The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-10
GIVE UP COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
OR S3,OOO,OOO--WHICH?
swaFthmors Puzzled Whether to Withdraw From intercollegiate Sports
as a Price For the Big 7ezusst Of a Rich ouakeress.

Philadelpha-By the will of Miss Anna 7. Jeanes. member Of lone of
the Oldest and wealthiest of Pennsylvania Quaker families, Swarthmore
forever all participation in Intercollegiate athletics. If the trustees SOL
EMMY pledge themselves to. forbid every possible form of physical contest
on which are colheries paying heavy royalties go to the Institution abso-
lutely; If they fail to do this the property goes to other charities.
died recently in the Friends Home. which she established. The surviving
of the family are too wealthy to be affected by the disposal of the
wealth a come from the increase in values OF property acquired genera
lions ago.
wealthy Quakers 4 Philadelphia, o the outskirts of the city. 1t has always
been distinguished for the athletic prowess of its students. It's football,
baseball and lacrosse teams particularly have excelIed, while 1t has pro-
the Jeanes family have from time to time helped the college, until to-day
its productive fund is about 100000. Miss Jeanes was always opposed to
athletics holding they absorbed too much OF the students time and engen-
dered harsh feelings between colleges. She made known this in her will.
The question Of accepting the bequest came up at the fall meeting Of
the Board of Managers and a COMMITTEES. consisting of Joseph Wharton,
gate the lands and make a report to the board at the next meeting in De-
.4 -.
Mr.. Wharton, who is one OF the executors of the Jeanes estate, read
that portion Of the will of the Quakeress relating to the institution, and the
board. several members OF which are women. listened attenhyeIy. No one
seemed anxious to give up the money, but seemed willing to take the
Initiative in advocating the abolition OF athletics. ~>
While the committee is Investigating the pulse of the college win be
felt FRom interviews with mn prominent in the Quaker college affairs
1t looks a II the gift would be rejected. DR.. G. A. Hoadley, chairman OF
the Faculty Committee on Athletics, said: g
FL Athletics are the blood and bone OF a college. They should not be
cut out for n amount of money. The faculty are opposed to the accept
ance of the gift under the conditions imposed" (" !"
81 far 8 his committee goes he does not believe athletics should be given
up for any amount. He is also credited with having said that the college
would rather win a victory from the University of Pennsylvania on the ah-
leuc field than have the money. -E=@A
500 Professor Hoag, who represents the liberal element of the faculty,
tculary opposed to football. as she said she had read SO much in the
papers about the accidents which attended the game. She a also opposed
t b gambling that 9 frequently develops oeTg games" .
rather have intercollegiate athletics than all the money left by Miss Jeanes,
or even all the money in Wall Street" 49,.
Swarthmore enjoys at present an endowment of 5000, 900. q An addf+
ton of $30O0,000 to its productive funds would place it at once on the
financial standing of Brown, Princeton, the Northwestern University and
the University OF California, and within a million dollars OF the University
OF Pennsylvania. 49, 4&4-+H-- s@uk FH{ t#xesTav q