Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-29
now IS time
FOR REVISION
Most Expensive Parapher.
MALTA Has Been Done
Away With.

new 1 OfK, lee. ZS.-Ine war O1erS
college athletics a priceless oppor-
declared President w. II. r. Faunce,
Of Brown university in an address be-
fore the twelfth annual convention of
the National Collegiate Athletic assoc
citation here yesterday.
THE most expensive paraphernalia
}of sports are suddenly swept away"
he said. Gone are the training tables
which have fostered professionalism
by treating athletes as a separate
caste. Gone are the Pullman cars
and the southern trips which have
been an expensive detriment. Gone
are some Of the costly coaches who
regard the faculty as "a natural foe
and who must turn out a winning
team or lose their jobs. Gone in some
cases is the whole varsity team which
may have regarded a single letter on
a sweater as far greater honor than
a Phi Kappa Key.
Now is the opportunity such as
America has not seen for fifty years
to evaluate the play Of young men,
national life, and decide whether to
continue or abandon or reform it.
MAKE Good or Quit.
Unless college sports can demon
strate today that they are more than
trifles, more than costly advertise
ment, more than a pedestal for indi-
vidual n%otoriety, unless they can be
better soldiers, unless they can pro-
duce men capable of democratic,
whole-souled cooperation in devotion
to the ideals of the nation, they will
be sent to the scrap-heap by an in
dignant people.
w cannot at this national crisis
! say business as usual nor will we an
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not want athletics as usual because
they have usually been abused, nor
do we want them abolished, but we
want all business and all sports, all
work and all play, relieved Of super
fluffy and extravaganza, stripped for
action in the nations service, and CO.
ordinated with the laboratory and the
library and the classroom in the end
less task of creating men fit to be citi-
zens of America"
Athletics in every form conducive
to preserving all that is Stimulating
and productive of physical develop.
ment among the students in American
I; colleges should be encouraged and
maintained, in the opinion Of the del.
Athletic association meeting.
Colonel Palmer Z. Pierce, U. S. A.
president Of the association, presided
at the three sessions, the last Of
which ended near midnight, and rep
resentatives of more than fifty uni
versities and colleges took part in the
discussions during the day. Letters
from Secretary Of War Baker, and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, were
read at the afternoon session and
last night by a unanimous vote, the
following recommendations were
adopted:
Resolved, that we recommend t.
all educational institutions, collegi.
ate and secondary: =
First, that athletic sports be made
subservient to the work of militar,
preparation and be made, therefore
an essential factor in military train.
ing.
Second, that in intercollegiate an6
interscholastic schedules be arrang.
ed for so long a time as so far as ma.
tional and local conditions permit anG
that all possible encouragement be
given to the Development of intra.
mural sports, with a view to pro
noting the participation Of all stu
dents.
Third. that professional coaching
expenses incidental thereto be reduc.
ed to a minimum.
Fourth. that there be no pre-sea
son coaching or practice, no scoutins
except at public intercollegiate con,
tests n no training table.
Fifth, that the number Of official,
at intercollegiate games and thei,
fees be kept, al low az possible.
Sixth, that this association reaf
firms its belief in the eligibility rule.
which it already endorsed including
the freshmen rule and therefore rec.
ommends that there. be no lowering
Of eligibility standards during thu
present crisis" @s
"A resolution recommending tina
the colleges and secondary schools, 81
far as possible, take up military riff.
practice. q part of athletic training
also was adopted.