Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-02

Il do not know" continued Secretary
Baker, Just what program you se.
men will work out today. no nina
though. that the athletics shou!o pe oe
~eloped so as to reach the greatest pos
.ihIa number of men \ few highly
specialized athletes are not suHicienS
10 make armies. and II is 10 De nopeu
that some methods will be earned out
which will put into enect a polics 10
give as many as possible the splehuiu
development to be obtained IN atm
letics"
Not only that. but the great fear of
those directing the affairs OF the ma
ton is that there may be a de:eriord-
ton in the academic life of the coun-
try. For this reason the colleges. ny
carrying out their programs N atm
letics and thus making academic ilfe
more attractive to the students. VIII
be rendering a service that Will ne July
as great as may be rendered in war
For l assure you that we must have
fully equipped men to carry OUT ,he
work of reconstruction after the war,
which will he no less difficult than
carrying on the war itself.
And thus | cannot help but charge
you that the colleges owe it to the ma
ton TO continue their programs so
that in the main the government VIII
have just as good reserves to draw
from for fresh armies. If 1t becomes
necessary to prosecute the war lndeh-
nitely, as il now has men to make UP
the two millions we are raising: SO
that when the period of reconstruc-
ton comes there will be men ntted
ACCIDENTALLY to meet with success the
great problems which then will be
presented.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the meeting
was called to order by Col. Palmer T.
Pierce, who delivered a few appropr1-
ate remarks. the gist of which was 1t
was his personal opinion that all inter-
collegiate programs should be carried
out. Col. Pierce was compelled to
leave the meeting then to attend
conference at the War College, and
until he returned at 12:15 the chair was
filled by Vice President Dyer Of the
University of Iowa
Sentiment among those present was
overwhelmingly in favor of the con-
tinuance of intercollegiate sports.
Representative came from as far
south as Texas. as far west Oregon,
from Maine, Michigan. the middle west
and from all sections of the east. About
10 men were present, representing
students aggregating more than $780,
600
DR.. Raycroft of Princeton and Dean
McLananhan of Princeton presented
the stand of that university. and Fred
Moore Of Harvard outlined Harvards
policy. Prof. Corwin of Yale was not
able to be present. but in a telegram
the same as that of Princeton and Har-
ward. A general inability to develop
teams and an intention to afford the
students opportunities to develop along
fntramural lines particularly was the
theme of their remarks
Prof. Marvel of Brown. President
Drinker of Lehigh. Maj. Pickering of
the University of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Huntington of Colgate and representa-
lives of a great many other institu-
tioEs spoke in favor of the continual
tion of sports.
Surprise of the morning was sprung.
though, in the attitude of Virginia It
was announced last spring that iVr-
gtnia would go through with its sports
this year. but when DR.. Lameth was
asked to present Virginias view. he
called upon DR.. LeFevre. DR.. Lefevre.