The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-22
Two Notable Addresses.
At the first Student C.onfe

held at Trinity College, the two
following addresses, delivered
b. DR.. A. L. Phillips, Sunday
School Superintendent of the
Southern Presbyterian Church,
Richmond, Va, and DIR. Fl. F.
LaFlamme, of Toronto, Ontario.
Canada, Travelling Secretary, of
the Student Volunteer Movement,
attracted much attention:
In responding at the banquet
Saturday DR.. A. L. Phillips spoke
in part as follows:
believe in college athletics
with all my heart. believe in
mumble-the-peg, l believe in
leap-frog, in town ball, and in cat.
| believe in prisoners base and in
bull pen. ] pin my faith to things
out of-doors, | believe in the
gymnasium, believe in base ball,
and in basket ball, in running and
jumping, and in swinging, and in
swimming. ! believe in football
that is. | reckon | do! 1t is
good to think upon the splendid
results in strengthened manhood
that are already to be seen on
every hand, the first fruits of the
modernrevival of physical culture.
believe in it all, because it
means trained muscles that will
give man greater powers of re-
sistance and attack. New nerves
are the result, giving men better
control over themselves.
| believe in athletics because
by this means we are to give
clearer heads, fed by purer blood.
We are to have better stomachs,
and we will all rejoice in anything
that increases our prowess in mat
tiers gastronomic. | believe in
athletics because it means clean
bodies, for bath and soap and
towel die hard by the gymnasium.
They make demands upon a fell
lows habits. They are death to
the cigarette habit, which saps
the very life OF youth. The fell
low who is saturated with cigar
cite smoke can scarcely make the
team; his heart will betray him.
The fellow who drinks wine, or
beer. or whisky, puts a limit on
his athletic aspirations. believe
in athletics because of the pure,
good fun that comes from them.
They develop moral qualities Of a
high order, such as accuracy, cour-
age, self-denial and associated
effort. We will all give aroyal
welcome and salute to the splen-
did fellow who can win victories
for our college, and we will give
glad support 10 the college team.
Nine rahs Tor the team, boys!
Nine rahs for the team!
Because | believe in college
athletics, | have a right to de-
mand that they be clean and pure.
We who are Christians owe
great duty to our colleges and
must with the utmost vigor insist
on having clean sport One of
the most serious dangers now
threatening amateur games is the
invasion Of professionalism. We
welcome with cordial approval
the rule that excludes from the
college teams every single man
who has played for money, no
matter who he is. no matter what
his record. no matter his neces-
stiles. What do you say to it
boys? Let us make il impossible
Tor a fellow to play on our team
unless he belongs there. II a
man is OF your team who does not
fairly belong there according to
the rules OF the game, the athletic
committee of the faculty. the
team, and the man himself are
practicing fraud. No custom
can justify, no institution can stand
for it. The practice must go. We
who look on demand that we shall
have a sqaure deal. In the game
itself we demand fair play. Death
to mean, underhanded tricks.
Give us a clean team and a clean
game. II is not too late to go
back and make an imperious de.
mand at college that the team
which goes ont from il TO play
base ball This Uery spring shall be