The Washington herald., 1915-01-18
OFFICERS MUST
Be COMPETENT
Manager of George Washing
ton Track Meet Should
Exercise Care.
STUDENTS BIG FACTOR
Must Be Organized and Support
Games if Success Is
Hoped For.
STUDENTS BIG FACTOR
By NAT r. wORLET.

| Great care must be exercised ~ the
| selection of officers for the seventh IN
door track meet of the George Washing
! ton University. which will be held al
Convention Hall on February H. II those
| in charge of the affair hope TO make a
success of the undertaking.
! In past years too little attention has
! been paid TO the little details which count
so much for the success Of any project
| and the officials have been chosen here
| and there in a haphaZard manner. Con-
sequentIy 1t Is safe to say that in spite
! OF the charge Of lack OF school spirit,
the students Of the Hatchetite instttu-
tion have never really been marshaled
properly to support the meet.
Organization will do wonders. Any
politician will tell you it is almost inn
possible to win without organization; any
business man will tell you it is a losing
proposition to try and make headway in
business without organization, and by
this time il is hoped those in charge OF
athletics at George Washington have
learned their lesson and that they have
tried to get the best orga niZation possible.
You have to reach the students per-
sonally. It's all right to get up on A
desk and talk yourself black and blue in
the face It's lots OF fan for those who
are there to listen. and it's great exercise
for the lungs; but one good live wire
hustler il every department OF the uni
vcrsity in every fraternity, and in every
society at the school will produce more
results and get out more people than
could be obtained any other way.
Those officers already named for the
track games show the exercise of care
full thought and excellent judgment on
the part of the management but our
story concerns the small fry. the boys
who do the advertising among their
friends
With eleven fratcrnities at the univcr-
sity averaging twenty-five active men
eaCh-men who constantly associate with
one another and who often seek their
amusement togethCr-it should be an easy
matter to sell 80 tickets right here with
out counting the alumni Fraternity men
all support smokers and dances at their
frat houses once or twice a month when
they are generally all present. There
fore We can see no reason why, once a
year, they cannot devote one evening to
the good of athletics at the school, and
bring the ladies along with them.
What's the answer. you say? The an
swer is that the mistakes Of the past
should be used to make the coming
games the best in the history of the uni
versity. Those in charge of selecting the
minor officials for the meet should see
that no favoritism is shown and tSat
every fraternity is represented on the
list of officials These men should be
selected at once and they should go TO
their respective orgarV SiOns and get all
the students to reserve February l3 Tor
the George Washington games.
Prof. Leslie Cleveland McNemar. who
has charge of the meet, il the best man
who could have been selected for the
position. He commands the respect and
the good will of all and he has the per-
sonaIity and the ability to deliver the
goods But running the track meet Is
not a one man job by any means, cs-
pecially when it has to be handled in
connection with the pressing demands
made on ones time by other things. and
Prof, McNefnar needs the assistance Of
every student and he needs it right
now.
Never before has the Washington public
generally felt so we'll disposed toward
George Washington athletics. George
town men arc taking a personal interest
in Hatchetite affairs in the hope that
a successful track meet this year may
prcsage greater successes in other
branches OF sport and place the Buff and
Blue on a firm footing where more at
tention can be paid to the athletes them
selves and less to the financial end which
now looms up like the Titanic.
The coming games will he the first to
be held and are scheduled just at the
time when athletics are getting a new
lease on life for the late winter cam
paign. They should draw heavily from
other institutions such as Catholic Uni
versity and Virginia, which always likes
to come here and has a host Of admirers
in Washington.