Evening star., 1915-01-24

rewarded with salaries never peIoie
reached.
There. is a distinct demand now for
the paid college coach-that is, man
who is an instructor. who has had eA-
uerienrc and who is willing 10 deHote
all his time to the particular branch.
coming back either to his own uhlNeI :
sitv or going to another one ON nXec
salary. Whether this is the final de-
vclopmcn; or whether there is more 10
come is still question 1t is very
often debated that all the colleges
should get together and agree to aban-
don altogether all professional coaches'
1rea ming all men who are paid 10
coach 1t is possible that the amounts
paid coaches will increase until some
solution of the difficulty is rendered
necessary. for, of course. the schools'
colleges and universities cannot De
driven into the position where the one
with the most money can buy the most
effective coachin. and i'll this way, by
sheer purchase of expertness, win out
The argument for paid coaches is
sound Boys should have the opportu-
nifty to make the most of themselves
under the direction of Il skilled coach
in rowing foot ball. base ball and track
athletics. as we'll as other sports, but
like all things good at the beginning. II
carried 10 extremes. they become not
only bad but in way Seif-1n11tcd
In our article published last summer
the writer called attention to TINS
matter and predicted the upheavai:
When Mr.. Wilmington OF harvard
talked before the National Collegiate
Athletic Association out in Chicago he
described how they had dozen teams
at work. seconds, thirds and dormitory
teams. etc. and at the conclusion OF his
remarks he was asked some pertinent
questions by several of those present.
on question being that relating to
paid coaches. and it was learned that
almost al OF these teams had paid
coaches. Now. it was not so very long
ago-quite within the memory of
comparatively recent graduate today-
that paid coaches in college sport,
even at the institutions making the
most of it. were limited to three, or AT
the NEST four.
In many of the most prominent there
were only two-a rowing coach and a
track coach Now there are paid
rowing coach. a paid foot ball coach, a
paid track coach and Il paid base Dali
coach. In addition to this there are
two or three times that number of paid
assistant coaches and freshman coach
cs, and the budget OF salaries Is going
up 50 rapidly that graduate treasurers
arc in alarm. Taking it from purely
financial end. as stated above, ii must
be self-Hmited to bring on such conul-
ton in the financial eNcheouer as to
make il necessary to retrench in AL
lines Hence il makes little difference
whether one is in the group tnat be-
Instruction for college athletes or in
the smaller body. which would like to
see. and hopes to see. d return to the
old methods of unpaid coaches, the cap
tain assuming responsibility and rely
ing upon graduates for advice. As 1
say it makes little difference to which
group one belongs, for the whole is
pressing forward into such an eXaG-
gerated shape that every reasonable
man who looks over the situation sees
that it cannot go on, and that Presi-
dent Hibbens words of warning are
quite appropriate.
President John Grier Hibben OF
Princeton University is indeed Il brave
man. Tor he takes this matter up in
his annual report to the board of trus-
tees 81 that university and comes out
fatty with the expressed belief tnat
athletics are suffering from an over
organized system, and that the coach,
with his ever-increasing number of as
Sistants, proves severe drain upon
the athletic treasury and renders inter-
collegiate sport all undUly expensive
affair.
Those in whose minds the conception
Of causes is more or less rudimentary
are ever ready to believe in the eff
cag. OF administrative control i'll the
solution of any problems. Il old Abra-
haruS Pearson. the first rector of Yale
College, ~flose statue grsces the cam
pus. could return TO life today, he
would be absolutely bcwildercd when
io saw An army of 10000 people goin =
"3r to the bowl to see tweity-two
oI-.c men pls.- foot ball and nc prob
ably would be dunfounded If he read
tre budget OF All athletic association in
any Of our big universities.
Buf would he not be equally bewil-
,iered and dazeG il he stepDed into the