New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

1.-THE spirit Of rivalry between one
college ard another is not an Unhealthy
mental stimulus. Abuses are possible
in every striving where success IS u
bs th. reward. This is reason for re-
,trs,nins the abuse, but It is no reason
40 ~. osne IS innocent and may be
.,lS nIaved. The feeling Of solidity
paSinvsitv In the student body that IN,
niisiate contests develop is good
sS,no II continues in the heart snu
soul Of every graduate as long Us 10
lives" NAV baseball
evil. Of which so much mas Oee"
On the last two months;
when the question of summer osse-
hall hrst presented Itself, II seeneu "
ardInarv observer that there was
n1 env more reason for excluding d
- from a college team who playeu H.
.,,nrner 10 make money enough W
ns,Tos his college course than lot eA,
$50. tbe man who for similar enc
ei u;.n5 on table. But the question h@s
o,one further. It may be tnst tne
Lo~ enlaving of the game Tor MONEY
tendencv 20 introduce the SplIi'
no .-oSessionalism that may be oeOI'-
mental in its tone. ,...a. ho+ tho
CIV are 10 be congratulated tnaI tnc
ii. ~ which those engaged IN inc
segnlstion of college athletic sapproeta e.'
~ nnestion is far better to-day ina"
ever ever, TSft then urged that certain
-. in the way Of unnecessary
Coaching at baseball games nc 'o-
rected He said: 49,. the
"Pudd'nhead Wilson says ina.
difference between cabbage ana
csuiihower is that the latter mas q og,,
leoe education. think that u snou'u
he the ambition Of those reguia1,il.s
College athletics 70 create simlaI
dist1ction between professional anu
'O ~ sttsnded a baseball game between
Yale and Harvard last commencement,
The ohattering and slangy phrases u.s.
nv members of one team against ny
ether in order 10 embarrass oppOHsn.7
or 70 encourage associates was nov eur
S,,,no To hear the undergraduates on
axhibition before 10000 people callnSg
out 70 their associates Get ms goa.
ar sPut out his eye" was not eleVaVlNE'
Tn. excuse was that this was neceS-
.sry TO give pep 20 the men. i MINK
this "a ridiculous. II II he necessary
20 inspire one side with courage 70 'ne
erv Of the captain 1t certainly must
not be framed In language when can
he characterized only as that OF MUCK
ers. In truth, II would be most grati-
fying to And in tho absence o. such
Language and manners the direrence
between a college game and pr01es-
sionsl game. The flavor Of the college
caunSower as distinguished from the
professional cabbage / would be very
grateful. .,
Mr. Taft also enlarged upon the evil
Of proselyting, and suggested even mat
colleges should be extremely cautious
in granting scholarships 70 athletes
simply because they are athletes. This
caution is necessary, he insisted, "be-
cause Of the tendency and because OF
the abuses 10 which such practice
may lead"
The National Collegiate Athletic As
ISOLATION has enjoyed an amazing
growth In the last ten years. II be-
gan IN 1905 with thirty-seven colleges
and universities enrolled, and yester-
day this number reached 1853. 80 that
il may be said TO be absolutely nation
al in scope. The members elected yes
terday were as follows:
Yale, Michigan, Oregon Agricultural
Oklahoma. Catholic University Uni
versity Of Wooster. Southern States
Conference, embracing five colleges;
Southern California Conference, EN-.
bracing six colleges; the Southwest
Conference. embracing eight colleges
and the Pacific Northwest Conference
embracing six colleges.
Az tire afternoon session Dean IL
BARON r. Briggs, Of Harvard, was re,
elected president Of the ASSOCIATION sho
lows:
Vice-president. Dean James R. An
cell. Chicago; secretary-treasurer Pro
fessor F. ". Nicholson. Wesleyan: Keep
resentatives-Firs district, Proie sol
Il. n. Corwin, Yale; second district
Professor ]. f. Roycroft, PRINCETON
49, 5istrict. Professor c. +. Herty
North Carolina; fourth district, Pro