERTISING MANAGER August Twenty-Ninth a 9 3 8 Dear Dr, Allens: Here is a rough copy of the revision of your article. Copy has already gone to the printers, but if we have made the "cases" too strong, so that they may cause you embarrassment, do not hesitate to say so. We have tried to follow your suggestions as closely as possible and in such a@ way as to avoid "repercussions". Our check for $60.00 to pay you for full rights on the article is enclosed. Sorry, indeed, for the delay in sending this to you. It so happens that last week most of the employees in the financial department of the Secretariat were on va- cation, and all payments were withheld. Ve al S, Teetor Dr. Forrest Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas ‘ia cS : a. Chee Rotarian 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. . VOUCHER DATE®£® August, 1938 Porrert ©. Allen TO: VOUCHER NO.__xea< AMOUNT ITEMS | GROSS | DISCOUNT | NET op ecg it for full rights on article which vill @ used in a future issue of THE ROTARIAN as one side of debate on question "Subsidize Athletes?" $60.00 Bndorsement acknowledges receipt of payment in Pai on menuscript covered by this remittance THE ENCLOSED CHECK IS. IN PAYMENT Hae A UNT ABOVE STATED. ENDORSEMENT AND coli gyn OF CH Es As A RECEIPTeERW THE ROTARIAN By 2002B June 37-4800 BUSINESS MANAGER Allen October Should We Subsidize College athletes? | Yes! By Forrest C. Allen Director of Physicsl Sducation, Varsity Basketball Coach, University of Kansas Subsidize college athletes? That's whit we're| doing now--furtively. There is not a college in the|United | States, excepting JohnsHozkcins University and ome or two ethers, that does not subsidize ethletes, fake the university with the 40 thoughtful alumni, for a Sample, Every year each of thes¢ “well-—heeled* entlenen endows four scholarships sack of whi¢h pays -125 monthly, This has a me of bringing 160 hand-picked bthletes to the sini onary Feil. But the scholarships pren’$ exactly gifts. The boys have ik olen titemu——by bistktne their Mothers at Christmas and Easter absolutely! _—__ Beyond that there are no strings. Or turn to that State oiversity wien a jear or two hgo diverted $10,000 from its athletic association for siete + The sum bought football qnd bask@tball playersess@% $90 per mo. The same salary scale holds in a ¢ertain other ischool but there the selection of the athletes|who shall benefit is a matter of pure scienceof trial error, — 8/29/38 | , Prf'd by ma & ff tach August the football department holds a trsining | Lines @ 60 camp where the versity men stert conditioning hemsel ves for the Fall schedule. . To the camp come elso the Fresh+ men prospects whom the athletic directe ¥ ame his aides 8 on9 11 on 12 13% 13% 20 heve coralled during the Suamer. Double ae are held daily, end the new lads who survive the grind are selected to attend the institution—at|$90 per|month, |plus board, room, tuition,end ell theater and hesebell tickets. Freshmen who make poor showings ih the grid drills are released—-just as are the hopeless rookies 's Majdr Leagues Which is all very convenient. The coa¢h knows |what he's in the Spring training camps of baseb to work with before the boys matriculate——not me Foo€ball is no longer 2 sport. I's ea busginess§-— a" surreptitious business, & clandestin siknidicuies a business nevertheless§ I could offer further yroof. I could cite as an edded instance the scljtool whoge assist+ nt athletic director is & sort of glovified paymaster. E handles all the monetary arrangements for the school ethletes whether they live on or off the campug. He cracks down" on them if they violate training jrules pr let their scholastic averages slip. | The foqtball pbhout ite-but you and I both know that |they knqw, Someone has said thet our American life divides ite pelf into three epochs: The passing off the Indian, the passing of the buffalo, and the "passing of th¢e buck." fe are still in the middle of the last epoch——so fer as the administration of college ethleticd is conderned. Everyone with at least one eye half open admita thet there is some proselytizing in the pregent picture——but ho one does anything about A oenmysht ng helpfull. But Eomething needs doing because this malignant ldsion, this hypocritical pareelling—-out of sinecure Jabs is —- Hevitelizing many of our best athletes, Surrestitiously coach and the ethletic director, of course, knqw nothing 10 on 11 8on9 11 on 12 13% 131% 20 pay « boy more to play footbell in college than he can 3 earn on the outside in honest enployment end ypu leave a scar on him which he'll carry far beyond the| campus hells. Having grown used to the feel pf this so-called "easy money" during his days of eligibjlity, hp often turns to professional football when hig college days are over. You havey in fact, only to st the rogter of the professional football leagues of the United “tates land note the players* college «affiliations to learn where ‘|proselytizing is Senki Now you can’t get rid of this gredt straight-faced cihettine by talking about it. That has been|tried. T doubt if you can get rid of it at al], But you can dignify iteby recognition. You can bring it qut into [the fresh air of public intelligence, 4gree on principlds, stablish a few simple, business-like yrocedur¢s—-and Sb acheve aaa scrupulous honesty in the athletic department pf institution thet=%s dedicatdd to honest think ling, the wmdverciter tollege@ Talking, I have just said, has beqn tried, Three ears ago the Committee on Student Group Life drew up pome Standards of Athistic Higibilityy The Ndtionel Pssociation of State Universities endorsed them. Arti- cle III of these Standerds provides thats The faculty committee on eligibility shal], in ad-/ wance of competition, require of each date for coms petition in any sport, « detailed statqnent in writing pf the amounts and murces of his fi a sade and e ng the dollege of income received, or to be received d ynatle ho Ee Wear end the previous summer, from othqrs than |those up+ bn whom he is naturally dependent for dupport. | In case 10 on 11 8 on 9 11 on 12 13% 13% 20 | any question arises with regard to i cutive committee of the conference fox | following edict from the same sourcet for an athletic team must, after « car of all the eligibility regulations and declare orally to the committee and in honor his eligibility or ineligibility sical education department, athietic ep committee on athletics, shall upon his certify his own adherence to all the a the institution. There is no admission or confessid the majority of athletes are receiving spirit of the inquisition, end then thp etting caught. * a decade ago concerning oummer bag Lans, and it failed dismally. It is wo today. hones + Open subsidy is the only answer, E do not mean the hiring of athletes m pbility, at a salary based on skill, fo barter his physical prowess not in earnestly desired education, but only on 13% this statement, the matter shall be ré¢ferred 4o the exe If the above unfair discriminatory reguldtion doeg not produce mass perjury, then pass judgment upon the eful exglenation tions of honor, by the feculty committee on athletics, ate regulation. Each member of the athletic | Jjeligibility of every member of the _ thet rp but the very tone of this act immediately This scheme above mebtioned w: pf thing now in the tramp athlete, thelyouth who seeks implication of decision. Every dandidate their implica= writing upon hig n here ptated a“ secret subsidies) Gives i+ crime results in eball for colleg+ rking nd better But by gibsidizing ee ely fot playing e have that sort for an hange or an attractive 8 on9 13% Il 20 in opera ll on 12. Olt TAA t- monetary consideration. I am sida alas to "a 5 and his kind, as, i am certain, most dollege doaches aie. . I am irrevocably against professionalism of this sort dr any other in college athletics? But if subsidizing means "to furrlish aid with 4 subsidy," or to give the athlete an ne break) with other students, them my answer is Yes!} And Rot? Today is the age of subsidizing. | Presid Zz. Bs Ciniatd, of Harvard University, stated recently that : Harvard would subsidise the best young] brains pf the United States at his institution. Stufierts preparing for law, medicine, engineering, the a . all through of the professions have been and are spbsidi scholarships and fellowships. Why exclude physical edu- cation and athletics? "Without discrimination] for or against the athlete" has long been the| slogan of the present purity collegiate eligibility rules copmittee. There has been much talk but little action to rénge-thite shift tho eel into q = “oO Byron "Whizzer" White, superb football Sayer from \Colerado, is to be subsidized in Englahd with 4 Rhodes Scholarship. Yet if the English practice of subsidizing IRhodes Scholars were applied to our Amébrican college athletes, all efewe-beys would be declared in¢ligible by our own eligibility committees. Ong of the|/require+ . ments of the Rhodes Scholarship is,in fact, that the ap plicabobe outstanding in at least one|sport. | English jeducation, in other words, encourages jhysical|skill, oo ippebeonteey American education logks upon|that kind bf skill with suspicion. 10 on 11 8 on9 11 on 12 13% 13% 20 The athlete, I repeat, is already| and times 6 discriminated against. Just why should the finger of suspicion be pointed at a halthy, husky American boy be+ jcause he wants to play a game in which |he exes s? Why should he be hailed into an academic cqurt, le¢tured to] land caused to sign papers and also to declare dral/ly that he is without stain of professiondl guilt lany more than the rotund and depper campus Luminary with a Carusgan Wwoice who sells his talent singing at funerels land cole lects a tidy sum for singing in a churdh choirg end in bddition gets credit toward graduation for his |singing im that choir. | No credit is given the athlete for participating in daily two-hour practice drills on the football fieldg. pr for playing in @ regularly scheduled contest. But if he should go down town and play in any competitive game with an outside team, even without remuneration, he ould automatically become insligibles | If the athlete should referse an intramural geme of any kind for the pame amount of money that the singer receives for his | hour's work, the athlete immediately banonen a profese pional and is ineligible to play. Wher playing semes ah for his school in,intercollegiate . contest wehle receives ho A cademic oreadtt, potas Heteee but] credit 4 oward graduation is given ¢ members of [the bend See) whe play butween halves at Hoe 3 almne Te~e CG) went If you degewed to teach history or} chemistry, you Kam load poudd carry the minimua,the school required and yor-seuld fake as long as you desire to complete [the courpe. But if you wanteg to coach athletics and lami to earn & yarsity letter as a recommendation, you wewkd=hevemte Mu 5h . 10 on 11 8 on 9 11 on 12 re : 13%. 13% 20 pessess 2% hours of scademic credit the two prqceding semesters before you seach eabee the gqae laboyatory of athletic instruction. | It is just as logical to think thdt we shduld have physical educatior scholarships as well as any jother spd pial scholarships which are offered by jalumni and other beneficiaries. Coaching and physical dducation are prox fessions, and the sooner we have « newgr and a |better pnderstanding of these moot points, _ better pff all of rs ws will be. Who can say that from a great army of aspinr ing youth, tingling with the love of contests and cone juests, it is not possible to discover nother lyoung aismith, a Stagg, a Gulick, or « MacKezie? Epere—men 4eengeter f on: | ok s frown @difiedy until now we have Pits of intellect bs well 4s physique in the field of physicah edpecation. Again, is itehot possible for the fimayoung athlete fo uge his gills, just as does the stugent of PM or aut sic? has. been said that the rhythn hna the poise a But life is full of paradoxes. Wi’ give money to aid the physically crippled, and with the * dther we give boodle money to mentally tripple the physi- dally strong. It is easy to collect a thousand|dollars for « "slush fund" for certain subrosa purposes} but impossible to collect a hundred for some legitimate activity. 10 on I1 8 on 9 11 on 12 13% 13% 20 Kille 4 because of $ patel ke ins + ‘ No doubt you read some months ago| about the investi- gation the Pacific Coast Conference had instituted. I+ had hired a former G-man to assist in & survey|of finaw J cial support for athletes playing in the Conference. If a G-man should investigate the Big Six|Conferehce or any other honorable, long-established ae on obeying the present rules of the conference as|they are mow printed, his findings would cause much panic. The athletic situation is a mess. Conferences are |printing Rapa but actually obsying another | This is compar+:: lable to the present international situdtion, wien the world powers say we must be prepared, we must grotect purselves against the outlaws. Colleges should take a page from ‘tne ‘stetubi-teskes in tts educational! polrsy veqaediles hie b, seGeols a pi-the Stute of New York, Ail activities of the high chools in New tork state, including alll forms lof compe ‘pitive athletics, are under the diréct \control pf the gh school admnistration. There is no such thing as athletic association. If’ colleges pald' aboligh ‘neti thletic associa ations, with their alumr and student — ards, and if the universities would handle athletic its of skullduggery such as diverting [ rom advertising channels into a 4lush ffund‘=then much f£ the grief of our present athletic caltastrophe would —— be done away with. | 4 e-pakehieak ciiek dae hk-sabhiniatas Aeeaeek oN ell ,of=tebe;, | hosp resieini—tre-neefl , he 1s oe h Pg qf competitive sport groups)’ saids “We| must believe in ake 411 sincerity, as Sn sure many of us flo not, that phy- ‘ficel education, including competitive peers 8 an es= sential part of the obligation of thm godlege eno in 14 on 12 13% 13% 20 sense a mere excrescence to be nor dk to me casual outsider or to the transient apprentic nize that it stands in the closest pog moral education, which we often pronounce 2s dne of thd prime duties of the college, if not, indeed, the very first. We must believe umreservedly in sport for the whole college comunity, and competiti as far as possible. If, then, physica largest sense is an intrinsic part of @. We must recog- sible rdlation ta. ve group sports 1 education in the the work!) of the colleges why should there longer be hesitation in ree nizing thet facts and accepting the fu which go with it." + Why Should +herve be ,mdeed | “what chall we contimue a system that puts a erisy and Senay thet encourages selfishness end perisitism, and that werps youth's view of life far out of line with the actual? Or shall we men to be realistic, to value their po Glasnes or tions as highly as the mistry stude expec? and get. therefore to depend equal recognition. mé, seems obvious. is best for yout premium on hypo~ beach ouk young tential contribu nt values his-—ani The chpice, to 10 on Il 8 on9 ll on 12 13% 13% 20 OL | 2 aii | ? The |cove off the whole quss tier