Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10

There Is general agreement IN the
country that too much emphasis has
been placed on intercollegiate contests
especially in the matter Of leniency to-
ward star athletes. and the action Of
the head of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania In the direction OF changing con-
dttions Is widely commended. It Is
held, however, In some comments, that
If extended to other institutions, the
new policy would remove Q source Of In
come which aids In the development ut
minor activities.
As the Pittsburgh Post Gaxette an
alyzes the untversitys new stand, THE
code takes up many of the points which
have been under discussion since the
issuance In 1929 Of q bulletin on coll
lege athletics by the Carnegie Founda-
ton for the Advancement Of Teaching. y
This paper continues: ''It states that
receipts; that the professional coaches
are TO be made members of the faculty
with decreased salaries In proportion TO
the new status; that the alumni are 70
be deprived Of participation In the con-
trolling authority; that special consid-
erations TO athletes, those Of Bcholarship
particularly, are to be done away with
that tntramural sports are to be en-
couraged; that contests are to be
played with natural rivals rather than
with opponents brought from Q dis
the faculty only Is to decide questions
Of athletic eligibility for intercolle-
giate competition"
According to the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin, THE new program q
said TO be the result Of q careful survey
Of athletics in 23 universities and coll
leges," and this paper calls the an
nouncement "a forward step in q direc-
ton in which nearly every university
and college IN the country Is now look
ing" In the opinion Of the Erie Dis
patch-Heraid, "the UNIVERSITY OF penn
Sylvania has gone straight TO the root
OF the whole foot ball evil with the opsn-
ing sentence" Of its announcement.
namely, the university viii assume
direct control and management Of all
matters concerned with intercolleQiate
athletics Once that recapture was ef-
fected," continues this paper, "all the
rest about schedules, trips, games, etc.
was merely Incidental"
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The new policy els expected to nut
athletics in position Subseryient to the
univers1ty'S educational aims and en-
beavers, and At more properly In the
scheme OF things at the school than
40 VIZ AONCAAG PooIp WI1cu SOL1c ALnleIlC
branches have developed attention all
out OF proportion to the schools real
objective" remarks the New Castle
News.
These opinions Of Pennsylvania news
papers are supported by outside COM
ment In the main. Says the Milwaukee
Journal, 1.-THE announcement of Presi-
dent Gates reads as though O foot ball
star Is to be looked upon as Just stu
dent and foot ball as just a college
game" This Is approved by the Dam
bury News, which thinks "every bow
at college should have opportunity to
participate in some form Of athletic
sport. whether he Is good as an athlete,
or whether he Is terrible The con-
centration OF all effort on the few OUT
standing star athletes Is spectacular.
good for the Golfers of the athletic as
Sociations, but bad for most of those
concerned" concludes the News.
The kernel of the PENNSYLVANIA idea
Is that sports are to be taken hack Ia
all the students and then there viii BE-
no dependence on the enrolment of
star athletes; Pennsylvania intends to
mo It's athletes among its students gen
orally, without any scouting or alumni
coercion" rem arks the Savannah
Morning News, which judges that "the
ldea Is q good one" but thinks st re-
mains to be seen how many other col.
legeS and universities will have the
nerve to follow Pennsylvania.
The Jersey City journal predicts that
IN tne course OF time the Pennsylvania