New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29

fhe most tNVitti" "a -
.,;rax when these resolutions were
resolved. That we recommend 20
.l.,.uonal institutions, collcg'-
,.c and secondary:
r;r.t That athletic sports &c
s.,bscrvicnt 10 the work OF NM
4 .svr rrcparation, and be maze
,s,ro AN essential factor IN NIL
tary training. .-....,,loc;atc and
...-..b-fsstic schedules be arrangeu
so long time and so Tar as ma
- .ri local conditions permit
.bat ali possible encouragement
he q..cn TO the development o. IN
,.sTgral sports, with a view 10 pro
citing the participation OF all SUI
dents. .-..-.l Coaching
.rd the expenditures lnclHeh'"'
hereto be reduced 10 minimum
Fourth That there be 10 pre-se"-
son coaching or practice no scouting
and no training table. n.;o,.
F;f,b- That The number OF ohT'a.S
81, intercollegiate games ana '"'''
ices be kept as low as possible
And further be II .-.
Resolved. That this association re-
.Trms ITS belief IN the ehglolII'y
~ries which il has already indorseu;
including the freshman RUE anu
therefore recommends that there De
no lowering Of eligibility StahoSIuS
during the present crisis
jump in Membership
Colonel Palmer L. Pierce, president
~ tho association, pointed out. upon
,..,-;r,, the convention. that the or
r;7sfior's membership had grown
f-oD thirtv-eight colleges IN IsVo'
-. ~ was formed. 10 l64 now, IN,
l-4,,- four new members admitted
- .Fc frst time at this meeting
Georgia Tech. Trinity, Texas AerleuI.-
raj and Mechanical and New ,hailp-
'H Toiorci Pierce. who is president OF
tho War College and therefore qu".-
tod IN exnress views which Woulu "
fsvorcd by President wilson .nen
stated the purpose OF the assoV'a .'..,iI
what 10 stands for and what IL '0N'N
do in the present CRISIS; ,.;-
"aronc, the 1914 members are praetl,
eallv an Of the leading col!eges anu
Universities of the country ne &C
elared.. The propaganda for the spreeao
OF athletics and physical framing no -.
been most fruitful The ,phys'ca' ~
moss Of the men assembled IN our
Gaining camps during the last year as
snplicants for commissions instances
this .,,,
I'M contrast he mentioned the exam
nations Of drafted men, among whom
o-lv q small proportion had received
tLe' benefits OF college athletics. More
-ban 30 per cent we're unit Tor MIL
.-arv service" said he. This is alto
either too large a percentage, and IN
Cicates the need Of immediate correc-
live stems. This association Is takirg
o., active mart I'm this work through us
cForts 10 spread athletics throughout
the student body, 50 that the less
physically perfect will receive the
benefits involved.
III IS highly important that the col,
Icge athletic programme be continued
10 equip young men for the reception
Of miIit.rv training. To attract young
men TO the colleges nothing is more
Important than the continuation OF a'h-
lctic sports"
Message from Daniels
After reading the letter Of Secretary
hN T. I
the usyy's attitude through a letter
from Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
COLLEGES set the pace in sendlng-no.
I'M witnessing the entrance Other
choicest spirits into camps and stations
and cantouments and ships where they
could be most quickly trained for mil
itsry service" ran the message from
the nayy's head.
"How will the younger men be MADE
ready for what they Will shorly De
called upon 20 do? Colleges viii an
swer that question By encouraging col
lece athletics and emphasizing those
gsmcs which insure that all the student
body viii be benefited b. It. lntercol-
leciate games stimulate interest, ana
should be encouraged
That the war offers a priceless op-
portunlty FOR appraisement and revl-
sion was the message OF W. II. :.
FauDcc. president Of Brown University,
who delivered an eloquent address on
Athletics FOR the Service Of the Ma
ton" lie favored the preserving OF
strict eligibility standards, saying: I'm
war time every student should 20 10
the front or work hard behind the
front. The student who stays IN col
lege and refuses 10 study is simply an
academic Stacker.
No Business as Usual
eve cannot at this national crisis
say business as usual nor will We an
nounce business suspended We do
not want athletics as usual, because
they have usually been abused Nor do
we want them abolished. But we want
an business and all sport, all work and
an play, relieved of superfuity and eN-
trsvagance, stripped for action IN the
nations service and coordinated with
the laboratory and the library and the
classroom i'm the endless task Of Great
ing men fit 70 be citizens Of America"
Dr. J. Z. Raycroft, Of Princeton. mem
Der Of the War Departments commits
sion, spoke on athletics at training
camps lie referred 20 the constant
need Of diversion among the men at
The front, as we'll as in the camps IN
this country, and told how athletic in
struetorS had been assigned 20 every
canionment.
How sports had taken hold on a
Wholesale scale was indicated striking
~ by several examples DR.. Raycroft
furnished. In one training camp $50
men took part in a 'cross-country run,
more than $50 Of them finishing within
one minute Of the winner. At another
camp 900 basketball fves have been or
ganized, and at still another he saw
1000 men 90 in swimming at once.
forty-seyen football games were played
m single afternoon by the boys of a
western csntonment, and another al
ternoon every member of l05 COM
panies, $1,000 men in all. participated
IN boxing bouts.
According 20 DR.. Rayeroft, the camps
have only one-sixth of the athletic
equipment needed A total Of $4S4 900
more is required TO carry out estab-