The Washington times., 1935-10-28

inspect the past of some Of its
athletes?)
And I'm not going to bore
YOU with the meaningless and
self-satisfied statement Of one
Jack Pool, president Of the
Students Council, because stu
dents of the council don't run
the campus affairs except to
the point where the college
officials wish them to-after
which the college has its 5tooges
on the council who see that itS
will be done.
Takes No PrecautiOn
Briefly, the Student Council
(of North Carolina University
saws lust about what the presi'
dent and dean say, only IN less
profound language. They have
turned out to be a sanctimoniouS
trinity that is able to show q lot
hindsight, but no foresight what
Soever.
The fact that none of them
ever thought to look up some OF
their football players doesn't
seem to enter into their google
eyed visions. Like the weak
kneed University Of Maryland, a
sister university Of North Caro-
lina's in the Southern Football
Consniracy the sole blame for
eligibility violations which they
find in their midst, is placed on
the individuals concerned IN
North Cardinals case, Sniscak
and in Maryland'S case, An
dorka and Farrell.
May I inquire from some OF the
massive-browed educators Of the
Southern Football Conspiracy
to what pains they go to see that
the boys or their football teams
are within the eligibility code OF
said Confederacy? Has either
college condemned its own in
adequate method Of accepting
football players at their WORD?
Non, nein, nix!
Is the onus entirely on the
boys applying for football jobs,
and I assure you who are not
initiated in the ways OF the
Southern Football Conspiracy
that that. is exactly what 1t
amounts to, to dig into their
mast and tell all when they get
their Jobs? Aren't those boys at
the mischievous, prankish age
at the time? Doesn't their foot
ball ardor suggest that possibly
they will shade the truth and
probably require a little check
ing up?
Dear Old COnfederac5
Not to the academic minds OF
the Southern Football Conspir.
acy! They take their football
players at face value. Then II
there be a rogue among them,
let some outside source bring 1t
out. They never look for an
ineligible-lest one be found!
But if one is found, they put on
the indignant front and stomp
and storm and point fingers
and drag out the halo and swear
renewed allegiance to the dear
old, if cockeyed, principals OF
student Self-government and cast
hence the culprit without even
the privilege of paying the rest
of his way through college, in
stead of being paid for attend
ing and playing football.
Thus the blame is all on the
guilty guy and the sin is not
being an ineligible, but rather
getting caught; thereby reflect
ing on student government and
sound asleep faculties.
What do the University Of
North Carolina and the Univer-
sity of Maryland, to be specific,
as well as their allies in the
Southern Football Conspiracy,
do to guarantee themselves lily
white football players and to
protect their athletic depart
ments from scandals such as the
Sniscak Andorka Farrell Incl
dents?
Not a thingI
Let George Do It
They play who they wish,
hoping and praying and trust
ing everyone Is o, K.
But If an outside source, for
Maryland wasn't going to pro-
test Sniscak until it learned the
newspapers had the facts,
crops up with a specific 'eX-
ample of ineligibility, then they
smokescreen their own disre-
gard of football honesty, and
lack Of sincere purpose, by
casting the glarelight on the
dirty, double-croSSing, vagrant
who lied to them about his
past.
That is poor protection for
the real amateurs and ehgibleS
on the team and poor assur-
ance to the parents that their
boys won't be crushed some Sat
urday by some cheating scoun-
drel who has probably had
twice or three times as much
experience on the field of play.
That is character building,
my friends, not only in the
Southern Football Conspiracy.