Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-05-11

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other athletics are easily rse,.,' VI
at colleges so that they obtaaSra g
rightful place and fit into a. ~
riculum In such way thai tS.s W
not interfere with the colIees y
institution of learning but ~
aid it. There is no doubt ~. 49,
large part Of the success of a@. .
in our Army and Navy dtir,n. 4
World War was due to the fsrs
they were trained in larpa 49,. rrs. w
on the football field. n
opinion that the good derlvad
bad"
President w. II. p. Fauuce D..
University: II cannot belIeva y
American colleges will ever
a valuable sport because stns.sf
show too much interest in II A..
cans usually plunge into either -
or play with excessive zeal
evils can be cured by compIet. -
licity, while the game rensir.
of the best known means Of trs,..a
in loyalty, cooperation ana aa'
ordination of self to the Corn
good"
President Kenneth c. N 81
Bowdoin College: There i
real progress being made towa,s Il
solution of the difficulties fp ~.
collegiate athletics. COLLEGE. n
beginning to realize that inter-.
legiate contests are primarilv N
the studnets themselves and 49,
SO far as possible to be plavss II
the students themselves releasN
from foolish pressure from N
alumni and the pnblic. Many unasN
graduates themselves are getts.N
restive under that pressure. W.
athletics are made a real part N wt
training which the college gives ~
der direction Of the collere WI
when intercollegiate contests ar M
der the management of the coIsnH
by the college and for the. coTIsst
and not for the public and for N
sporting sheets of our newspans-k
still more improvement win y
made"
President Daniel L. Marsh. Bos.E
University: Without doubt fooths4
receives a disportionate amour,
attention in most of the great III
leges and universities Of AmerIrH \
1 am a hearty geliever in athlssE
sports, but am convinced that thrH
should always be kept IA tbst
proper place. which is secoEdary u
the real work of a college or uTI
versity. Football for footbalI's rIl
is a curse; but athletics as a er
structive force in character buildIm
through its many ramif1cations n
a blessing"
President Clifton d. Gray. Babl
College: Il do not believe that fOst
ball as carried on at Bates ColJssl
is in any sense a menace Ia N
fundamental purposes Of the instl
tuition. For more than a do,-E
years we have had no seasor,
coaches. Every member of our a.
partment of Physical Education d
permanent member of the facuhI
and the same high cultural al
moral standards are required 1
them as of teachers in other al
partments. We do not propose \
allow football or any other sport I
run away with us, and / do not kI
lieve that this is the case in s,I
Maine college"
President Ralph D. HetzeI Uhl
versity Of New Hampshire: T
University Of New Hampshire Is
seriously concerned with the prOI
lem of athletic refofm. This is Al
IN part to the fact that ours is one
the smaller institutions and locat5
at a distance from any large cite
and in part to the fact that we had
been doing our reforming as a w
or our general progress. The atil
Ietlc department is under the SAM
control as any other departma
The members of the staff are rerl
lar members of the faculty. N
budgets are prepared and superysas
IN the same manner as the budgsaI
Tor any other department, and ID
scheduling of games and the genen!
determination of policy proeea
with the same degree of faculty arI
administration oversight as Obtain
In any other branch of the organic
tion."
President Ralph D. Hetzel, Uniper
sity College: & "Middlebury had
never felt the weight of some Of HI
charges made that football giTal
opportunity for drinking, gambErs|
and dishonesty or tends TO obscur|
in the public mind the true purpos
OF the college. AS a matter Of fadI
our football players and athletes d
general maintain better schoLI
snip average than those studenHl
who do not participate in athletnl
We have been perfectly open EYED
to the dangers from the beginnins
and have taken every opportunity Y
safeguard against them. I am A
substantial agreement with bcn
President Hopkins and Preside1tt
Olds. Without further thought
should hesitate to endorse ts
Wesleyan Farley plan and / certain
ly do not endorse the plan OF ny
friend, DIR. Fauver. The problensS
which relate to football in sms1
college such as Middlebury. with ~
number of men limited and locale
in a small country village remOf
from larger centres of popuauOl
are very different from those y
sociated with large colleges
populous centres. Consequently v
have not felt the disadvantages ~
have not become keenly aware !.
the need for some of these sugges1
ed reforms"