The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-04-10
INTERCOLLEGIATE
SPORTS PROGRAM FOR
WILL CONTINUE
Mississippi State Colleges May Continue
Activities But Must Operate Within
Incomes and Support Intra-mural
Program.

Jarknnn. Asgs Apnai a-fnsnT.
caiieriAse afhlrtr ACTIVITIES n Mis-
xissipp6& state institutions viii not
b. abandoned tth year. hst an sn-
lNrgcd program a. tntramaFai sgxarsa
ard possible ctsrsAElne4t os ~sne
INTERCOLLEGIATE sthrticx MAJ b. pui
into effect THIS announcement wak
made after . txo-four cunfefrflfT
OF the special nfhirkic c~0nnnnittee 81
Ina state college board 81 the state
Tho report ~ ttse special cesnmisfee
IS almost certain 20 b. adpq4ed
state Senator Means Johnston
az Greenwood. author 81 tlse nFse~
NAL suspension proposal for The
wars duration. h chairman of the
three-mkn committee and noncur.
red IN fun with the recoanmenda-
ton.
Al the Same time the committee
which also inclsdes Harnsd W 0au-
tier. raSesgoala attorney. ard John
". Savage. OuIfpoft attorney. dis
cioscc that plans are underway 70
~inanFurate a compulsory physical
education program for al male
students
Appear Elelcss Beard
The committees announcement
came after President q y Hum
phrey and Athletic Director c r.
bud" Noble Of Mississippi state
and Chancellor A D. Butts Of Ole
Mlss appeared before &C.
Continuation OF the intercollegiate
sports program Ut the state inktitn-
tons which also includes Afississip-
pi Southern, Delta state Teachers.
ard Alcorn A and M Is recon-
mended on q -pFoviso basis. rs Tar
as the respective coaches arr con-
Icexned.
Senator Johnston said that gate
receipts" this autumn would de-
termine whether the head coaches
and their respective staffs would
obtain their fun salaries. The
coaches obtain & small SUM. com
parative 70 their full compensation
contracts. from the state. the re-
mainder from gate receipts
Expenses Paid Firsa
Before coaching salaries are
drawn from gate receipts, all ex-
penses for the compulsory intra-
mural and other sports program
must first be paid, the committee
said
In other words" said Senator
Johnston. II = head coach Is nov
getting $1,000 q yrar and g 100 OF
that amount comes from the regu-
Jar state colleges funds. before ne
can obtain ans additional compen-
sation from the athletic department
funds. all expenses OF the sports
programs must first be paid
The coaches themselves propos-
ed this and their new contracts are
20 written A q result the fans win
decide this fall whether or not the
head coaches and their stats get
paid their fun original contract SAL
aries, II the gate receipts show q big
slump ii naturally viii mean that
the intercollegiate programs viii
have TO be sharply curtaiied~
Trustees Savage and Gautier xaic
that neither Ole Miss nor State had
any outstanding stadium bonds as
IA first reported They said the
compulsory physical education pro-
gram was designed as 3 wartime
measure to have the young men OF
the campuses physically nt when
and II they are called into service
Of the armed forces.
The committees snort continual
ton program will be submitted 10
the l5-member college beard board
Of trustees of state institutions Of
higher leaFningl at the next meet
ing for formal adoption. Il IS known
that q majority Of the members are
Opposed TO suspension at this time.
J Allen Ailard, executive secretary
Of the board. said he would request
Governor johnson 70 summon the
board into session some time dur
ing the week nf April %.