The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-25
II Foreign Representatives
r6MALL. SPENCER, BREWER
c UncorporateU
tOAGO NEW YORK BOSTON


tiers. he Return to Amateurism
mpqdications are that large number
r Eastern colleges are about to re.
vale the amateur status of their ath.
teams.
theoretically, of course, all college
banlns are composed of men who arc
sionaged primarily in obtaining an ed.
T.. Fion and whose participation ir
ooatetic contests is merely for the
J. PIT of the thing.
ly b. million-dollar stadia, extensive
tion Expensive coaching staffs and
mon PRESSURE promotion seem to be-
the ltle amateur status of the games
Jauselves, it is nothing to be urged
papemst the players.
an 9 INNING side by side with the COM
ton. rdalized aspects of college sport
in Wwer, there has been developed a
paIalm which gives a rather unusual
ito the status Of many college
Md. Its product is the athletic
the olarship and the result has been
pes.take many boys to college who 9TH
of fise would never have gone there.
CHR this means many schools openly
ca frankly have recruited potential
~. lletic stars. In the private schools
parlsually takes the form of conces-
emG as to tuition fees and, on the
e, the granting of a job in the
aslool or the obtaining of a job out
gere the school. which will enable the
adoolar to meet the scholastic require
laHnts and, at the same time, partici-
tie in his chosen line or lines of
cla2rt.
bedn the public schools,
sstere tuition fees are low, it usually
ortnsists of the latter arrangement
hasone, although the athletic depart
meents have been known to help out
pin the tuition fees and laboratory
thsarges also.
theNow the significant thing about the
dohole business is that college towns
Ny I'd cities are obviously filled with
nient employers, whom the budding
1lfbacks and prospective tackles find
pelth unerring accuracy. For when a
lung man plays football, for in
adance. he must not only keep up with
mss studies but must spend from two
CO. three hours daily on the practice
n,eld. And when he gets through
colere he has to have more than his
iare Of energy II he Is going to be
pyorth much to his boss on the Job
tbr a few hours in the evening. Be-
sides. he has his studies to get then.
TO. The return to amateurism by the
lstern colleges was signified in an an
nfouncement by the commission on in
toitutions Of higher learning of the
odiddle States Association of Colleges
cend Secondary Schools, that it has
r;utlawed the athletic scholarship. In
g,ther words. it is recognizing the
gmbterfuge for what it is and is re-
aGsing to give it standing in the fu-
Cure.
Il The justice Of the action is open to
challenge on several points, for. grant,
o.ng that the athletic scholarship anna
Feur is not, strictly speaking, an anna
oeur, it may well be asked what harm
rs done? II he is student in fact
end meets the scholastic require
cnents. whose business is it anyway if
he can score touchdowns, kick goals
br throw forward passes and smash
the tackles? Are our modern amphi-
heaters to see in gladiatorial action
only the sons Of those who have &C
quired money? Heaven perish the
thought. Most of the best players
don the cleated shoe via the athletic
scholarship route.
]. But those who oppose the ruling
peed not worry. As long as moneyed
rold grads" care whoop whether the
dear old Alma Mater wins or loses,
ways viii b found to see that boys
capable Of toting the pisskin. shoot
Ing the baskets or hitting home runs
WIN have ample opportunity to learn
he intricacies Of modern education.
The committees and commissions
may rule on athletic scholarships but
they can hardly stop them as long
- there come times when 100000 per-
sons are willing to pay good money
70 re football games