The New York herald., 1921-12-29
CALL ON COLLEGES
TO IMPROVE SPORT
Say That Professionalism,
Commercialism and Pros
elyting Must Stop.

DR. G. l.. ATeyian Of Columbia Uni-
versity and DR.. Edgar Fauver OF wes-
leyan declared yesterday at the annual
meeting OF the Society OF Directors OF
Physical Education In Colleges, held at
the Hotel Astor, that college athletics
mus. be improved or they will be taken
over by the various faculties.
Unless the evils OF professionalism,
oommercialism and proselyting so detri-
mental to the scholastic standing Of sta-
dents, sholl be remodied the vafious
faculties In all probability will abolish
intercollegiate sports and substitute in
trurnural competition" declared DR..
M,ylan, who Is professor OF physical
education nt Columbia.
DR. F'auver. who. In addition to coach
ing many OF the athletic teams at wes-
lsynn. was a great athlete In hts day.
also dcplorod the lack OF ethics In coll
lego sports OF tho present and added
th5. II something was not done to cor
re-, thess evils he felt that "intercol-
lcgiste athletScs should be scrapped az
once"
These adlresseg wers u particular sig
nificnnCe corning as they d,d ieef than
twenty-rour ho,uE SNter thtn tho Pc
marks Of Gen. fsimer y rio-cn sa -hs
members Of the Fsr-spaA 1oacA9a o.,
ciaticn on Tuesday cvsoinr a. that
time Gen. Pierce spoke sNvungiy On the
subject Of Improper pros.yytinr" char
acterfzing X ~ SYSTEM whereby
grown men taught young ssAooIboys 20
lie, chent and falsify." Since Gen Pierce
is president of the National Ccilegiate
Athletic Association Il Is altogeOger ros.
sibio that this subject will asain cOme
UP for discussion at the annual mes,ing
OF that body to-day az the Hotel AStnr.
In continuing his remarkR, Dr. Me,tRn
stated that extravagancc IN the cOnaAsct
OF college athletics to-day have g0lSs
beyond all bounds.
at costs az much 90 maintain a single
player on a college fo0lbsn team to-day
as Il did an entire team "A fow years
age" ne said. 'if T. pretty generally
known that sofne colleges have taken
over the control q irtics from studer,
and graduate manaagss, and the plan
has bcen uniformly zac.essful. believe
that IL Il wero 90 apread 70 all colleges
II would solve the problem OF which
speak"
DIR. akey,an also, declared in favor of
the migratory ruie;r, In effect In the
Southern intercollegiate. Athletic Asso-
cietion. This rule forbids u man 10 rep
resent more than one college In ath-
letics; in short, IL he ever appeared In
the varsity lineup Of one college he
would be forever barred from represent
ing another.
The delegates elected Fred ".
Luehring OF the University or Nebraska
president OF the association: DR.. Edgar
Fauver vice-president Prof. It. Nelson
Metcah OF Oberlin. secretary and treas
urer. ard the above officers, with Prof.
C. w Savage and DR.. Edwin Fauver as
members OF the council.
Luehring will be remembered az hav-
Ing been physical director at Princeton
a few years ago.
In opening the meeting. Mr.. Luehrinc
! addressed the delegates on the value OF
physical education In swimming activ-
tiles. Other papers were read by DIR.
W II. Fitzpatrick OF the Teachers Col
! lege on Certain Moral and Social
| Aspects of College Athletics" DR.. G. w.
Hetherington of Teachers College on
| "-The Training OF Teachers OF Physical
Education: Prof Frank Kleeberger OF
! the UniyerIty of California. on Unique
Phases OF Physical Education in Cali
fornin College," and Prof. c, v. r.
Young OF Cornell on Shall We Revive
the Greek Pentsthlon?"