Evening star., 1951-10-14
By Colt Hendleyn Jr.
Stor StoH Correspondent

By Colt Hendleya Jr.
Stor Stoff Correspondent
! WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Oct
13.-The future of athletics at the
standardized College Of William
and Mary may we'll rest on q
document now known as the
Williamsburg Manifesto"
This document, drawn by the
faculty of the historic 258-year-
old institution on September IT.
fatty states that football as played
at the college is exaggerated. COM
mercial and sapping academic
standards. 1t calls for faculty
control of athletics and de-
emphasis Of football.
They certainly got religion
suddenly" commented Oscar l.
Shewmake, rector Of the William
and Mary Board Of Visitors. He
is considered the william in the
whole controversy by many faculty
members.
THE faculty and the president
Of the college always have had
complete control of the athletic
policy" Mr.. Shewmake, a Rich
mond attorney. said. THE only
thing the board ever did was to
suggest a modification of the foot
ball program. not an expansion y
Faculty Blames Board.
The faculty, as a whole, ap-
parently blames the Board OF
Visitors for the athletic policy that
has led to the present situation.
The head-on dispute is the
climax of an unsavory situation
exposed at the college during the
summer involving the Justification
of records Of football players.
| Since then:
R. N. CRube) McCray, head
football coach and athletic direc-
tor. resigned rather than face a
hearing concerning the irregu-
llaritieS.
| Barney Wilson, basketball coach,
resigned under the same circum-
stances.
DR.. John E. Pomfret. the 2lst
president of William and Mary,
resigned after the Board of Wis.,
itors stated the entire situation
was one which could and should
have been handled with dispatch
by the administrative officers of
the college"
Rear Admiral Alvin Duke Chan
dler hastily was named new presi-
dent OF the college by the Board
Of Visitors. His father was presi-
dent from 1919 until his death in
1884.
DR.. Nelson Marshall, dean of the
college, resigned in protest over
the selection of Admiral Chandler
while the faculty was still dis
cussing suitable successor with
the Board Of Visitors.
Chandler Non-eommittal.
AS it now stands, the faculty /.
backing its Williamsburg Mani
festo." 1t has strong point, since
faculty control of athletics is nec-
essary If the college is to continue
to be accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools.
Admiral Chandler, who has beer
IN office only since Thursday after.
noon, is confident everything will
be worked out and the historic
walls of the college will remair
standing. He will not commit him.
self on the athletic situation.
And apparently the Board O.
Visitors, according to Mr.. Shew.
make, is going to allow Admira
Chandler to reach whatever solu.
ton he can without interference
Mr.. Marshall, the ex-dean whe
now is job hunting CDR. Pomfret
Just has been appointed director
OF the Henry E. Huntington Libr.
airy and Art Gallery in San Marino
Califo. was responsible for un.
covering the whole "disastrou.
mess"
DIR. Marshall's Story.
He was named dean of the col.
lege in 1949 and shortly after
that was placed as chairman o1
the faculty committee on athletics
DR.. Marshall said the commit.
tee' IN effeffct. was doing nothine
more than giving dignity to the
athletlc program. It had no con.
troll of athletics. never saw the
athletic budget" and all scheduling
OF games was done by the athletic
department.
He said the committee asked DR.
Pomfret for a definition of its
duties but got no answer. "Oul
committee became very con.
cerned. he declared. adding that
rumors of irregularities were
cropping up at that time.
A year later, DR.. Marshall was
removed from the committee. He
said it wasn't of much Importance
since "as dean, I felt I could work
to clean up the athletic situation. >
Last April, DR.. Marshall wrote
the college president that his posi-.
tion as dean was becoming unten.
liable because Of his inability Il