The sun., 1903-06-14

party, and after the squire nah m ahuo
over the money we all cashed IN IN ana mo went e m
in the exercises, but was much Interested
In them .o .a.;,
at the poker table. ] went to bed. and the
Squire had lit out.
Nov, I venture to say that you might
pass q long time in a big city, and never
spend an evening like that said the drum,
n,er in conclusion, and the other admitted
that he might.
PROFESsIONALISM IN COLLEGES.
President Jordan Of Leland Stanford Uni'
versity Attacks Coach Yost.
David Starr Jordan, president OF Leland
Stanford University. California. made .
Sensational declaration touching profes-
sionalism among college athletee a couple
Of nights ago At Chicago. President Jor-
dams remarks involved Coach Yost OF the
University Of Michigan and formerly OF
Leland ant Mbssa snd SFsss .he and
were made at the annual meeting OF the
North Central Association Of Colleges and
Secondary Schools at Cobb Hall. University
Of Chicago The opportHnity " for .tsn the soSu, &c
lation OF Athletics in Colleges: What Ne4t1'
read before the members Of the organiza-
ton. to the number OF lto by Prof {. 4.
Waldo Of Purdue University. In the audi
Of Michigan and it seems he was aware Of
Prof. Jordans intention, for the latter said:
II have the permission Of the Michigan
representative at this meeting 70 say q
word. As coaches after Walter Camp at
Leland Stanford umverfity we had two
who were good college sportsmen, but they
did not win games.
Then we had Yost What want TO get
at is an illustration. A young fellow came
his studies to enter the university, but he
showed an interest in his mining subjects
and was admitted as a special student; He
could not pass any entrance examinations
and did not pass IN any Of ne Work after
ao%ieso"; aYost vent aap to Michigan. Thi. young
man went on to Michigan, and has been
the centre around which Yost has built up
a strong team. He has played through two
seasons. fifteen sames or 20; 40. thu.
1T is up to us as faculty 10 see that
such things do not happen. All Of us who
have ever had Yost or any Ycstlike man
about US are not to he counted az sinlese
The faculty has duties to perform. II ID
ory unless we do away with other idlers.
I'VE shall as soon as possible, at Stanford,
abolish the gate money. Athletics started
with us on a good plane. Walter Camp.
who is a COLLEGE sportsman, was our nrst
which has not altogether died out.
Some OF our problems are solved be-
| cause we have only one great game. here
in the Middle West some institutions nave
fifteen or twenty games to a season 1t Is
without hurting the work Of the football
players, and II is impossible to treat the
football players severely If the other loafers
| are allowed to 60 on to the end OF the term
without studying
Those who listened to Prof Jordan were
not very much surprised, for the previous
day he denounced the dandy and butterfly
loafers" in colleges. During his address
Prof Waldo frequently quoted Prof, Hollis
Of Harvard on vital points and prscticaMy
| substantiated the stand taken by the Cam.
bridge professor: President, Harper and
Coach Stagg OF Chicago the University and
| Director Butterworth Of the Northwestern
| University were attentive listeners to Presl-
Another bomb exploded when President
j. H. Jesse OF Missouri State University
| rose to speak. He told how his alumni
deceived him in 1soe by having hired
player on the team, But after the college
secured DR.. Hetherington as athletic
tactics. President Jesse further said that
the University of Missouri and Washington
University had purged the lower half OF
the Mississippi OF professionalism
Inc pTOISeolC1ol codCIl 6DuCi SuihC
| in for some hot shot at the hands OF Prof.
Waldo, and he advocated that he be put
of the campus for good and all He said
these men received salaries which make
some Of the university presidents envious.
| and that these coaches IN some cases are
satisfied to hire men tn play for the teams
in which they are interested for the pur
pose Of winning and sustaining their
Prof Waldo proposed the following
eight reforms:
Absolute business publicity; receipts
and expenditures published annually.
"An annual record of all athletic achieve
| ments for each year. published as an award
| Of honor
"One years residence. in which a student
shall have reasonable success in his studies
before allowed to participate in athletics.
mo voluntary recruiting agencies.
Graduate coaches without pay;
Disarmament: that Ia, the doing away
with all professional coaches.
Lower admissi ion fees.
"A new athletic fraternity made np Of
men who have won their initials In honorable
contests 10 guide and guard the purity
posed by the State University Of Iowa.
In a paper or. The New Departure or
Revolution in Methods." by Dean C. NJ.
Woodward Of St Louis. he advanced the
plan Of abnlishing gate receipts and Of
incorporating athletics in the curriculum
ment.
Gregory. Mi-higan's centre rush. who i.
now at Ann Arbnr, Mich made the following
statement, on resident Iordan's charges
that Yost's mathods were sinful and that
Gregory's connection with the team Was
shady:
TITS downright shame, and it's
u rank slsnder on Yost. who IL the
suuarest coach in the country. It puts
me In a bad light. There is absolutely
no truth in what ,yo-da sayx md "a IN
make certsin that he gets a pr mp, denial
from me, never saw Yost In my life
until ! went 20 Stanford In fact, mover
heard Of him before that, My home is In
ReddinE, Cal. whit b Ia a mining town, and
my folks own considerable property. did
not 90 to Stanford with the intention OF
studying mining, I went there to prepare
myself for the law profession That Ia
I my ambition, and ! have not a scratch
aseinst my class record since taking |, up
here