The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-11
BUYING FOOTBALL VICTORIES

Golfers for November II begins a
series OF articles on the corruption Of
college foot ball This series includes
the Universities OF Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern Wisconsin, Michigan
and Minnesota. In the initial article
Mr. Edward S. Jordan, the author Of
the series, says by way Of introduc
ton.
The most important task Of uuni-
yersity is the making of good citizens.
ANY phase Of university endeayor thar
Is inimical TO this aim and contributes
in any degree to its defeat is foreign
to college ideals and danger to the
state. Any pursuit that jeopardize
the character or endangers the best
moral development of the college man
has no place in college life.
In no section of America today is
this attitude more necessary than in
the colleges of the Middle West Here
boys from localities that are virtually
pioneer in their nature being educated
to perform useful work in life They
have few traditions behind them. no
generations of character cultivation,
and thousands of them are dependent
upon themselves for their education
They so TO college uncultured. crude,
and in plastic moral state. and
leave with characters virtually form
cd through college associations, innu-
ences. and conditions 1t is apparent
that the responsibility of Western
college is maifold. and the duty of en-
courageing the development of decent
citizens paramount
Thousands of Western boys. with
serious ambition, enter college every
year, unsolicited by the colleges. and
unknown to the world These men
constitute the future talent of the
stale. With them enter scores of
athletes. upon the solicitation of The
universities, and for participation in
athletics alone. These men would
make a aabDy backbone for a state.
Faculty men in every college tell me
that in their college" this evil fol
u is a dangerous evil does not exist.
They are either blind, fearful for theii
positions. or deceive themselves pii.
fully Coaches and managers have told
me that the greatest evil in colleges
today Is the prostitution of academic
ideals in the pursuit of athletic pres.
tig.
Coach George Hut OF the Uniyer.
sity of Illinois one of the Oldest and
best coaches In the West. told mo
that there are more liars and hypo-
critics than amateurs made through the
efforts OF colleges to keep within thu
boundaries Of the Conference rules.
lie added that he had seen bat few
college athletes Of any ability who
were willing 10 study. and do honest
work TO sustain themselves in college
after position on the team had been
assured, and he asserted further thai
victory in the West today depended
upen the ability Of the colleges 10 sus.
tain men BY devious means. Coach
Waiter MacCOnack and Manager
Frank o. Smith. Of the Northwestern
team. both agree in the assertion that
The campaign for men carried on nv
The friends Of universities has made
e CRATER Of every athlete Of ability
IN the West" II these statements are
well based-and one would suppose
them 70 be. coming from men directly
interested ~ the campaign for men
then faculties aould prove their hon.
csty BY fitting up and taking no
fice putting 10 The bars sgainsr
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