New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
All-American Code of Honor
Needed More Than an All
American Team, Says
Professor Corwin.


garding any player springs up just be-
fore the great game, these men know
that wherever It comes from II does
not come from headquarters; and the
authorities of the rival colleges are
among the first 70 whom they impart
it. Let our colleges keep at the head
Of their athletics men who try to be
honest, let those men trust each other
down to the ground and half the evils
Of intercollegiate athletics will die
natural death"
Princeton's View.
Princeton's point Of view in inter
collegiate sport was focused by Dean
McCleuahsn. The advantages TO be
gained by the two sport rule in force
NJ Harvard and also at Princeton were
set forth by the dean in his discussion
of the third axiom, and he showed that
the student-athlete under this rule is
really safeguarded.
IT was" he said. "ths reusnltlou Of Ills
neei which forced hs disanguishsd e1-prosident
q Princeton 70 declare that all sports should be
limited 10 tho four major. and that he mid-vfn-
Ter spors-.ho athletic once not the human--shoud
q drinking and Of immortality which has accom-
panied tho groSth OF those minor sports which
are played N The winter months.
Special mention of the Harvard-Yale-
Princeton conference was made by Dean
McClenshan, too, In reference to the
advisability of protesting, but 1t was
made as being an example of how 70 go
about settling athletic differences in
more friendly spirit. He said:
or course. there Is much better way % meet
A7y question which may arise between two colleges
than by protect A frank snd friendly mertins
AMI discussion n the differences oi opinion IN
yo!yed. and eIchanse Of information BY both par
ties will alnoat always remove all 1isunderstand-
ing without leaving behind any bitterness or AMI
mostly such conference has been held recent.
Princeton At Il the frankest possible expressions
OF opinion were uttered and received With the ut
most good nature and good vii. Many misunder-
being clarified b This good naiured and friendly
70 mai. mention o, the delightful spiri, shown by
the representatives Of Harvard and Ysle In Their
meetings With Us.
Favors Faculty Control.
The undergraduate, in Dean McClen-
ahan's opinion, is too prone to be
swayed by his emotion TO be in control
of athletics. He has no background
and he has no perspective. Therefore
the dean reasoned, the natural body
for the control of athletics seems TO
be the faculty, because it is always on
the Job and Is not like the alumni,
scattered and too busy with other
things 70 give the proper amount Of
attention TO athletics.
It was admitted. although not in ex-
press terms, by Professor Corwtn that
Yale, in common with other institu-
tions, was not wholly in favor of ath-
letics so far as it's faculty is con-
cerned. "Most OF our faculties are
pretty we'll agreed" he said, that ath-
letics are a real menace % the attain
ment of that high purpose for which
our institutions Of higher learning are
maintained" He added that the faculty
is almost quite as strongly anti-ath-
letic as the undergraduates and alumni
are pro-athletic. "And thus on ath-
letics," he said, "a university is house
divided against itself"
Professor Corwin asserted that he
had found the faculty attitude one
ranging from serene indifference TO
open hostility, but that he himself be-
lieved the athletic field a laboratory
in the art of living, for which no other
feature Of the university car be a sub
stitute; that there more truly than in
any course Of study does the growing
boy face conditions the like Of which
he will have to meet in everyday life
later on.
Defines Professionalism.
In Professor Corwin's opinion, pro-
fessionalism and al its attendant evils
is the one factor that threatens inter
collegiate athletics now more than any
other one thing. Professionalism, he
has found, means not any one thing or
a series of things, such as summer
baseball, playing with professionals or
the like. IL is, rather, a point Of view.
He continues:
In the fra, place. It encourages the develop
ment o' few for the entertainment Of many which
Il undemocrtrc and ILLOGICAL II kills The spirit
o. pay and eliminate, from athletics all notion %
recreation and physical development
froteslonalism. then. has is face set against
what is highest and best IN coll egfate life Mhst
Is n-rded Is All all-Ameriean code OF honor rather
than an all-Amcrfcan team
Ihs Incentive ~ victory Il perfectly legitimate and
should Be present DO no: ssres With those who
hold out that the desi for Victory Il the TOO; q,
Io.. q Oh. athletic oviiA ccnpstition y the spicS