The Washington times., 1934-12-05

tion in athletic affairs.
Instead of these there would be
created a regular administrative
division or school of the uni
verSity to be known as the School
of Athletics and Physical Educa-
ton" or by some such appropriate
title. The division or school of
the university would for the
present consist of three divisions,
one for intercollegiate athletics,
another for physical education
and a third for intramural sports.
1t is proposed by the commit
tee that there be created in the
faculty the position OF head of
the School of Athletics and Physi-
cal Education, who shall have
the faculty rank and title and
receive the pay OF a dean of a
department.
Faculty Assistants
1t is further proposed by the
committee that there be created
in the faculty three assistants to
the dean of the school athletics
and physical education. who
shall be specifically charged with.
and responsible for the conduct
of intercollegiate athletics, intra.
mural sports and physical educa-
ton, and who shall be known as
director of intercollegiate ath-
letics, director of intramural
sports and director of physical
education.
1t may properly be said that.
at one fell swoop. Virginia as a
university will have obtained fac
ulty control of intercollegiate ath-
letics If and when the board of
visitors agree to the establishment
of a school of athletics and physi-
cal education under such a plan
as the one advocated by DR.. New.
combs investigating and reporting
committee.
Further. under the plan advo
Gated by the committee, the uni
versity as such will have an organ
ization charged with full and COM
plete responsibility for intercol-
legiate athletics, intramural sports
and physical education.
Joint Control
intercollegiate athletics at Vir.
ginia at present are under the
control of an athletic council. con-
sisting of nine members. three
from the alumni. three from the
student body and three from the
faculty.
This form of control has brought
about conflicts of jurisdiction.
overlapping of authority and divi-
sion of responsibility. and has re-
suited in confusion and disorder in
details and such
spreading of authority that the
whole scheme is proving unsatis-
factory.
Moreover, coordinati between
the three intimately related ath-
letic branches - intercollegiate
athletics, intramural sports and
physical education-is personal
rather than institutional. thus
constituting a grave defect in uni
versity management.
An outsider commenting on in
ternal affairs of a university in
viteS the accusation that he is
an intruder. Obviously. since
the University of Virginia pub
lished the report and recommen-
dations of Dr. NeWcomb's commit
tee, interested in solving the prob
lem at hand, not alone at Vir-
ginia, but as we'll as other in:titu-
tions, in the same position es Vir-
ginia.
The curious and unfortunate
anomalies existing in the general
athletic situation at Virginia are
not peculiar to Virginia alone.
They are common to many in
stitutions of higher education.
intercollegiate athletics has
been a controversial subject for
years and years. Probably the
main reason for this is the refusal
by constituted university authori-
ties to admit the residence of re-
Sponsibility. There can be no
doubt as to that residence.
Would Set Example
Devoutly it is to be hoped that
Virginia will invoke the plan rec
not alone for the pur-