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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1959
Students Voice Criticism Of Athletic Scholarships
A former Yale football star's criticism of athletic scholarships in a United Press International story touched off a variety of opinions among KU students this week, most of them against the program.
Albert Hessburg II, who won national recognition for his play from 1935 to 1937 as a halfback, termed the system of awarding free schooling and "other incentives" to athletically talented boys as "unfair" and "unjust."
"Any school that bases its standing on the record of its football teams, is missing its real purpose as an educational institution. The recruiting must be stopped, and the yearly stress on obtaining a winning record must be lessened," he said in the news release.
David A. Ross, Wilmette, Ill., junior,
said:
'The money put out for 'gladiators' to fulfill the wishes of the alumni is basically wrong. A school and a university that is being sun-
ported by state money should not have its standards based on athletic achievement. The emphasis should be on scholarship and research."
Stephen P. Strachan, Nassau,
Bahamas, freshman, said:
"Scholarships should not be given for athletics because that makes athletics more important than grades for some students. The money used to support these players could be put to some other, more important, use."
Ivo G. Vonderwell, Delphos, Ohio, special student, said.
"A scholarship almost professionalizes an intercollegiate sport.
"A sport has a place in the college curriculum, but it should not be the heart of the curriculum."
Chester P. Stevens, Chicago, Ill.
freshman, said:
"Some athletes on scholarships are given too much money and too much praise. This tends to make them spend too much time on sports and not enough time on studies.
"Of course, some athletes are not given enough. They are getting a college education as a direct result of their scholarships. The need should be considered in awarding athletic scholarships."
Ronald E. Medlin, Kansas City,
Kan., sophomore, added;
"Why should scholarships be given to one general type athlete, such as a football or a basketball player, when just-as-fine athletes are in other sports and receive only about one-fifteenth as many scholarships?"
Frederick H. Schultz, Pennsauken,
N.J., senior; "I see no difference between a man participating in athletics for pay in the form of a scholarship and having to work as a waiter or service station attendant to get through school."
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.-Thomas Hughes.
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