Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
GEORGETOWN MAY
Have A new SYSTEM
HiIItoppers May Elect a Grad
uate Manager for All
Athletics.

With the advancement of athletics at
Georgetown University comes a great
increase In the work of the managers of
the different teams. to such an extent
that the faculty adviser of sports and
the executive committee Of the Blue and
Gray institution are considering the adj
visibility Of securing a graduate manager
to take charge Of the main branches of
athletics at the West End university.
The financial work connected with any
one OF the different teams, In itself, re-
CURES almost the undivided attention of
Q manager, and when all the other af-
fairs that have to be attended to are
considered II can easily be seen that the
job Is too much for one man to handle.
The present system not only keeps the
manager on the Jump all the time to
attend to all the points that have to be
settled before big game is played and
that arise while the squad is on a trip,
but also results in the neglecting Of the
scholastic work. On account Of the lat
ter reason, more than any other, the fac
ulty II stirring up the matter. as ath-
letics are held secondary to studies at
the institution over Rock creek.
Nearly ali the other big universities Of
the country have long since adopted the
plan which Is now being proposed at
Georgetown and In every case the system
of having q graduate manager has been
most successful. The present plan that
is in vogue at the Hilltop university pro-
vides for a new student manager each
year. and although every man that has
ever been elected to the position at the
Blue and Gray institution has carried
s.rf rte fy,ra hnpnpq hia and
capable manner, nevertheless It stands
to reason that a man cannot become as
proficient In managing In one year as
graduate manager who will be given a
contract for q number OF years. and who
Will devote his entire attention to the
sports at Georgetown.
This new system may not be taken up
Immediately. but 1t Is bound to have
place in the athletics at the Blue and
Gray institution before very long. Every
thing that can be considered points to the
necessity Of providing a graduate man
aser and it only remains to have the af-
fair worked up sufficiently at the Hilltop
school before Ii will take a permanent
place in the West End institution.
This new system does not provide for the
the students OF the university. but mere
~ to engage a capable man whose duty
e will be to transact the business con-
nected with the different sports under the
student management.
According to the plans that are being
formulated at the present time, the MEM
Der Of the alumni who Is secured to man
age the sports at Georgetown will have
to give bond to the Athletic Association,
as he will have charge Of all the moneys
that would otherwise be Entrusted to the
student manager. In the matter Of
guarantee the graduate manager viii be
entirely subject to the executive COM
mittee OF the Athletic Association. He
will do all the business connected with
the different sports, subject to the ap-
prevail of the student manager and the
Athletic Association, and will have to
hand in Q written report to the latter at
the close Of each season.