Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-18
Proxies Of N.
|. A. A. MEET
RULE CHANGES RECOMMENDED
AND EDITORS AND REPORT
Frs ASKED TO BE GOOD.

Michigan intercollegiate college
presidents at their meeting last week
Wednesday expressed their views of
college athletics i'm Il resolution that
was passed while they were also max
ing recommendations as to rule
changes, and they also found time to
adopt another resolution in which col
lege publications and writers for va
rious metropolitan journals are
asked not to be naughty.
The resolution that was passed by
the college presidents giving their
view of college athletics, commercial
ism in athletics and professionalism,
follows:
1--WE as college presidents believe
in the value and place of athletics in
our colleges, but we decry the pres
ent tendency toward financial COM
petition for students. We would rec
ommend to our several institutions
that they seek to promote athletics
not so much for the development of
stars and the winning of games, but
for the building up of the health and
physical vigor of all students and the
spirit of cooperation among them,
and that to this end we pledge our
effort and influence against profess
sionaism and commerciaism in coll
lege athletics.
1--WE further recommend to our sew
eral colleges that the promotion of
atbloticc N, tbaca ccboo1c ba liant m
der institutional control and that all
financial aid to men playing on ath-
letic teams be upon purely scholas-
tic basis"
The committee which formulated
this recommendation consisted of
Presidents Feeman Of Adrian, Laird
of Albion and Crooks of Alma, the
recommendation being written by
President Feeman.
Directors of the NJ. l. A. A. are
asked to consider several changes in
the rules which were recommended
by the presidents. Not desiring to be
naughty" examples which might
have actuated the recommendation
will not be mentioned, as someone
ent rule against professionals, adopt
ed year ago, and which barred men
from participation who have con-
tracts in organized ball, except those
who had thus become professionals
previous to the adoption of the rule,
it was recommended that a rule be
adopted that would prevent men on
,,la IL.
non-college teams during the college
year. This would prevent Sunday
baseball, football, eta, and confine
players TO their college teams during
the college year. 1t will not hinder
men from using their talent during
the summer to gain funds for the
next college year, just as long as they
keep out of organized baseball.
1t was recommended that a rule b,
adopted which would prevent a paic
coach at any NJ |. A. A. college play
ing on any teams Of the college
1t was recommended that athletic.
in the colleges of the association be-
placed under faculty control and tina
they have a faculty manager respon
sible for athletics.
Then editors for college papers ant
naughty, naughty correspondents
who may have agitated rule changes
etc, and mentioned men in the asso
citation as examples and perhap
some other things such as gettin,
good publicity for some schools, wer
given a gentle rebuke in the follow
ing resolution which was adopted b.
the proxies:
1--WE regret the lack Of sportsman
ship sometimes shown in our colleg
papers. We request the editors O
the college papers and particular
the correspondents of the metropoli
tan journals to refrain from criticism
of any college and from any refer
ences calculated to breed bad feelin
between institutions engaged in an
competition"
Not desiring in the least to offe
conflict with the presidents of til
NJ. |. A. A., it might be pointed on
however, that if this resolution
held to by those at whom it is Anne,
questions Of eligibility could not
discussed by papers, nor could a di.
play Of sportsmanlike conduct
mentioned, as it might be a rehectio
against some team Of the NJ. /. A.
and indirectly of course against som
college. Publicity, it would seem of
hand, is the best cure for some evil
The Alma High School track teal
will he entered in the Michigan Ii
terscholastic track meet at Ea.
Lansing on Saturday, June 3. Aim
has never been entered in the stat
high school meet but what she ha
managed to pick up few points. NJ
since 1911, however, has the loo;
school, been able to finish first in tn
state affair.
Coach Yoder, who is handling III
tennis work of the athletes at u
High School, has arranged for tel