The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
PRESIDENTS WILL
TALK ATHLETICS
May Assemble March rs in
Chicago to Discuss Ath-
letic Situation

Chicago. Feb. 14-Professors and
students of the University of Chicago
are preparing for a record shaking
up Of the conference nap at the COM
ing meeting Of the presidents Of the
big eight" universities with the fac
ulty representatives of the group for
tho discussion of the athletic situa-
tion. The maroons predict that the
gathering will be as important for the
western colleges as was the purity"
congress of 1906 and That changes
as striking will be made by the au-
thorities.
Although a definite date has not
been fixed for tho session it is thought
that Chairman Johnston of Indiana
will call the leaders together before
March 26. when the period of per-
summer baseball compromise of the
faculty delegates will expire. The
Midway officials believe the discus
sion will center around the a~dvisability
of dropping intercollegiate athletics
unless radical notifications can be
agreed upon by the various colleges.
Await Verdict OF Board
1t has become known that the
board of physical culture and athlet-
les at the university has had a com
mittee at work for some time on the
4ut stiou VI uioppllS ulCIGOlleSld tc
sports and 1t is probable the men,
beers will hand in a report before the
college presidents Since the
disagreement of the colleges over the
summer baseball problem has become
marked the committees work has
jumped into an important position and
the rooters are awaiting the verdict
with anxiety.
Whether the report Of the commit
too X-t11 In nN,oI,t&l hx. t1,@ I~-,l ,..l
whether any other big eight" insti-
tutions will follow Chicago's lead II
the maroons decide to drop athletics
for a time arc the questions bothering
the students. The members of the
board are silent concerning the de-
tails of the investigation.
The University of Chicago professors
agree with the assertion made by Di-
rector George w. Ehler of Wisconsin
that the newly recommended eligibil-
fty code and other suggestions of the
big eight representatives are but
symptoms of more fundamental con-
ditions" and that moro radical action
must come unless there is a complete
change of attitude of a part of the
conference colleges toward amateur
ism. Indications arc that the discus
sion of the fundamentals will be UP
to the college presidents.
To BE Third Meeting
The meeting of the presidents will
be the third in the history of the
:"big eight" The first was the gath
,ering of the presidents of Chicago
Illinois. Michigan. Minnesota, North.
western. Purdue and Wisconsin in
January. 1895. which led to the or.
ganization of the conference in Feb.
ruary 1896, and the second was the
congress called by President Angel
of Michigan which led to a general
revision Of the rules on a so-called
purity" basis.
The big eight" followers have cause
70 expect important rulings when il
is remembered that the purity ses-
sion resulted in the establishment OF
the lone yea residence" three years
participation" and undergraduate
rules. restricted the football schedule
to five games, forbade gridiron games
with other than colleges. cut out fresh.
games and preliminary training, closed
the football season before Thanks
giving and required the certifcation OF
athletes by the registrar in regard to
entrance requirements and scholastic
standing. The maroons realize that
many more moves of this nature would
mean an entirely new status for west
ern athletics.