The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-22
COLLEGE HEADS
IN CONFERENCE
RIGOROUS ATHLETIC MEASURES
TO BE CONSIDERED BY PRES.
lDENTs OF BIG EIGHT
scHo oLs.

Chicago, Feb 22--Ncw and rigorous
measures for the government of ath-
letics in the West will be considered
by the presidents of the big Eight"
colleges at a meeting To be held on
March at the University Club of Chi
cago. President A. w Harris of North
western university today issued call
for the gathering, which is expected to
be the most important legislative scs-
sion since the formation of the organ
ization Of the conference in 1896
In his invitation To the university
! leaders. President Harris said that the
meeting was for the purpose of a
| thorough discussion OF the athletic sit
nation. The assembling OF presidents
for the third time i'm the history of the
conference is the outgrowth of the dis
satisfaction with the present condition
f, Of intercollegiate sports. and ii is ex-
| pected that the discussion will have a
profound effect upon the future of ath-
letlos in the Big Eight district.
The presidents win cut loose from
the current debates over the compro-
mise recommendation made by the
Big Eight representatives at their
January meeting. and talk over the
fundamentals OF athletics. according
TO the plans OF President Harris. The
meeting will have no immediate con-
uection with the conference represen-
tatives, none of whom has been invited
to attend.
The value OF college athletics in cd
ucation, the University of Chicago
movement in favor of abolshing inter- !
collegiate competition i'm part or as a |
whole. and the possibility of making |
new alignment of conference forces |
which may result i'm two groups of |
college are among the subjects up for |
discussion. With these problems I'm
the air. it is likely that the "Big
Eight map will be changed in sew
eral radical ways when the presidents
have ended their arguments.
The meeting will in all probability
take the place of the one planned by
the Big Eight" representatives In
January. The delegates had intended
TO ask the presidents to meet with
them but the newer arrangements will
leave the delegates out i'm the cold. II
is understood that several OF the uni
versity heads preferred To have II our
with the athletic problem as a whole
before taking up the proposals OF the
in detail
President Harris has communicated
with the presidents and has found that
The date will be acceptable President
Iudson Of the University of Chicago. +
President Van Hlsc of Wisconsin,
President Stone of Purdue. President
Bryan of Indiana and President Mac
Lean of Iowa will be present Presi-
lent James of Illinois, who is In Eu- s
'ope, will be represented by faculty L
lelegate, and it is thought that Pres- I
lent Vincent of Minnesota will at
end.
President Judson OF Chicago. Presi-
lent Harris of Northwestern. and Pres
Gent Stone of Purdue are credited with q
trong amateur leanings, and President | {
Vincent OF Minnesota has always fa- n
ored rigid amateur rules, although | n
he Gopher board has voted for sum- lii
ncr baseball. President Van Hise of n
Wisconsin is expected to stand Tor n
mateurism, although the Wisconsin "
oard favors the recent compromise h
recommendations made by representa- Il
ives. IN