Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
BY n. c. BYRD.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| NEW YORK, December 29.-Probaoly
the most interesting discussion that
has ever been listened to by the men,
bers of the National Collegiate Atm
, letic Association was carried on las.
night at the Hotel Aston by the heau
| masters of Andover and Exeter ae"u
| emies. the principal of the OAK
High School of Chicago, the heao ND"
ter of the University School OF eleNe
land and the head master OF the Nhe'
| cersburg Academy on the subject "
PROSECUTING These men deplored the
fact that other schools made eHor's ~
draw their students who were shiiieo
in athletics, and that many loyal ou'
misguided" alumni of colleges were
ma king offers of expenses, ana soi'ie
times more" in order to draw men Oh
particular athletic capabilities
1t was the opinion of DR.. Irvine OF
Mercersburg that there is leSltlhlatee
form of PROSECUTING, which empooie 81
The presenting of various 1eatu W.
institutions to graduates OF the
prep schools but he particularly cen
sured the attempts of colleges or utnv.
prep schools to draw away schoolposs
i before the completion of thelf eous
in order to bolster up athletlc teams:
Mr. Mcdaniel of the Oak Park f1lsn
School Illustrated this point when he gave
an instance of how one prep schooi Ia
induced six members of the oak a
foot ball team to enter it and no" tlosS
six men had helped round out spiehoio
eleven.
DR.. Peters Cites on Instance.
DR.. Peters of the University School OF
no
letes in his school came to him last 1ah
and said he wanted to stay at the Uni
versity School but had an offer from
prominent prep school on the Atlantlc
coast and would have to go there unless
something were done for him. he was
allowed to go, DIR. Peter said, ana during
the season Just ended he was a star IN
foot ball for the big prep school 10 W1lch
he went. DR.. Perry. head master at LA
eter. also gave several such examples,
mentioning no names. When questioned
directly, DR.. Peters and Mr. McIafliei
stated that the instances where repre-
entatives of colleges had come 10 theia
students were very few. but thae tne
greatest evil with which they had TO con-
tend was the tutoring school.
DR.. Irvine of Mercersberg seemed TO
have a splendid grasp of the SITUATION.
He gave it as his opinion that athletes
should not be barred from Scholarships;
that athletic ability ought not TO seanu
as a detriment to man hoidlhg
scholarship. that if work were 10 De
done it should be given to athleteS as
well as to others without fear or 1aVer-
He said that about seventy boys were
being helped through Mercersnerg
through the medium OF lnous.rlal
scholarships, which included waiting
on the table, washing dishes, ciericai
work and various other things OF mat
character, and that he was proud OF IL.
AS an instance of the wrong methods
III no
lowing case:
Left Amid Examinations.
ct know of one man who had decided
to enter certain university. He was
at that university taking the entrance
examinations when a telegram came
from a representative of another uni
versity which read thus: If you will
enter this university $500 will be
placed in the bank to your credit, to
do with as you please, and besides that
your expenses will be paid through
The boy packed up Immediately ana
went to the university in question, ana
last fall was the star backheld man
on the eleven representing that uni
versity."
such as this" said DR.. irvine. should
be eliminated. but how TO 40 SO is
another question:.
Mr.. Mcdaniel of the Oak Park High
School coined new word he salo
some colleges, particularly one or Two
in the New England states and in
Pennsylvania, did not give scholar
ships any more-they were giving ath-
leticships" Mr.. Mcdaniel expressed
the opinion that the colleges were ca
tering too much to the public in ath-
letics, and that the public demand for
fine athletic teams and for such spien-
did spectaclcs as are presented at the
big games caused scramble after
athletic material which undoubtedly
led to PROSECUTING in it's bad phases.
DR. StearnS of Andover also mentioned
this feature of athletics and said that
the colleges were allowing the vaude-
Vile feature to supersede. the educa-
tion5l in athletics. DR.. Stearns spoke
in glowing terms of the educational
value of competitive athletics.
No Logical Remedy Suggested.
Not one of the head masters was able
to present logical, practicable way to
prevent the bad forms of prcselyting.
all seeming to concur in the belief
that the only way to accomplish the
desired end is to inculcate higher
standard of honor between colleges
and among the students Of prep
schools.
Dean Briggs of Harvard refused to
serve another term as president OF the
organization, and Maj. Palmer +.
Pierce of the War College, at WASH
! ington. -. C., was elected to the posi-
ton. Mai. Pierce had the following TO
say concerning the relation ofphysical
training to the defense of the state:
"All history" he said, shows that
healthy state requires healthy citi-
zenry. Just as soon the inhabitants
of a country begin to degenerate phys
ically, decay sets in all around. and the
g. jSfe ri endangered,
Compulsory physical training should
be introduced into all of our nstitu-
lions of learning. How necessary some