The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-28
SAYS COLLEGES MUST
TAKE OVER SPORTS
DR.. Marvel Of Brown Declares
for Financial Supervision
by the Faculties.

While tho paper by Dean Angel was
the most startling feature Of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association
meeting yesterday. the soundest advice
came from DR.. Fred Marvel, athletic d.
rector at Brown University. DR.. Mar
vel called on the colleges to realize that
athletics was every bit as important as
any branch taught in the class rooms
He called on the colleges to take over
the financial support OF athletics, and
provide the students with SUFFICIENT time
and place to play. DR.. Marvel's paper
was part or the report for the FIRST dis
trict made by e. II. Botsford Of WILL
Jams DR.. Marvel stated:
MY answer Is that as far as the ideas
and Ideals Of the college faculty and
higher officials are concerned they are in
most instances correct now and need lit
tie II any changing. What we do need
however, is the support and financial
backing OF the college officials to make
1t possible for the professors and direc-
tors Of physical training to carry out
these same ideas and ideals.
Now we are not given enough time
In the college recitation schedule to make
, 1t possible for all the students TO take
part In organised phsyical training and
play. We are not provided with suf-
| fcient equipment and play rooms and
backgrounds TO accommodate all the
students, and we set littlc II any imam
cial backing from the college to carry
on our athletics.
Must Make II Pay.
AT the present time our athletic d.
rectors and team managers have to
| make their associations pay. and to do
30 are obliged 10 raise the money for
athletics from the gate receipts and by
subscriptions. To get money from
either OF these sources winning teams
are absolutely necessary. In many
cases IL We are to have any intramural
from the money made from intercol-
legiate games.
I'VE are told by the college officials
that we must conduct our games and
play along amateur lines. but we must
| finance them along lines that are purely
commercial and professional Hero IL
the trouble. High salaries must be paid
coaches. for our teams must win to make
successful financial season. The
ness man, hence another large salary
for business manager.
Small colleges take long trips 10
play large colleges out OF their class
thletically in order to raise enough
money to get through their seasons
without loss In making up schedules
the financial problem causes the most
trouble, and many games are placed on
the schedule for purely commercial
reasons. This 10 all wrong and will
never be changed entirely until the COL
leges assume the financial responsible
ity and provide plenty of money for tho
proper control and management OF all
athletics intercollegiate and intramural.
sport for Everybody.
our motto should he. Athletics for
everybody and everybody In athletics.
We have heard this great many years
from the college authorities and others
In all these years the physical directors
have been trying to attain this from the
moneys that had to be obtained along
lines that have caused such criticism.
III the college officials are truly sin
cere in their desire and efforts to place
athletics on a proper basis they will, in
my opinion. assume all responsibility, in
GLIDING the financial responsibility OF
the athletic directors. coaches and In
ulIuCNOTS ItS Will hlSo pIONIuS
equipment and facilities in order that all
students may have an opportunity to
play and see to II that sufficient time is
set aside in the recitation schedule for
organized physical training and play"
Petain CompIimented DIR. MeyIan.
One OF tho features OF the morning
session WAS an address by DR.. @. l.
Meylan OF Columbia, who saw service in
France as a physical director among the
soldiers. DIR. Meylan told OF his ex-
periencss in mass athletics and the les
sons We should learn from the war. lie
declared that Gen. Petain had come to
watch his soldiers go through their ath-
ietc PAGES. and at the end the General
asked to be presented to DR.. Meylan.
whom ne conplimented highly on the
work done and the system employed
DIR. ]. r. Raycroft Of the War De-
partment Commission on Training Camp
Activities spoke on suggested changes in
sport as coming from headquarters. and
Capt. J. l.. Griffith OF Camp Pike spoke
on suggest ions as coming from the field
The afternoon was taken up with reports
from districts and committees and the
night session was given over 10 a gem
eIal discussion OF all tho points that had
come up during the day.