The Washington herald., 1909-11-11
FOOTBALL CRITIC
STIRS OPPONENTS
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which has that power. What We did ar
the meeting last April vas TO say We
thought such a ruling should 90 into .
force. The board OF faculty supervisors.
however. did not act on the suggestion,
ana consequently the supervisors mark /
at the end Of six weeks never became a /
requirement of eligibility.
Gives Wrong Impression.
Miss Daily gives an entirely wrong i'm |
preston when she says We are permit |
ting the working of OF conditions by ex- !
animation after a days preparation be- /
fore the game. which she calls special /
privilege Of the football hero We should 1
allow any pupil in the school the same |
privilege II he asked for f.. We require !
only that he come up 10 the examination !
properly prepared for il. so that the time !
Of the teacher who gives il shall not be /
wasted II a pupil on the football team /
falls behind in his studies and wants TO !
take that examination so that he may 20 |
on with the game, then 1 say football has
/ been a worthy stimulus and spur TO him. ]
and has fulfilled proper purpose.
! I remember the case Of one boy on a
football team who fell behind in his
studies. not because he sighted them, or
because he was too much engrossed in
the gridlron. but because he was natur-
ally slow. He was determined 20 play in
the big game OF the season, and asked 10
be given an examination. Late into every
afternoon you could see the light burn
Ing I'm the laboratory. where he was max
ing up his work. he took the eXamina-
ton. demonstrated concIusively that ne
had. by his extra work. mastered the sub
feet and was declared eligible for the
team. 1 don't see anything wrong In
that system. In fact, ] am prepared 10
say that what that boy needed 70 arouse
his ambition was supplied by football.
1T has been my experience that the
boys who go out for the team are Of an
unusually high order-in character. mind.
and body. / have always governed ath-
lctics at Western High School so that I
might be proud of every boy who repre-
scented her IN any sport. and I have al
ways felt that 7 could point 20 any lineup
OF names in a Western High School
team and say, There IS an honor roll
I have rules OF my own regarding eligi-
, bility. In addition 70 those applying 10
, all high schools.
I have given some thought 70 answer
ing Miss Daly's article, but I may decide
? that il does not deserve that much recog-
= milton"
Feature Of System.
!, a feature Of the system OF athletic SD
peryision is the relation of the principals
20 the faculty supervisors. The princi-
pals are the superiors OF the faculty
members. appoint them 20 the board OF
supervisors. and suggest TO them, as their
{ representative. what measures they think
should be enacted. Yet the faculty super
] visors. as a board. are the superiOrs Of
the principals. and have the power OF
turning down their suggestions. The
! situation is so anomalous that the princi-
! pals have taken il up with Alexander T.
s Stuart, superintendent Of schools. and
s have urged MIN 20 change the relation.
z At the same time, they announced en-
pLatically yesterday. I'm speaking OF Miss
: Days charge. that apparently the super
/, visors had not represented the principals
when they failed 10 make the six weeks
eligibility ruling. that they had no COM
plant whatever 20 make against the su-
pervlsors. and that their relations were
= most harmonious.
George +. Myers. principal OF Mckin-
lev Manual Training School. assumed, az
: the time the principals suggested the six
, weeks eligibility requirement 10 the sU-
Z pervis0rS. that IL would become a law
8 and made an announcement accordingly
q before the pupils OF Technical High
. School When the supervisors failed &c
take action. he made another announce
y ment, in which he declared that inasmuch
d as his convictions in the matter were not
q I altered, II would continue TO be the Law
In his school. nevertheless He adhered
n strictly 10 his declaration, and this sea
r 4 son ruled out several players under that
n requirement That action was not gen
eral however. Some of the principals
S when they found the requirement had not
n been enacted. did not incorporate the
q idea In the conduct OF athletics at theil
Z schools.
Mr.. Myers upheld football on tn,
| ground that its moral. Intellectual, and
| physical influences were good
TT teaches the boys the value OF team
h | work and the sUbordlnation OF grand
? / stand play" he said. 1t makes then
!. self-reliant. raises the tone Of their ply
Z. steal makeup. and seems TO have q
y beneficial effect rather than otherwise
on their mental acuteness- For those Tea
a sons I believe It is a good thing.
. In Proper Place.
: at the same time, I realize that foot
lie ball is not the end and aim o. a high
school. and that the game should be kept
!. in its proper place 7 do not think Il 3,
/ much more dangerous than other sports
E but l recognize the fault in IL that IL is
u too intense. For that reason I should
s. be glad to see high schools equipped
o with gymnssia and athletic fields il
- which all the pupils could engage IL
2 sports"
70 Allan Davis, principal OF Business High
= School. thought football should be re
!. tanned and moderated. He said the game,
in Washington had been usually FIRE,
$ from accidents, and that this season
y there had been only one broken bone-ar
r, accident which might have happened IL
any sport.
Miss Days misleading statement" h'
said. 'haS a far more perniclous effec
in destroying the faith of pupils in theil
principals than the so-calIed 'evasions
she charges against US could have had
% even If we had been guilty OF them
% When you add 10 that the fact that W.
Z have evaded nothing. l don't see how
y her article can be defended
Emory NJ. Wilson, principal Of Contra
High School emphasized the point tina
,6 Miss Daily missed the mark in speaking
IN Of an agreement" between the principal
% from which they had backed down,
IS and declared his fifteen years expert
ence with Washington schools shove,
that the tendency had always been. an,