The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
STATE MAKES NEW SPORTS MOVE
PLANS MADE FOR
SUBSIDIZATI0N
Alumni Club Plans To Raise
Funds For Open Player
Scholarships AT School

VI 4NO1 SoAoAAA~
nounced today that athletic scholar
ships would be openly awarded stu
dents who meet qualifications at the
institution for at least the next five
years.
D. w. (Dutch) Seifert, Of Weldon.
elected president of the group which
organized the Wolfpack club, said
the club would provide athletic
scholarships for all sports from con.
tributions made by alumni and sup
porters.
N. c. State is a member of the
Southern conference.
L. C. Atkisson of Greensboro, was
elected vice president and Wade
Ison of Raleigh, secretary-treasurcr.
Other founders of the club were:
J. E. MCGEE of Roanoke Rapids, c..
10. Seifert of Henderson, H. Roy
Gates Of Faison, T. X. Mial Of New
York, w. H. Sullivan, Gilbert F.
Lewis and r. w. McGeachy, all of
Greensboro, ]. L. Won Glahan, j. W.
HARRISON, Hugh H. Murray. Jr., A.
G. Floyd and Charles B Park, Jr.,
all of Raleigh, C. A. Seifert of New
Bern, C. L. Garner Of Washington,
d. c., and Harry P. Grier, Jr., Of
S~tatesville.
N. C. State is a unit Of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, Of which DR..
Frank P. Graham is president. In
1886 Dean HARRISON, who is listed
as a founder of the Wolfpack club
in his capacity as an alumnus, voted
with President Graham for the So
called Graham plan, intended to pro-
hibit giving special preference to
athletes in award Of scholarships
and aid at institutions which were
members of the Southern confer
ence. The plan was virtually re.
pealed two years ago.
whether We like it or not, sub
sidizing o. athletes is and has been
going on for years in every school
of our acquaintance" said President
Seifert. For the last two years We
have endeavored to bring our pro
selyting activities out from Under
the table by publicing the raising o.
our funds in u several alumni
publications.
I'VE believe that the time has
come for athletic scholarships to be
placed on a business-like basis, open
and above-board from every stand
point. And that is exactly what we
are going to do.
THE Wolfpack club intends te
create a fund sufficiently large tc
give u coaches in all sports the
athletic material they need and
should have to meet the powerful
teams IN u schedules.
we know that there are many
their education except through such
means as these we are creating, and
inasmuch as the majority Of the
better athletes come from fannie?
that cannot afford to send them to
college, we are confident that the
good the Wolfpack club will do along
} this line will offset any harm, il
there is any, of openly substituting
athletes"
President Seifert, along with Floyl
and Sullivan, will form the scholar
ship committee, and he said they
would award scholarships to boy
recommended by our head coaches
and he will award these on the basis
Of Cd the athletes academic record
in high or prep school; (2) His char
acter and standing in his home com
munity; (3) His ambition for ar
education; and, (4) His ability as ar
athlete"
1t is planned to carry the clubs
program to each of the 10000 OF
more living alumni of N. c. State
Seifert said, and each will be asked
to contribute ION the communit,
; chest plan-in proportion to one!
; ability to contribute" Mial worked
Jul pldlo LII lIS CdIllpdlSH.
. Seifert forecast that the clul
i, would play a prominent part in tn,
alumni side of State college in way
other than raising the scholarship
!. fund" He said the ultimate goa
was "a great alumni organization
and that it was believed that de
velopment Of strong athletic team'
would be a shortcut toward tina
objective.
: 1--WE might as we'll face the facts,
, the club president continued. Char
acter is what you really are; reputa
, ton Is what people think you are
7 Our institution is rich in character
| There isn't a finer agricultural
engineering-textile school anywhere
Yet, popular opinion is that the fin
est schools are those producing tn
? best athletic teams. And it is true
. whether we like it or not, that man,
institutions get their best reputa
. tons through publicity gained b.
their athletic teams. And, granted
athletics are a good publicity medi
urn, we intend to capitalize on them