Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-14
ANDREWS ON FooT BAL
T'resIaent % Uaiversity OF Nebraska
N Oppose. Attasts Upon the
y Garle. III

wAsHNGToN %, q. NoS ia-The ad-
dress OF r. Benjanhn Andrews Of the
University Of Nehrassa, the president Of
the associations, and tie Discussion OF nu-
merous matters aftecting he adfninistra-
ton OF state uoiversities wefe the fea-
lures OF the rneetipg OF the National AS
ISOLATION OF Presidents of sta versi
ties which began here today. . ig the
subjects discussed were coilep < gem
orally, the attitude of state ersties
toward graduate work ,Acolieg = itories
a common national adnilnis in the
interest of studeHts. the' pT ton OF
standards and pension cyst : r. teach-
ers with incidental refereT the $lO,-
10000 Carnegie fund prov ,pensions
for superannusted profeso colleges.
President Andrews adv ashetic
sports in colleges. but Il hssion of
that subject was rot re, duFing the
meetings today. sf 80 IA.
President Yenabe sof tire University OF
North Carolina opened the discussion re-
garding loan funds and 8other. help for
students.t His report showed. that there
were many institutions having. funds from
which loans were made TO Students. the
highest loan fund being that o. the Uni
versity OF Georglas which has si85OeD avail
able for the purpose. The general yopinion
favored confning loans TO students to as
sst them through college to about 300
for their entire course, or $50 for any one
term. hf So
Chancellor Fulton Of the UniVsrsity Of
Mississippi stated that universities giving
pensions TO teachers lncapacitated for work
numbered but three or fonr intthe United
States and these were in the east. In this
connection the discussion Regarding the
Carnegie pension fund arose. The college
presidents hope that this fund may be
made applicable TO state universities, but
whether this will be or not President
Schurman Of Cornell, who is member
of the Board of Trustees TO administer
tho fund. was not able to say. When MAX
ing the donation he explained MIR. Car
negie had left the impression that 1t was
not.
President Schurman will leave washing
ton for New York tomorrow to attend a
meeting OF the Board of Trustees.
a resolution was adopted declaring that
the credit given normal school graduates
at any institution ought not to he greater
| than that given by the state university
where the normal school is located.
President Andrews placed himself on
record as the friend of foot ball and in
IaCts tdu OtHSI colleBe atnlellc sports. he
said; (.
| approve. under reasonable regulations
| all the usual forms of college sport track
/ athletics, tennis, base ball, basket ball
! foot ball and rowing, though rowing Is
not TO be specially commended, partly be.
| cause few can engage In II and partly
/ because IL is not a safe sport for matches
Foot ball itself does not deserve the
J censure II is now fashionable TO mete out
/ The game is strenuous, which is it's glory
for young men need training in that quail
\ lty, but 1t Is not rough in the sense most
\ naturally assigned that word. Played un.
/ der due oversight foot ball breeds nol
/ eallousness. but kindness and restraint As
I schooling In alertness, courage, self mas
/ terry, motor efficiency, exact discipline and
J determination to achieve. IL has no equa
! short of army and navy service. Nothine
( else in, or about college is in these points
: comparable. It's advantages reach not few
/ but many There are evils to- the sport
as TO everything worth while. These are
7 to be deplored and repressed. not exag
( serAted or paraded. No few of these we
ourselves create on regulations on eligibil