Evening star., 1922-02-08

WIFI 1901 Dali.
He says:
In any kind OF recuperatiye exer-
else there are three possible elements
OF value.
l. Bodily exericse, with its long list
Of varied benefits
2 Relaxation, diversion, relief from
strain or routine.
.. Training and development, physi-
cal. mental, moral. social
The solitary and unwilling worker
az the woodpile gets the first only:
the snoozing novel reader in the ham
mock the second only; the ardent foot
all three. each raised TO the nth
power"
Tells OF Worth Of Game.
After several more comparisons and
explanations DR.. Smith goes on and
gives the following nine ways in
which "the members OF. a foot ball
team are trained in these priceless
habits attributes Of the ideal citizen
IN the twentieth century republic
the opinions and guidance Of an ex-
pert.
2. Prompt and cheerful obedience
to self-chosen author:ty. however
rigid and unsparing.
3: The habit Of self-ccntrol. of sub
ordinating the present to the future,
the body to the spirit, the desires and
emotions to the will.
4: The practical and habitual recog-
milton Of the necessity of long and
grinding training. heart-breaking toll,
unremitting drudgery. as the inevitable
price for future victory.
5. The frank acceptance Of the truth
that no partisan can or should decide
his own case; the habitual reference
Of all disputes to impartial arbitra-
tion. and the instant submission. as a
matter Of course, to the umpire's de-
breaking they may be.
6. The ability to ffgh: an eproncnt
to the last gasp yet without personal
hostility or unfsiraess and to lose
without bitterness OF hatred.
4. The habitIal ecogniticn Ct the
means in null and void: tha, even a
fight must be wased in accordance
with fixed rules; that the E,axims
''alrs fair in war" and the end
justifies the means" are lies: that it
is better to lose hororably than TO
s. The practical knowledge that har-
monious teamwork. tho sacrifice Of
the individual for the common good.
unselfiSh loyalty to one another and
to the team" are absolutely essen
tial to efficiency and success in any
9. The incubation Of that keen
sense of personal honor and personal
responsibility which will prevent the
breaking of an obligation. even when
detection would be impossible.
HAS No POnderous Defects.
And when one gets down to the base
of the proposition the probabilities are
that many members OF college and
university faculties would be willing
;rta ofh
All probably know that there are
some practices in connection with
athletics that are not what they
should be. just as they know that with
the study OF the classics, engineering or
the sciences are not what they should
be-'scribbing" for instance.
No pxofessor would belittle an en-
tire class or the subject matter he is
teaching, simply because one or two
members of his class, in an eXamina-
tion, steals knowledge that does not
belong to him. Yet it seems there are
some professors who criticise to ex-
| tremes in foot ball because there is in 1t
| some "cribbing." no worse than crib
binR in the classroom. As matter OF
fact, the vast majority of college pro-
fessors recognize the value of inter-
collegiate foot ball to the undergrad
uate student body, and where one may
be found to criticise. dozen may be
found to praise.
Happily, intercollegiate foot ball has
grown to unexpected proportions be-
cause Of its potential value and be-
cause Of the demand by the public
/ that that value be exemplifled for the
benefit OF the many; il such demand
has created a so-called spectacle. then
that spectacle has real value to So
ciety, and because of that value does
not exist as a barnacle on the old ship
Of state. Some practices encountered
in intercollegiate athletics are wrong.
but they should be eliminated through
q system of control rather than a sys-
tenn of elimination; and Furthermore.
some Of tho things being severely
criticised as evils at root are not evils
in any sense Of the word. Most OF the
faults Of intercollegiate athletics cas-
lily can be controlled and rectified. but
lnot until moro or less useless criticism
gives way to constructive effort and
not until tho faculty Of each institu-
ton directs more fully the recrea-
tional activities Of its students.