The Washington times., 1907-10-06
GEORGE WASHINGTON
MAY DISPENSE WITH
ATHLETIC INTERESTS
This Week Viii Deter
mine Whether Teams
Will Be Retained.

At a meeting of the George Wasfirg-
ton University Council. held in Uniyer-
sity Hall last evening, the athletic sit
uatloB as It exists at the present time
in the university c. ne up for discus
sion.
a report Of the athletic council was
offered by DR.. Phillips. Three profess
sors were appointed 70 represent the
faculty on the athletic board which
vyHl shortly meet and consider the ath-
le tic situation. The board Is made up
o. the following: Prof. John Paul Earn
est. OF the law faculty; c. w. A. We
ditz. acting dean Of the college Of the
political sciences. and Prof. Frank
Leighton Day. professor Of Semitic Ian
guages and literature in Columbian Col
lege.
The action Of this committee within
the next few days viii be OF great in
terest tot he supporters Of university
athletics, inasmuch as II is well known
that immediate NEE sures must be taken
II the George Washington University is
to have a football team 10 play out its
schedule this season. Coach Nelson,
OF the football team. has been unable
20 get enough men on the athletic field
at Van Ness Park in the past week TO
select a strong eleven. which will prop
eriy represent the university. The au-
thorities believe that the material ex-
lists among the students, n only the men
can be brought to a realization that
they must get into the lineup on the
athletic field at once. Failing 10 get to-
sgether a strong eleven. however, IL viii
be practically impossible 10 maintain a
track or baseball team this year, and.
indeed, athletics in Jne university will
suffer FOR years 10 come.
In speaking Of the situation in regard
to athletics last niSs.t, after the meet
! ing OF the university council, Dean VIII
bur, Of Columbian College, said:
"All OF those IIsoouraging features
are Que 10 the adoption and enforce
Inent OF rules requiring tat students
engaged IN university athletics be reg
ulariy registered for fun courses, and
incidentally, in good financial standing
| in the treasurer's Office"
The registrar OF the university. Otis
| 4. SWEET. also stated last night that
1 Our student body is better In prepare
lion ana equipment than il has ever
/ been before, ami We have this year
more than regained the ground that was
I lost at the time that the entrance re-
| auirenents were "a ged. a great many
students were denied admission last
I year because they did not measure up
/ to the standard OF admission, and at
I that tina there was a decrease in the
number OF Students which otherwise
would have been admitted. But this year
! the registration has mounted up so that
our student bodies are greater fl num-
be- than before the admission require
ments were raised
! The whole story Of the inability 10
| secure a football team at George wash
I iagton seems therefore. 10 hinge at
/ least 10 a certain extent upon the higher
/ requirements for admission. instituted
! last year. into the professional schools
OF the university. It seems to be The
policy OF the authorities OF the down.
/ town institution 10 allow no students Ia
/ rl.v or the teams unless such men
/ maintain good standirg IN their courses