New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
FACILITY GRIP ON ATHLETICS
DrFFICJ1LTIEs EXPERIENCED IN KEEP
ING INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT
CLEAN.

Professor James F. Kemp. chairman OF the Celuiii-
bia faculty committee athletics. has IN the cur
rent number of The Columbia University quarter
ly an article on the attitude of university faeui-
ties In regard to the eligibility OF students VINO
compete in amateur sport In the course OF MS
paper he says:
Ten or fifteen years ago intercollegiate athletics
in all the larger universities emPhaueaily de de-
years later than some sister institutions In taking
In and ,he s ms'sf shP other
doer sports had not ganed yery nf of many
of our officers OF instruction, as indeed Il Is 10
some extent to-day not to recognize oeiaIy that
and is that the authorities should carry on the
educational and disciplinary work Of ne me ~
student activity, But conditions being what tney G
Sy us or BY any sister institution without doing ir-
reparable injury intercollegiate regulations The
5 RE Of broSs sIn the desire to WIN IS
keen hs there is no upon o ThSs9 Sena ds
students unless questions OF eligibility were oHi-
The several topics which demand attention from
faculty committee Of c@nir01 as we Wen wIth eanh
will be briefly given the reasons which make over
First~rhs management of Finances. Super
abundant experience has shown the transient ana
ment in those branches In which expenses are con-
prominent Institutions in which athletics more
than pay for themselves, Involves the conduct off
7n ane aR'erPrse Ths dsn G!Hn must t6e be mae up
SUBSCRIPTIONS but If 1t be provided for the
student manager passes on a bequest Of debts, to
his successor. The inheriting mensger, not having
accumulated the debts himself. feels but slender
responsibility, and thus the accumulation increases
until the alumni subscribe the necessary FUNDS 10
protect the good name of heir alma mater
The ma gnitude OF the ira ansactonS In some OF our
large institutions is great. surprising as II
does. 500 900 per annum, that no undergraduate or
body OF undergraduates in the nature OF things
look after the bookkeeping involved Cnioss, there
fore older OF tried business experience control
the funds supervise budgets and keep the books,
abuses are inevitable.
present serious difficulties. The ideal for college
team is that II should be made up OF bona hde
students who are primarily IN attendance on ao-
count of the educational advantages offered. But
In prominent lines of sport the desire to win has
become so great that promising players or eandt-
dates tboth being technically described mate
rlar) hunted up in every likely quarter and are
induced to enter where their services will be espe
cialIy appreciated. 1t IS conceivable that unless
careful precautions taken. the inducements
may be OF such character as to vitiate amateur
standing, and therefore the authorities ex-
pected guard against this contingency. No
prominent fitting school to-day which has promising
material escapes the visitations of one more
representatives of athletics in our universities
Third-Sehoarship tests are matters which no
faculty afford to overlook. The first kind ts
designed to allow only properly registered stu