Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-04

This series attracted national
attention and was one of the
causes of the founding of the
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Con-
ference, comprising Gettysburg,
Dickinson, Muhlenburg, UrsinuS
and Franklin and Marshall.
This conference has energetically at
tackled the supposed distortions and
peryersions of athletics, as disclosed in
the Carnegie report issued October "a
OF last year. Hence, as one of the most
informed and energetic presidents of
small colleges, DIR. Apple was in q po-
Sstion to speak authoritatively on the
suggestion of DR.. Day, also president of
small college. and to comment on
the possibility of a cleavage between
small and large colleges in athletic
affairs.
Apple Sees Progress.
II do not agree with DR.. Day" said
DR.. Apple. Il have been personally ac-
tive and concerned about the evils of
professionalism in college athletics, but
believe progress Is being made, and
do not believe that the abolition of
either gate receipts or paid coaches is
necessary. Foot ball is a magnificent
game and think it ought to be pre-
served. do not see how it can be
preserved without gate receipts. see
nothing immoral in paid coaches, pro-
V1ded that there is no distortion which
makes their work and their pay out of
all proportion to its Importance.
Going back a few years, think
there has been very definite progress
made in cleaning UP college athletics
The tramp athlete. the ringer of my
college days. has disappeared. Higher
levels of scholarship are being main
tanned and better grade of boys, for
whom foot ball does not fill the entire
college picture, are now matriculating.
DR.. Apples articles of 1925 had con-
stituted perhaps one of the most criti-
cal and challenging assaults on the evils
OF college athletics ever written by
college president. In view of this, he
was asked whether a great deal of the
progress to which he referred had not
come in the last four years.
Would Band Small Colleges.
Positively" he said. IT was frank
in stating the dangers Of the situation
as saw them then and can be equal
ly frank in saying that I have OBJ
served a vast improvement since then.
Scouting still exists. but it is not the
highly organized scouting 1t used to be.
~ uSSu W NC IIldI III dInDlClOuS DOy,
wanting to work his way through col
lege, suffered an injustice by finding
all opportunities for work going to an
athlete. If he didn't happen to be an
athlete he was out Of luck This is
gradually being ended. and colleges are
lending helping hand to boys more
on their merits. with less stress on
their athletic possibilities
Asked about the reported possibili-
ties OF growing alliances between small
colleges, DR.. Apple said
Personally. think it would be much
better If colleges would play other coll
legeS of their own class. There Is ire
mendous strain and excitement in
small college playing a big one. with,
under the rules of the open game, a
possibility of beating it. This group
ing of colleges somewhat on the grounds
of even competition ought to relieve
lot of this and do something to lessen
the exaggerated Importance Of foot
ball.
II am not greatly concerned about
the sectional matches and the cross
country trips. although I think they
might well be abandoned. 1t takes
boys out of their classes for long
time and absorbs a vast amount of
energy and thought. which might
otherwise go to scholastic work. OF
course, there is educational value and
spectacular interest in these trips, and
am not prepared to say that they
constitute a major problem. Ordinary
good sense and some sense of proper
ton ought to straighten out all these
problems"