New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
'CORNELL and YALE
| Still OUT OF FOLD
National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association Heads
Gather.
THE ADMISSION OF
PRINCETON RATIFIED
Professor Young and "Pa" COrbin
To Be Present at Meeting
Growth of Organization.

College athletic directors and faculty
advisers from every corner OF the nation
will convene al the Hotel Astor this morn
ing 70" the eighth annual conference OK
the National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton. Princeton formally became a MEM
ber OF the body last night when its ad-
mission was ratified by the executive
committee which met at he Astor TO Tor
mhlate the plans that will be followed at
to-days sessions
Princeton. with Cornell and Yale, failed
TO join the association when IL was or
ganized in 1905, and although efforts
were made annually TO get the Princeton
faculty committee on outdoor sports TO
join the movement it was not until last
fall that the end was accomplished.
Yale and Cornell alone Of the more i'm
portant institutions OF learning in the
East are now outside the fold and II Pro-
fessor Frederick w. Nicholson. OF Wes-
levan University, secretary OF the asso-
cation. reads the signs Alright both VIII
be members before another twelyemonth
rolls by.
Cornell will be represented at to-day's
meeting by Professor e. V p. Young, di-
rector Of physical education. who will
take part i'm the discussion at the evening
session on summer Baseball w. h.
Corbin better known TO the athletic world
and TO Yale men in particular az pa
Corbin. has been invited TO attend the
convention. and II is the executive COM
mittce's cherished hope that the news ne
carries back 10 New Haven will convince
Yale's athletic authorities that the Blue
cannot longer afford to stand aloof
with the admission Of Princeton the
membership list of the association has
Jumped up TO 120. The other new MEM
bers are the Rice Institute, and several
OF the smaller collegiate athletic confer
ence associations Of the Middle West.
Professor Nicholson has compiled statis-
tics showing that the association has
grown from an organization In 1905 OF
thlrty-nlne institutions, with a student
body OF 5000. 10 An organization or 10
colleges. with total student body or
$4,000 Fully 30 per cent Of all the col
leges and universities In the country with
q student body Of 1000 or more are mem
bers OF the association. the more inn
rortant non-mcmbers being Cornell and
Yale I'm the East and the University OF
Illinois In the Middle West
The growth OF the association has at
tracted such attention that YESTERDAY y
Professor Nicholson received letter OK
congratulation from =. y. Claxton. United
States Commissioner OF Education. With
the recognition OF the movement by the
government it's success seems assured
said Professor Nicholson last night An
other message which Professor Nicholson
received yesterday was a cable message
of good wishes from Major, Palmer
Pierce. former president OF the assocIa-
ton
The opening session Of the convention
is called for 10 o'clock this morning Dean
lie Baron n. Briggs. president, will de-
liver the annual address. and then there
will be papers by the Rev. Endicott Pea
BODY. head master OF the Groton School,
on THE Ideals OF Sport in England and
IN America: Or. George w Ehler. OF
the University OF Wisconsin. on The
Regulation OF intercollegiate Athletics"
and by DR. James Nalsmith. OF the Unit
yersity OF Kansas. on Basketball"
The executive committee which met last
night was as follows: Dan l.. r. X.
Briggs. Harvard. president; Professor f.
W. Nicholson, Wesleyan secretary; Pro-
f,ssor G. h. Boser, Dartmouth r. L.
Abercrombe. Johns Hopkins. W. Hulli-
han. Sewanee; James Paige. Minnesota:
W. q. Manly. Missouri; Hugo Bezdek.
Arkansas. and O. &. Lester, Colorado, dis
triCt representatives. and w. +. Garce-
ION. Harvard s. w. Boyer, Missouri Val
ley Conference: f. II. Van Horn. Ohio.
and r. +. Moran. Chicago. local assocla-
ton representatives.