Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-28

ftsf ~ ne crkastf 10 sC1OF-Sosols
Eggsascn-hAs gistn TO oar Alma mai.
ss tkr HNrvar. IA.cr. thar wnIch 10
k~Ei.g -itr, 30 sift meeting a more
vital 1.eG. eOaA have b--r given 70
tth- saiVsyslry. y - neither possible
tor desirable 10 IVY 10 take away all
social aifserences from 'he student
l.trs Ssr " ~ a good thing 10 show
n0w Enanpori&nt these differences
x-e compared 10 The differences Of
real achievement, and compared also
10 ihe toads which sb0glc unite TO
g.sssf al the men Who are IN any
degree eatak!e q sgch real achieve
naent. boAds. moreover. which shoald
also knit these capable me 70 their
b-pthren who need their help.
The second point upon which J
visit I % speak IL the matter ~ sport
Sox shall not be suspected Of a
Iisndeacy unduly 70 minimize the I'M
y~orrznce os sport. ] believe heartily
IN sport believe In outdoor games.
and ! DO no, mind in b least that
shey are rough games, o. that those
~ho take part In them are occasion
ally injured. ] have no sympathy
whatever with the overweight SEN
Immortality which would keep a young
man In cotton wool. and ] have a
hearty contempt for him II be count
Ia brosea arm or collar bone as o.
serious Consequence, when balanced
2g&ins. the chance 81 showing that
he possesses hardihood. physical adj
dress. and courage. But when these
,snQSigies are inflicted by others. either
wanFnniy or Of act design, as are
c~nv.iro-,e6 by The question, not of
6s-asge 10 mans BODY. but ~
damage 10 the other mans character.
Brgrasity IN playing q game should
lswaker she heartiesr and most plainly
Shown consenp. for the player guilty
az n. especially IL this brutality -
coGplers Eith a 5ow cunning in con-
Knitting X without getting caught by
THE umpire. ! hofe 10 see both grad
Iuats ard undergraduate opinion cone
70 SccyI such Q rBaa ~ one guilty. ~
sSse and 9sshoncrshle section, WHO
t.s no yAace ia tie regard a gallant
and nprsght men
= n a tad lhiae Tor any college rDaa
10 grow { % regard sport as he ssFsoas
business q TIE. II IS a bad thing 70
'F~rrait ser~sslio1alisEn and hysteria 10
shate he assei0pnsen, 81 0ar Sports.
And finally y IL q -g8ch EoTse thing
to permit college sport 70 become ID
asg shape o. 1sy tainted ty proses-
ssunagisEn. or by 10 much "a fAe slight.
eSf suspicion at money making and
shis n especially fy1e If The profes
SOCIALISM IA ~fartivA. IL the Dor or man
giosasss she spirit RI she rule ~hile
striving 10 seey within the letter.
Professional sTNY- Is an figar fn IS
va. ] arr gsad 20 say sAss among my
friends ! number professional bowers
ana ~rasslegs. 0aysE0en. and baseball
gsen, whose regard ] Tslna. aId whoEa
ID sara | regard ~ thoroughly goosg
citizens Bar the coglegs undergrad
aafe wha. Ia fUFtIge fashion. baconasss
H ssnsK professional ~ an 8nEnifIga9aa
c7gTse and thai NOT aIose 10 university
tffa ans to the catss4 81 amateur sport.
fov The college graduate ought Id
after years To lake the lead fn putting .
The business morality ~ this country
on \ proper plane. and III can ~ ~
IL II III his own college career his code
Of eondact has been warped and
twisted. Moreover. Ire splri, whicl
pafs 40 excessive q value agCn his
work as 80 produce this s~emisprcfes-
SIGNAL n itself unhealthy. ] wish 10
see Harvard win d reasonable proper
ton n me contests In which II e
erg. and I should be heartily ashamed |
Of every Harvard athlete who did
mt spend every ounce there was In
him in The effort 10 win, provided only
be does Il Ia honorable and manly
fashion.
But | think our effort should be 10
minimize, rather than TO increase that
Hind Of love OF athletics which mani
fest Itself not In joining in the ath-
l.tic sports. but In crowding b. tens
OF thousands TO see other people in
dnlge In them. II Is a far better thing
for our colleges 10 have the average
students interested In some form OF
athletics than to have them all gather
In a mass to see other people do their
athletics for them.
SO much for the undergraduates
for the alumni, the men who are
~ work ont in the great world. OF
the mans first duty Is 10 him
self and to those Immediately Depend
mt upon him. Unless he a pull his
own weight he must be content TO re- /,
main a passenger all his life. But we !,
a right 10 expect that the men
who come out OF Harvard will do L
something more than merely pull their 4
,vn weight. We have a right 10 ex.
,ect that they will count as positive :
orces for The bettermen, OF their Eel. ,
ow-countrymen: and they can thus |
only II they combine the power .
II devotion TO a lofty ideal with rrac. {
icaf common sense In striving 10 r
this ideal =