The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-28

not parallel In many impnrtant de- tails her university life shows superb ority to that of her brother. She iS more truthful, more appreclative, more punctual, and more conscient ous in her discharge of duty.a5 When courses of the two are equal and parallel. her average grade Is higher than that of the sterner sex But nature never in- tended that the two, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow should pIod on together through the tedious university course. For their proper development. young girls need q cer- tain home-like protection, certain refinement of culture. certain sympathy, consistent with the virility of mascu- line association. There are, however many pleasant and profitable results from such association. Her tnnoepce his influence on her Is explained by the old Adam rule, that the greater re- sponsibility rests upon the weaker
 "Coiiege athletics have come to touch college life on almost every side; af- fecting more or less the whole student body, the faculty trustees and pa. irons. Athletics is an integral part of college life, a necessity. an investment that must be made anually, whether dividends are satisfactory or not. Ar duous work and sedentary habits rr Quire relaxation and out-door sportF 0l some IOfkn or OIuef. SuiAs NShAAS. track racing. basket ball. baseball etc, seem to pass without criticism.
 "But the summation of nearly all complaints IS lodged against football This department of athletics, especially in it's intercollegiate contests. IS more ardently persecuted. more ably defend- ed and more grossly abused than all the other departments of athletics cofn- bined. Within the past twelve months earnest and arduoHs efforts, bv good
 men, have been made to modify and re- form football, which seem to have achieved very limited success. some institutions have openly pronouncad against it, but t remains sd a9d Severity IS IIGt abide, it's fascination for players ana public is not diminished. The eYiis oI commerclaiism and professionalism IS still alluring this manly an ana au'l'iF-
 ''The advertisement good tean, sn, gives an institution, the substantial Salaries paid to coaches, ana the stu. pendous gate receipts. seem to proouee the hurt than, honor feelss There are certain connivances of faculties, and laxness of honor fin players that need to be keyed up to higher pitch of tn- tegrity, before we can, with any con fident asst, atiee. look for the n1illen- nium of football However. the rigid enforcement of rules, obedience to 0t- ficers, prompt dismissal for absences without good excuse, all stand in con- tract, and as a kind of rebuke, to or- dinary loose college discipline, Fur thermore there are no free options. A player must take the part his supe- riors decide is best suited to him, and he must do that promptly and efti- ciently.
 A young ms.n is evidently blessed with a double portion of the best training who does his full duty both to his literary course and to his base hall team. This tests the highest vir- tue of both physical and mental man hood, and yet a large number attain to it every year. This Is a strong an- chorage for the advocates of baseball, and weathers them through many storms of violent opposition. So that our Southern Association recognizes the good in football, endures the evil and hopes for the future."