Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-18
FOR CONFERENCE OF
northwest COLLEGES
Whitman College Issues Call For
Athletic Conference at Walla
Walla Feb. and 8. - n

cussed conference of the colleges of the
northwest to arrange uniform and
satisfactory basis for athletic relations
is apparently about to be consummat-
ed. Whitman college has issued
call for such a conference to be held
in Walla Walla February 7th and 8th.
The big bone of contention in ar
ranging for this conference has been
h, attitude of the U. of W., which
held out for three cornered preIimi-
nary conference. including representa-
tiyes only of the universities of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho, but the
plan as outliiied at Walla Walla in
cludes all the big institutions of the
northwest, along the line that State
College men have held out for. The
University of Washington has, we
understand, agreed to a conference in
cluding all the schools for which Whit
man issues the call and has named its
representative, although whether or
not it will agree to holding the con-
ference at Walla Walla is not yet
known.
If the schools can agree through
this central conference upon rules and
regulations for the conduct of all
lines of athletics, arranging schedules
and putting a stop to many of the un-
seemly squabbles that have marred
athletic relations in the past, it will
have accomplished good purpose, and
have added much to the public's en-
ioyment of college sports.
The call for the conference issued
by the associated students of Whit
man, is as follows:
"There has been a great deal of
agitation this winter concerning the
formation of northwest conference
for the regulation of athletics and per-
haps other intercollegiate activities,
and there is no question that such an
organization of the institutions of the
northwest is badly needed. The pro-
gress of the football season last fall
and the disgraceful mud singing
that has followed it shows that the
present system. or rather lack of sys-
TEN, in our Intercollegiate relations is
not at all satisfactory. Something
should be done.
"a number of plans have been pro-
posed and all the colleges concerned
seem to be heartily in favor of such a
conference as is needed. But no def
mite plan has been proposed that seems
tomeet with universal approval or to
promise general satisfaction and the
whole matter seems to have spent it.
self In newspaper discussion. Unless
something definite is done at once, it
will be too late to get things arranged
IN time to handle the football situation
next year. 1t looks as though the
Whole thing might die for want of act
ion.
We believe that if representatives
OI all the institutions concerned could
get together, permanent and satis-
factory organization could be perfect
co. and so we offer the following plan
we hereby invite the following north
west colleges and universities-the
oregon Agricultural college, the Uni
'erslty Of Oregon. the University of
washington. the Washington State
college, the University of Idaho. and
whitman college-to be represented in
a ameeting in Walla Walla to be called
on Friday, February 7, and to continue
until evening of the eighth if neces-
'ary' Each institution named is asked
:" De represented in this convention by
'"e president of its Associated Stu
uents, or some other representative OF
we students, and by one delegate from
its faculty.
In addition to determining general
engloliity and amateur rules and the
nKe' Whitman would be in favor Of
formulating schedule by which each
VI the institutions in the conference
ee' each of the others in football. Of