Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-02
College Presidents May Make
Some Radical Changes In
Regard to Management
LONG TRIPS NOT FAVORED
State Colleges Would Play Less Abroad
and Fewer Games in the Aggregate
Would Have Member Of Faculty,
Not Student, Take Active Charge
Other Changes.
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Special to Times Republican
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 2.--When the col
lege presidents of Iowa meet in Grim
nell November 81, 1t Is likely that Wig
orous efforts will be made to adopt
new athletic regulations and rules that
will change considerably the standing
of college baseball and football In this
state.
At the conference on athletics, held
at Coe college, In this city last week,
in connection with the third annual
conference of the Iowa Fellowship of
the American Society Of Religious Edu-
cation, recommendations were adopted
affecting the management of college
sports, limiting the number Of games
to be played, prohibiting long trips and
establishing higher scholarship stand
ards. If these recommendations are
adopted by the colleges Of the state.
athletics are quite likely to play less
important part in college life in the
future The recommendations Of the
conference were as follows:
"First-That the real management of
athletics shall be vested in MEM
Der of the faculty. not a student.
"Second-That the games should not
exceed eight in football and ten in base
ball, each season.
"Third-That long trips should be
discouraged and games between coll
leges as, close together as possible be
arranged-leagues for such being form
ed.
''Fourth-That intercollegiate con-
tests should be carried on 50 as to
avoid all absences from recitation; and
in any event that no such absences
should exceed three for the season. and
such contests should be so arranged as
to avoid all Sunday travel.
'F'ifth-That If the institution will
exercise the proper supervision and
they may be made to minister to the
Intellectual. physical and moral well
fare both Of the individual student and
of the student body. otherwise not.
"Sixth-That a student, who has en-
gagged in athletics In one institution,
shall not, In going to anoher, engage in
the same form Of athletics in that 9th
err till he has been student there one
year.
"Seventh-That no student shall en-
gage in any one form of athletics long
err than four years, and shall there
after be inelibible in any institution
to such form OF athletics.
"Eighth-That this conference GER
tify to the college presidents, who will
meet in Grinnell, November 81, and to
the committee of the state association.
of which Professor HENDERSON is chair
man, the matters approved in the con-
ference and urge that the whole subject
of intercollegiate athletics be taken up
by some authoritative body. with
view to eliminating. so far as possible,
any evils connected Herewith"
The following delegates were pres
ent: President, F. w. Hinitt, Parsons
college; DR.. G. w. Barrett, Cornell;
Professor E. r. Ristine, Cornell; Pro-
fessor c.. L. Kitchener, Penn college;
Professor James B. Weems, Iowa State
college; Professor A. E. Bennett. Upper
Iowa university; Professor George W.
Bryant and President s. B. Mccormick,
Coe. President Mccormick was chair
man of the conference and Professor
Bennett secretary