Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-22
wv off ck Club
Formed by Alumni to
Provide Scholarships
For All Sports; c. O.
Seifert, of Hender"
son, One of Clubs
Founders.

going openly on the scholarship
Standard for the next live years.
D. w. (Dutch) SeiGert. Class OF
| 1918 and a resident of Weldon, ~
&C., announced today the formation
of the Wolfpack club, which will
! provide these scholarships Tor all
sports at the college for al least
half a decade from contributions
made by alumni and other support
,rS.
Seifert, elected president of The
club, said that L. c. Atkison, Class
of 1915 and d resident Of Green's
boro, ~ c.. was elected vice presl-
dent and Wade Ison of this city
was elected secretary treasurer 81
the organization meeting. President
Seifert said the l6 other founders
of the club are:
j. E. MCGEE, ~, of Roanoke
Rapids, N. c., c. o. SeiGert, 'l6. OF
Henderson. N. c., H. Roy Gates. II,
of Faison, N. c.. T. K. Mial, 'l3, Of
New York city, L. c. Atkisson, p
w. H. Sullivan, '13. E. F. Lewis, 10,
and r. w. McGeachy, II. Oh
| Greensboro. N. c., J. L. VonGlahn,
'O8, J. w. HARRISON, '09, Hugh H.
Murray. Jr.. 80, A G. Floyd %,
and Charles B. Parks, Jr., 'l8, Of
Raleigh, C. A. Seifert, 'O5, of New
Bern, N. c., c. L. Garner, OF, Of
Washington, D. c., and Harry P.
Grier, Jr, '19. OF Statesv!lle, N. Z.
"Whether we like it or not, sub
sidizing of athletes is and has been
going OH for years in every school
of our acquaintance" MI Seitert
declared, land for the past two years
we have been endeavoring to and
have brought out PROSECUTING activi-
ties out from under the table by
publicizing the raising Of our funds
among our alumni in our several
publications.
I'VE believe that the time has
come for athletic scholarships to
be placed on a business-liSe basis,
open and above-board from every
standpoint. And that is exactly what
we are going to do.
The Wolfpack club intends to
create a fund sufficiently large to
give our coaches in all sports the
athletic material they need and
should have in order to meet the
powerful teams on our schedules.
1--WE know that there are many
fine boys who are unable to obtain
their education except through such
means as those we are creating, and
inasmuch as the majority Of the
better athletes come from families
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
II there is any, OF openly suDslulZin,s
athletes.
"a scholarship committee, COM
posed of A. G. Floyd, 20, Of Ra-
leigh, w. H. Sullivan, Is, OF
Greensboro, and myself has been
appointed to award scholarships 10
boys recommended by our head
coaches and we will award these
scholarships on the basis Of CD the
athletes academic record in high
or prep school, (2) his character
and standing in his home comlnun-
ity, 90 his ambition for an cduca-
ton, and (4) his ability as an ath-
lete."
MIR. Seifert said that the club has
adopted a far-reaching campaign
that eventually will touch each Of
States approximate 10000 living
alumni, VINO will be asked to par
ticipate on the community chest
plan-in proportion TO ones ability
to contribute. The campaign, ne
said, was originated by MIR. Mial,
vice president and general sales
manager Of Johns Manville, and
was given formal approval at The
founders meeting.
while creation OF the scholarship
fund is the initial function OF the
club, we expect to play a prominent
part in the alumni side Of State COL
lege," Mr.. Seifert continued. "As Il
matter Of fact, our ultimate goal Is
the building of a great alumni Or
ganization and the development Of
strong athletic teams seems TO us
to be the shortcut to this objective.
eve might as well face the facts:
Character is what you really are;
reputation is what people think you
are. Our institution is rich in
character. There isn't a finer agri-
cultural engineering-teXtile school
anywhere than North Carolina State
College. Yet, popular opinion is that
the finest schools are those pro-
duclng the best athletic teams. And
1t IS true, whether we like it or not
that many institutions get their best
regulations through publicity gained
by thelr athletic teams. And, grant
'eo athletlcs are 4 good publicity
medium, we intend to capitalize on
lhem, not to the extent of hiring
punch OF professionals to get the
job done, but to the extent of having
our athletic teams match the high
academic standing of our institution.
Inc clubs executive committee,
maze up OF its officers, already is at
work setting up geographical dis
trlcts 1or which managers will be
appointed. 1t is the job of these dis
trlct managers to make the Wolf
pack club the sales agency for the
State College Student Aid Associa-
llon' Inc, OF which Mr.. Sullivan is
president. This long established as
soclatlon will be the treasury.
The enthusiastic moral, financial
ana physical support given by those
llrst contacted indicates that our
alumni, who are the only ones who
nave the power to apply a remedy
70 our athletic situation, are ready
ana Wiling to contribute to the sue
cess OF our own people and our own
H.,