Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
Find That the Best
Member. Of Their Teams
Are the Ones Up in Their
Studies; Many Former
University Of North Da-
keta Star. Now in High
Position. in the State.
.
By G.. ID. LOcklin

There was a time when parents did
not take much pride in telling about
the athletic honors their boys were
winning in college. because in those
days it was generally understood that
If a youth was a star in the football,
baseball or track team hat ~he did
not amount to much in school and
would amount to less after he got out.
An athlete was sized up as a man
with plenty Of muscle and nothing,
under his hat. Those days are gone.
Modern schools and modern people
recognize the fact that the Develop
ment Of the body ia vital in the de-
velopment Of the brain; that it Is just.
'as necessary for a student attending
college to exercise his muscles as it is
to exercise his intellect. To this end
every school that has a physical de-
partment is seeing to it that it is run
in such a way that there are athletics
for everyone. Because they are doing
this, dozens of records in every branch
of sports are broken every year.. which
Is proof Of two thites: that men and
women are growing better physically
and that greater numbers are attain
ing that higher physical development.
Are Better Students
The same schools that foster ath-
letics find that the men who take part
in sports average better in their stud
les tina those who do not.
Then there is another phase of the
situation which is viewed from the
standpoint of the coach. He finds
studies make the best athletes. They
are first Of all dependable, which is
to say. they are not always on the
ragged edge Of the eligibility list and
being. barred from taking part in
athletic competition just when. there
are important contests. to be held,
depriving the team of a regular and
demoralizing it,
The coach also finds that the man
who is a good student is adaptable.
He car be coached with good results
because his mind is capable of absorb
ing and retaining what he is told. He
also finds that the same, man is bet
ter in competition than the poor stu
dent, because he is able to concen-
trate and able to think for himself
The mar who can concentrate Will
keep his mind on what he is doing
rather thar on what the crowd is do
ing or saying, and the man who can
think for himself willsbe ablefto work
tile best way out of a difficult situa-
ton. which wins more contests than
any other single element in athletic
games. The coach finds that noemat-
! ter how we'll his team may be trained
! and coached. situations come up in
every game which are unforeseen. and
if his men are not capable of think
ing for themselves the game is lost,
Good Examples
BY way of proof of the fact that
because a man is a good athlete II
does not follow that he is good for
nothing outside athletics; a few cases
| close to home might be called to mind.
Cases of this kind are always more
! convincing than those of which one
knows little about or is not interested
in. These examples can be taken from
the University of North Dakota.
Back in 1899 a big husky fellow by
the name of Lynn j.. Frazier was cap
tain of the football team at North
Dakota 'U'". He was SO good Oh the
football field that in 1900 he was re-
elected captain. Frazier became gov
ernor of the state. and has now been
nominated as the Republican candi-
date to the United States senate. Fol
lowing him in 1901. William Lemke,
former. attorney general Of the state,
was. captain of the varsity.
From 1902 to 1904 Victor WARDROBE
of Minnewaukan, was a member of the
football team and has been States
attorney. OF Benson county several