The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-03-23

Il used 10 teach a little school and
preach the gospel, too. / had to and
then didn't make very much of a living"
1t was not very orderly school, but
there was sympathy in it.
Sympathy in discipline is the one
factor in success.
He believes in the beautiful and the
grand as formative power in the train
ing Of the young.
President Crowell and President Wins.
ton made short addresses endorsing the
views in the presidents address.
'Inter-CoIlege Athletics"
President Holiday presented paper
on Inter College Athletics" He said
this, very simple subject, has been COM
plicated by two much discussion, and the
manner of its handling. There is truth
on both sides of this athletic controversy.
Anything, everything is caught up by
these nustling manufacturers of public
opinion, the press and used as kind of
gunpOwder to set people to fermenting
They have taken the subject of athletics
to every mans door. Newspapers are
full Of it, college presidents discuss it
warmly. 1t was considered long ago,
and sound conclusions in the matter were
reached by the ancient Greeks. 1t ought
TO be easy. to avoid sound and fury in
fixing the value and function of athletic
culture.
President Eliot, of Harvard, and Prof.
Wilder, Of Cornell, have in their war
against athletics called down all the
thunders of heaven to crush a butterfly.
A school is first and above everything
else a school, and its highest purpose
should be to give the best education its
faculty is able to impart
Nothing should be allowed to come be-
fore this. But the specific work of the
college and athletic culture need not con-
flict. No matter what games are played,
they can be made conducive to the mental,
moral and physical improvement of the
students, if kept in their proper limits.
Out of the discussion of athletics has
grown the question of inter-college ath-
letics.
There is no difficulty in reaching the
conclusion that athletics inside the col.
lege is beneficial.
The spirit of the tournament had it's
share in educating and civilizing men,
ane there is no reason why occasional
competitive games should not be benefi.
cial to boys. While short trips and an
occasional day at other institutions is
not objectional, extended trips and long
absences are damaging.
Football is what many mean then they
! talk Of athletics; the excitement over
this game has dwarfed other games Its
advocates pronounce it the finest of all
games while its opponents call it little
better than bull fight. Gle gave the
! fiUuroC of tho cecratorv Of uor SbOwipr
the large proportion of injuries incurred
in the game)
Physical culture ought to be for all the
| students. Athletics is not all, as some
people suppose, merely for the aggran
dizement of colleges. The students who
stand most in need of athletics are those
who do not get exercise.
The cultivation of the highest ideal of
physical manhood is the real end of ath-
letics.
In ultra culture the standard of athlet-
! les is so raised that weaker pupils who
need development are discouraged. Dis
tinguished athletic proficiency is not a
synonym for perfect health. Life in
surance companies say that gymnasts
and athletes are short lived. A general
average of moderate physical culture is
the ideal TO be attained.
The paper is exhaustive and finely
written. 1t is to be published.
After the reading of President Holli-
days paper there was silence of some
moments.
Il Profound silence
Dr.. Crowell said: This paper seems to
have produced profound silence" He
expressed himself as gratified at the