Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-18


side OF a college and was graduated from
a corner lot into a minor league and from
there into the majors.
The speakers at the recent convention
all appeared TO be afflicted with the idea
that to be a professional base ball player,
for instance, meant that one was a man
OF low moral standing and worse physical
habits, whose every idea and act was i'm.
pure. 1t would be a great education to
some Of these men actually to know some
Of the base ball players Of the leagues,
whose language only at times sinks TO the
level of Indebtedness Of certain college
players.
On this line Prof. Larned said Fair
play should be the very soul Of sport, for
without this athletic change from a moral
to an immoral agency. l hold that It Shouts
be as great a shame for a man to cheat at
any form of athletics as at cards, chess or
business. l hold that for coaches TO teach
dirty or tricky foot ball Is disgraceful and
sufficient cause for disbarring the coach.
Every man who goes onto a field Of contest
should be possessed by the scorn of fraud
Of any sort and should assume the integ-
rfty OF his opponen as a matter OF course.
This IS not a doctrine Of perfection; II Is a
standard. of simple integrity
Prof. Waldo was for years at Purdue
university and for eight seasons was the
arbitrator OF the Western Conference In
teroollegiate Athletic association. When he
left to go to Washington university in ST.
Louis he removed outside the limits OF the
conference, but because of his good work
as arbitrator and because II would be hard
to replace him he was continued in his
Olana prnf yUal1n nlaaanA g., hG, naJraE.
that the faculty only should be permitted
to control sports, Things should not be
left to the undergraduates and about all to
the class known as the sporting alumni.
What the rich and influential alumni, -
said he, happen also to be sporting men
and even INSCRIPTIONS sporting men their
control is often decisive and usually nallgn.
Nothing has been or is so destructive of
college ideals, nothing so undermines the
ethical standards OF leading citizens and
Of collego Students who for the most part
will certainly become leading citizens as
for sporting alumni on college governing
boards to oppose the thwart college facuI
ties IN their control OF students and student
activities. These men do not and cannor
know the ruling motives of a faithful col
lege professor who eagerly submits to
small and restricted fortune that he ma,
mould into ideal citizenship the younl
men under his charge"
Prof. Waldo said college presidents some
times intervene in case of athletic sports
overriding the acts OF other persons on tn,
athletic committees. Usually the executive
gets things wrong and then he turns then
over TO a committee to deal with. II hi
committees is unwtsely selected It is Uker
to lead the institution into false and IN
tenable positions. The faculty from IN
first should have charge Of athletic mat
tiers.
Trustees and regents do not assign les
sons" continued Prof. Waldo, '~criticis
mental work done. determine the amour
and kind Of intellectual effort that raise
a freshman to a sophomore. They do nc
pass upon the effect Of absences and def
ciencies, do not determine the degree {
mental darkness or moral obliqulty whic
makes a student persona non grata anon
his fellows. Trustees do not give permi.
sion for a glee club jsunt OF absences Il
an intercollegiate debate In a distant cit,
Long and undisputed customs has left thes
things to the faculty, and properly so, 70
say what we will, the college faculty is
loco PARENTS.
Far more, then, must a faculty in the 1,
terest OF the legitimate work Of a cole,
have control OF athletics which demant
10 much time OF participants and so muS
attention Of students. which, In fact. o
: casionally dams the normal currents Of 4
institution"
8 Some Kinds of Professors.