Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06
COLLEGES IN
HEAL THY WA X
U. s. O. AND OCCIDENTAL ARE
MIXED UP
Chances Favor DlscontInuance Of Ath-
Ietlc Relations Between Two In
stItutions-other Colleges
May Get In Later

leges, after indulging in their annual
pleasantries In regard to the standing Of
the others. have come out in the open and
fired some big guns. Nothing since the
time of one Seymour at U. S. C.-some-
thing U. S. c.. likes to have forgotten-has
come anywhere near creating the fuss
that q few open letters from the college
authorities will kick up when they are
read in The Herald today. The presi-
dents of the institutions have become in
volved, and in al probability strained
relations will exist for some time to
come.
Just at present the University of South
ern California and Occidental are the
only ones mixed up directly, but Pomona
is lowering around the edges as a pos
sible aid to o. c., and the chances are
that Whittier and St. Vincent will get
in along the line somewhere before long.
Here is the whole dope.
To the Editor of The Herald:
Dear sir: May I have the privilege of
a few lines in your esteemed paper In
order to present clear outline of the
facts in regard to the position of the
University of Southern California and
that of Occidental In the yearly contro-
versy that the latter has seen fit to
perpetuate?
I. A conference agreement Is one in
which three or more institutions concur.
One was made two years ago and signed
by Pomona, Occidental and the Univer-
sity, and only dual agreements have been
made since. Both Occidental and Po-
mona have refused to continue this con-
ference agreement although the Univer-
sity Is willing to do SO until another
Is formulated. After disoarding the con-
ference agreement, o. G. and Pomona
have filled the local press with distress
ing walls for another. U. s. G. felt that
1t might be the most feasible thing to
form another, as 1t might tend to raise
the standard of scholarship and eligi-
bi,ity of Occidental and Pomona and
also do away with disgusting squabbles.
III. Last Wednesday representatives of
the five institutions met to form con-
ference agreement. When the meeting
opened o. G. and Pomona fatty refused
to form an agreement, but presented a
dual affair arranged previously between
them and insisted that that must be
adopted by all. This dual affair, when
read, was found to be a decided advan-
tage to Pomona and very unjust to Whit
tier and St. Vincent, as neither of these
institutions could possibly put track or
football team in the field under such a
handicap.
Ill. u. s. c. maintained that all five
should join and form regulations that
would work an injustice to none, but
would be fair to all. Toethis o.. G. and
Pomona refused.
w. U. S. c., Whittier and st. Vincent
desired to form an agreement to last
three, four or five years, thus avoiding
disagreeabls controversies o. c. and
Pomona refused fatty to do SO and gave
as reasons that some changes might be
of advantage later. So
The four year agreement signed by Mgr.
Crane and Mr.. Hunt and ratified by Pres
Bovard, also Pres. Boyard's letter to
Pres. Baer follows
october the second, 1907.
Manager WjR. Crane of Occidental Col
lege and Manager Carl of the University
of Southern California hereby agree to a
four year agreement that is to bind their
respective institutions as regards the
eligibility of all athletic contestants.
Beginning September, 1905, all contes-
tants must be of college rank and all
must be in residence at least one year and
pass in twenty-four hours of college work
unless entering as freshman for the first
time in an American college with at least
twelve units of academic credits.
All other points shall be governed by the
agreement Called conference agree
menD, made between Pomona and Q. e..
June. 1907
Signed, CARL Hunt.
University OF Southern California con-
ours in the above agreement and will
strictly abide by it's terms.
Signed, u. +, Bovard.
President of the University of Southern
California, Oct. 3, 1907.
October 8, 1907.
President John Willis Baer, LID,
Occidental College,
City.
Dear President Baer:
I have Just looked over the recommep-
dation of the managers of athletics repre-
sentng Occidental college and the Uni
versity of Southern California. l heartily
concur in the agreement made and am
exceedingly glad that for four years at
least there will be peace between our re-
spective institutions 1 hope the agree
mert heartily meets Your approval. as
sure YOU that we areN anxious to do all
that we can to maintafN high standard
of scholarship and of morals among our
athletes.
G, F.. BOvARD.
President of U. s. c.
WI. President Baer, in his letter, pub
Iished in your columns Friday, October.
4. stated as reasons for not signing:
a That 1t was unfair to Pomona.
h. That u units were insufficient for
freshmen.
In reply to the first we are unable to
see how any athletic agreement between
o. G. and u. S. c. can be unfair to Po-
mona unless o. c. and Pomona have
formed some combination pointing toward
uni,. : dictatorship in the south.
AS regards the second, we have never
been able to get o. c, or Pomona to
designate the number of units that
freshman must have to be eligible for
athletics, The number 12 was mentioned
as a convenience to o. C., although not
nm to the standard Of U.s. G. Yet Mana
ger Crane was unable to get even so low
q standard ratified by his institution.
II S. c. urged Manager Crane to bar all
freshmen and to make the residence
clause two years and agreed to. even bar
seniors in fact we offered, and are still
willing to sign any agreement on any
terms with O. G. for any lenghth OF time
NOT less than four years.
We desire the public to clearly UNDER
stand that u. S. C. stands for clean sport,
high scholarship and fewer squabbles
i'eN CARLL HUNT,
Student Manager u, S. G.
when shown the signed statement OF
the u. s. C. authorities DR. Baer refused
10 make further statement at the present