New Britain herald., 1926-02-22
YALE RECOGNIZES
 ATHLETICS WORTH
Prof. NettletOn Talks It Over
 With Aluna

New Haven, Conn. Feb. 22 tR -- College sport, despite whatever abuse or excesscs may ho at- trihuted 10 it. has moved steadily forward towards q spirit of conn., dence and general mutual regard and respect within and without our colleges, Professor George II. Net teton. chairman of the Yale board of control of the Yale Athletic ah sociatIon, said to the alumni at i luncheon today. IL was his first ! speech as head of athletic affairs at Yale and his topic was College Sport"
 Prof. Ncttleton said, even as a novice, ho voiced appreciation ot those who have added ito the validity of a code of honor tho vi- tality Of its unwrittcn spirit; 10 our own colleagues, Professor F. N Corwin, before the war. Professor C. w. Mendeli since then, and 10 our colleagues of Harvard and Princeton we owe a high heritage" He said 1t was fitting to recall os- pccially one, now retired from im- mediate leadership, for years, who 1 interpreted administration in terms of ministry and leadership in terms of service Dean Briggs of | Harvard.
 Discussing his subject Profcsso, Nettleton said there are those who regard "any emphasis on college athletics as undue and any official recognition of athletics as undc- sirable. This is not the attitude of Yale. X xx the xxx policy of Yale prefers direct control and di. rect cooperation, from the stand. the establishment of the board of control in 1916 marked one of the most significant athletic changes of tho past decade.
 "A second significant helpful fac tor is the general cooperation of athletic directors. committees and : coaches in maintaining the scho-
 lastic standards and regulations Of
 tho undergraduate schools and
 the spirit of fair and friendly con
 test. When tho characteristic attl- f tude of tho coach is to support , promptly and docisivcly university , or faculty decision that may seem
 adverse 10 his own or to his teams ,l ,tn I,n honn,No ne s a constructive force in community
 sentiment. When he prefers 10 de. f vclop the self reliance, initiative l and independent resourcefulnes'
 of his team on the field Of action . he contributes directly 10 the bet, n torment of college sport
 0 "A third essential and encourage [ ment factor in the present athlcti, situation is the attitude of tho un Q dergraduate body. Tho enthusiast # student support of the policy o {. athletics for all' tends not mcrel x to stress individual physical devel ,c opmont but to offset the earlier WEI
 nigh exclusive emphasis on th Is larger intercollegiate contests. h "Of it's own initiative the under n graduate athletic association has re
 ccntly recommended more stringen q scholastic safe guards than those SC 9. by the faculty to govern the clectio l. and continuance in office of the stu .e dent managers of athletic teams"
 Prof. Nettlcton In reviewing ath ,r lotics from tho standpoint of inter m university feeling said that th n world war merged the earlier jea If oustes and petty disputes Of riy;
 colleges into tho common stream (
 undivided loyalty. Perhaps it wc
 the growing dominance of the b.!
 in our earlier traditions over tl
 abuses that sometime threatens n obscure them. The memorials th; " remind and will remind us of GeorG
 Ade and Bob Cook, or Thomas ]
 Witt Cuylcr and of Walter Camp, Il " memories recently touched by Il
 deaths of Frank Hinkey and Of Jof
 Grccnway-those and many oth
 memories we do not forget
 Not long ago the Yale News ho es orcd editorially at tho close Of to three years of constant intercoll e. giate contests the outstanding cha Ie- actcr and conduct Of George Ow e. of Harvard, Not long ago other C as leges and other men joined in 1 aS' spirit that led Princeton to hon He the memory Of Hobey Baker. Tod; .co in most inclusive sense, Yale stan TOT in grateful obligation to the Amc as can colleges that have express leo their wish to share equally with Yj
 in a joint memorial 10 Walter Car ols In honor preterring ono another aL In the development Of this spi am of mutual honor and regard as H. every generous interplay of c lu' common interests, no influence ne more dominant than that Of { ca. Harvard. Princeton. Yale agrecmc ,h' Outwardly it is a code, into whi an have been formally written the my miliar steps Of progress in coilt ne sports-thc freshman rule, the tn
 rule, the undergraduate rule, the me strictions as to transfer students, eN- to limitations Of coaching salar vas and of summer football practi re- and all the rest. But beyond ol Q covenants openly arrived al,
 stands for q "gentlemen's agr
 ment."