New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-23
COLUMBIA MAY RELENT
A CHANCE FOR FOOTBALL.
Alumni Committee Recommends
Continuance of the Sport.

The three committees which were appointed Nv
President Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columbia 70
considersthe revision Of athletics at the university
held a long session on Monday. a. which tI.y
practically finished the new scheme they are O.
visinr for the control Of sports. They refused %
dfve ont any information to what they Ia
done until President Butler had had a chance d,
consider TIE report The report however. that q.
special alumni committee made az the Joint mesf-
inq was made public yesterday As the studa-.
committee. when its own report was disapprovea
Is known to have favored that made by the alumni
IL IA probable that this one will be adopted.
The committee is OF the opinion that intsTcoI-
Iesiate competition in anything but the well estan
Ished sports should be disfourased and that thess
cor,netitione should be so limited as % proven:
any pIaver from taking part in more than ca
contest in any one week with an outside team.
I, tbo action "a justified BY holidays Other n
usral circumstances. The committee believes that
cornnetition and participation in sport should ie
so limited at all times that IL shall not In any vag
interfere with the academic work
rho COMMITTEES further reports that IL IS o. ths
oniDion that intercollegiate football has done mu1a
GOOD for Columbia University. and that the sars
should be continued, particularly as the football
rules have been 50 amended that. taken tn co--
junction with the recommendation OF the commit
tee REGARDING the administration and control q
athIesics the principal dangers and annoyanass
y,,,u ~ eliminated. II recommends however that
owing 10 the fact that the new rules have not YET
been tried and 20 the impracticability Of CoIumts
Arranging a schedule for next fall. and also tv
feason Of the desire to obtain more general par
tieluation IN snort by all Columbia students
no intercollegiate contests in the American cana
be allowed before 1901
The committee reports that II considers Il h.
advisable 20 endeavor to play both the American
game and the Rugby game and considers TIA
American game preferable The committee sees no
reason why the association game OF soccer foosbsn
should not be played IN conjunction with the Are-
lean game. and considers Il well suited Tor many
students who are physically unable to staks
part in the American game. and also suggests n.
game as one well qualified 10 train men for tie
the eommittee considers that the administrator
o. annette sports should be By the students
alumni and faculty. and more BY one thar r..
sanzStions should Sc se5sFatS ana q a1e O.
other student organizations: that the present s-s
TEN Of clubs or associations IS admirably al81tsF
TO the encouragement and direct control Of s-,--.
and athletic Participations Of the students
president be authorized 70 appoint a uSiesrs.~
committee on athletics 10 supervise and e0l0I al
student athletic organizations which q arv u7r
represent the university before the pubic a7i z,
eligibility. including those involving schSi1Tsa'r
and TO govern the participation Of students o. c.
other. 80
The committee further reports that IN its ovinion
training table Is often advisable but that care
should be taken to see that the privileges OF sueh
tests. intercollegiate and other. advisable ana
CildL the amount 70 De PAID Dy student we've
ing contest should be nominal
The committee then proceeds TO recommend eer-
tain changes in the eligibility rules that IN force
&C the university at present II recommends
thar the director OF the gymnasium be made re-
spOnsible for the physical welfare Of all students
taking part in competitions. and that he shah have
the power 70 keep any student. whom he believes
be physically unqualified from competing stu
dents 20 be eligible must take least fifteen hours
q week academic work. and must not have COndt-
lions aggreEating more than % per cent Of the
average work in a term In applying the rule re-
garding professionalism. the authorities 20 dis
crninate between the deliberate OF athletics %
earn livelihood and the technical infractiOu
Of the rule. A freshman TO be eligible must be Ia
the first year OF residence. and must not have at~
tended any other college or university.