The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-21
ATHLETICS 70 R
EVERY STUDENT
President Smith Deprecates
Overtraining of Few
Team Athletes.
ADDRESSES W. & L. ALUMNI
Unique Advantages of Institu-
ton Founded by Washington
and Built Up by Lee.

College athletics for the beneht OF
the entire student body instead OF loi
the few highly trained athletes CON.
posing the ball teams. was proposes ~
PRESIDENT Henry Louis Smith, OF WASH
ington and Lee University, IN an auuIess
at the annual dinner OF the local th1P
OF the Washington ana Lee A,uiiihi,ii az
the Jefferson Hotel last night. re
fact that the average cOHtSe nceNs, ~,
learn. said President smith. Vas INC t
the student entering c0neS" -, Sodied
bring 10 the institution a dlse,i poo 80 u
intellect. but an undeveloped cha. e ',,,os
10 be formed by the campus aIn ,,s1It
pbere. and an undevei9peo OV ssss, ar Of
the dinner was the presence outing tic
latter part OF the evening OF Al9s ~ a
Lee. daughter of General hVoe.s' ~
Lee Tor some years president OF the
,nivereitv which now links his name
With that of George Washington, VINO
was its founder and who proVioeu us
some Unique Advantages.
DR. Smiths address Was MS nist aP
pearance before IA Virginia chaP.e ~
the alumni. Speaking as one Mho ; na'
been "a student and professor az various
other Institutions. he told how w ashl,hs
ron and Lee had Impressed htih. anu %
he believed. By no other institution IN
America. Its location in Nockoriuas 's
County. central between Norm anu
South. in tonic mountain old Gsil fashioned
aristocracy of character. CONSTITUTES
ne believed, a charm second only I"
the social atmosphere
The cordially of the people OF Lex *
inrton and of the student BODY, ne
remarked, could not fail 10 impress
one who had lived in the ice ouh iS
frigidity of the University OF vi
ginia. The fact that students Wsle
Welcomed as boarders into the pest
homes of Lexington he considered most
unique. after some experience Viii c go
dent boarding houses me 20 he p se
,,le Of the town TO house the war-woin
bows who had followed him 70 Lexlng-
ION having been retained to TINS Gay
Intangible Values.
The unique area of patronage OF a
school matriculating men from o so ..le
to Jacksonville. with representaltrrinnsss
of thirty-hye States. with the memories,
traditions and associations, gave
standards absolutely. alone IN tne
United States. That httle Vlltaee,
the home of Jackson and OF Lee. ahd lhe
seat of the institution Washington MN
self founded. gave to it value ln,a n.
gible, invisible and uncouniIdapbd ',y 'u0-' O.
There is nothing like 1t at PrihSe-
ton. or Harvard or Yale. SAID Dr.
smith 1t gives fns AL the fns1 pu aPH ever
stood for. If young America cannot
catch a glimpse of patriotism ,ne,e,
then the failure is hopeless: III is u State
institution' to be made the football OF
party politics. 1t is free from ecciesiasr
teal control-that is OF fon'i4i VII III
never be free from thorough, preo-lh-
the-bone Christianity
Physical Exercises Needed.
My predecessor work has been IN
material lines, IN eaiherlhs S ~ .
and erecting ri 6I1snills Of scholastic
standards my own work must De 70
see that not the intellect alone put that
the growth of other parts OF the Young
man are provided for we nave de-
voted much time and run rampant
into college athletics. But II Is my on-
servation that those few ALREADY IN
the finest possible condition get all tne
beneft. and the weaklings who need
the exercises and fresh air ana physlcal
training get nothing VOL. 60 :,
augurate a systematic and universal
ere for the body - to enlist
the whole resources OF science ana
skill to bringiabout the normal develop
foundations next fall OF a gymnasium
large enough to run the whole university
on that physical basis; l would not
for the world have 1t thought that We
are putting up that building for the
few men who tour the country on our
hall teams The excuse for the college
foot bail squad IS not the eleven men
who 20 through the training under
the impetus of the sport | want
to make IL my aim TO solve the recred-
tionaI problem by developing an athle-
Tic mark that would tempt an anchorlte
that will draw men from pueriie
games or pool -or cards benehting
neither their hearts. lungs. minds or
stomachs We hope 70 build the finest
gymnasium in the South, that Wash
ingfon and Lee may become as unique
in body building as she Is IN so many
other respects
Alumni Bulletin.
William Taylor Thorn, of Washing
ton. secretary of the General Alum nj
Association. spoke on plans for publish
ing an alumni bulletin. and of raising a
general university endOw ncnt fund
Members of Richmond Chapter TAX
ing part were. l.. c. Caid well. A Il.
Conner. Willis y. Smith. Robert Glass
William H Mann. IT. Colonel b. q.
James. r. Il. Airport. Henry W. An
derson. J. r. Anderson. g b. Antrim.
: T Beverage. J. Il. Blair. f. $ Boice.
n q. Bruce +. l. Burr ". s
Campbell. X. G.. Charlton. Hill Carter
u Clark }. Preston Cooke
Dawson. r W. l.nett. NJ. J Fulton
r T. Glasgow. A ri Harris. " r..
Harris. George L Haw @ WatsonJarnes
= : Jones .Jr.- f.-IOnc-. ) k-J ones. I'd win
{ Laird. :. McIirycc +. W. Mcclure.
Major NJ. N. Martin. r n. Martin.
: r Moon. ~. s. Morrison. J.