The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
corr HBIt ATHLETICS.
Gusta'us r. kirb, Gives fus idrss %
What Is Necessary.

The question a. % whet aar toluubia
should or should not hold An INDOOR relay
carnival ia Madison SIuar~ Garden this
winter. a. has been th" custom ia the last
Ten years. has -tirr-d NJ no end OF discussion
"n N"rninG-ldn Heights and u - likely TO
lead - thorough Inys-uzaton into
Columbia athletics ia thr whole The lead
has been taken 10y GustaNu- I Kirby, on"
80 the gradual 'rI x directors In an article
IN N" NiHmri y, - " htch Ma published YES
t'riIN a. 'l,"- up ~" general proposition
~ 20 whether columbia should any LONGER
trv - roman an ln~tlrU'Ion wh"r" int
collegiate alhl"'lo- are "a part Of ~" pro
rramm" Tor -" -'ud"nr~ sft.'r class hours
There A., two WaN> Ia haN" a good team.
saw MIR Kirby. Import one. or manu-
fI,'Ir" on" trlrVnoll has neither the dc
sire nor 81" upportunty 10 import "a team.
and therefore I, must have manufactured
On. Bur To- manufacture a team YOU must
nav" proper na'"rIaI and reasonable
opportunity - i''N"lVp such material by
proper mat rial uI-aw bows ~ tram who
pGv~G,lllv ar Of IA" So. strength and
stamina - c"mU''" against the teams OF
orh"r un,r"r~ir,"- *" hnrL ard. Yale.
I"uu~, lvlnIa. Princeton. Cornell and Dart
mrurh Nv belief - that IN. average age.
t"ish' and weight al III" men IN the Column
ma h,ad" uN"al department. ara less than at
Iuu-' other Large tIuI 'r~iti@>
prop"r material can he found. however.
N m" IA" school, medical school and en-
neither 'h'- material H. available Under
"Ni~iina conditions II IL not and for the
'nr' AM study ar" =" long !. tn make the
pru-I""f II trt ma tor a team too nm INVITING
10 other than the ultra-.nrhusiastic athlete
- ne has been N nO D'hrr institution and
'h,nk- ami dreams only III the honor and
glory ~ Columbia a. one time felt that
a'hl.'I,- N"rr u..,"--ary for the .tIccr~s OF
any educational INSTITUTION. but | now
thoroughly h'hrN" that II columbia never
10 VARSITY team ~ any sport II would
institution IN" question - not therefore
on" primarily having ~ do With education
and ia" success of columbia IN that line
bat ha> T." -" with IA" question OF why the
SONS ui Trustees and we'll known alumni OF
their rhu,c" ami with or without their par
.uf-. hrIrrNal gp 'u institutions other than
,o,umhm Thr-.. boys have taken in IN
'u.ry"ly IA" learning. th'. culture and the
p"i0-h ul her "nN runmrnt. and while they
So ~ g, ruil'g" q" encourage athletics and
from that ~ folloV- that athletics arc fundA-
mentally AMI not merely competitive in
Ih"r" should h- constant faculty en-
""Hr"sem"nt, 81 athl"iI" partici nation.
WIS "ni IA Wow. and helped Just as much
HIM - fnd NOR. ! m, IN during which h..
could Earn living Nhat every university
u"'d- is q rnu hu will bring help and
"n' "JrAS"u"n' 10 IA" students. who will
"n'ournV" thar participation in varsity
sports. 80 Do" val Try {" Ind way for them
a. dp :" a rlan ~ hose policy viz he not
h"u must NOS do this, bNi Let ~ IND
II = interesting =" not. that ru-. at this
INA" Nh"n Their" has been lee iiei falling
~ IN interest IN the INA or varsity sports
notably track and crew. III" mana ge men,
81 N" rowing club l. "ndenyoring to
arm" a, a rolnt,on Of n" ruShle and FOR
3. hr"h President Butler. n" president and
directors of IN" ere" and several varsity
Otr-m'n hlv" taken part What resulted
from me iirst Conference cannot be learned
although II i understood that the Who'll.
situation Wa discussed freely but that
nothing tangible WA arrived at
II - tho confident opinion II many Of the
alumni and students alike that the scat OF
- No. football a. Columbia The contention
i that the abolition OF football under
u,n"t IA" entire a'h !-ttc fabric at Columbia
who we're attracted to Columbia because
81 IN" fact thai there was football team
Ih"r' nav" n late Years zone els"wher.,
not ha," PLAYED foot ball itself but they
would hay" yon" In for other sports and
would probably nav~ mad" up the bulk OF
~" ~IIai~
m, ",amPI" Of the, point IN question Is
THAT lat fall hire" Raltimor" boys vho had
owed under linn Rice the Columbia crew
coach. nn m" Potaraco would not come TO
Iglumhia for he rrason that ju., 40 much
Mas lost by ~" fact thar there was no foot |
ball Not ga. OF n. three wouId have
,,Nst CoIumr ia IN roe n. rgec,ly good oarSmsn
40 ~ All probability would hay" had No
iIrlrul'r u making n" varsity boat
Frederick ~Il an old varsity CoNswain
and tr. only one Who ever ,t.'~r-d.a Co
9 mbil shell to victory at RhkN~p-ie
"IC''- th-s" sentiments in published
bitter " present he - teacher In the
k"U' school ana ~" save ~ - very noticea-
hi.' that thr manly hVy~ Of las school and
oi other similar schools select tn. colleges
Hh"r" there = 'h@ ps.' environment and
fh.'~" tr" invariably athletic colleges rh-I
- hp'Lr-Elp. ~, -ay-. - netthsr better nor
worse than 'h.' IVsrnH. az Olumbta Boys
IA the Out ~ town schools, he continues. IRE
IN 'he lead IN the Typ" ~ men turned out