Evening star., 1951-12-14

and vice president and advised situation curey
Byrds something like this Let em 60 but be
you keep the name and the treasury"
And that's what happened the next day. The southern
their fight for the and the money So
they withdrew and formed the Southeastern Conference
brand new and dead Universities Maryland Virginia
Caronas retained the OF the Southern Con-
ference, along with the treasury.
THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE since 1888 has gained and
fought the Graham Plan debated for
year as to whether commissioner but seriously
has been threatened by a break until today
That's why sessions starting at 10 o'clock this morning
will attendance and interest For many
years this meeting has been hi-or for the college pre
dents it has been held in towns where the
host newspapermen didn't even bother to cover it.
year per cent attendance expected from the
II presidents Every school represented by at least three
athletic and faculty members and some schools have sent
eight There many press representatives that
special been for their demands
THE NEW CONSTITUTION that calls for drastic revision
of policies is not nearly important
Maryland and Clemson did not heed recon-
mendaon of the college presidents against bowl The
Terps accepted Sugar Bowl invitation though the Sep
of the presidents had not been made
Clemson asked for permission to play in the Gator Bowl was
refused, but accepted anyhow.
OF major conferences in the country the Southern
has State schools small private
schools denomnatonal schools has one football rivalry
Carolina CemSon) that is ordered by the state
Legislature.
But for all its problems Southern Conference has
since secession OF the oOulneaSeIH
important business of the conference after its neghbos
pulled taking schools and this was done Two
years Richmond William and Mary Wake Forest The
Citadel Furman Davidson accepted for membership
THEN CAME THE TRYING days of the Graham Plan,
curtament of aid to athletes All scholarship
obliged to sign to how much help
they getting.
Through Graham Plan, the conference lost powerful
member in the University Virginia which brief look
at the plan and decided could not honestly comply But the
pan president of the University of North Caro-
lima, ruled out two seasons later, in 1887.
George Washington University added to membership
in 940 and the conference up and down through the
war years having its next major test when commissioner
proposed Nobody could get the required votes until
Wallace of Duke named commissioner last
West Virginia then accepted for membership and Vr
gnia school whose 1851 football schedule made up OF
nine been nbbng at readmission until
the recent bowl question became major issue.
WAS POINTED OUT yesterday that the last major
suspended expelled by its conference Iowa.
which was dropped by Big 1880 because of dis
agreement over subsidization
played only Big Ten school in football in 1880 and
none in basketball Tug wilson, commissioner of the Big Ten
athletic director here that took Iowa
10 years to overcome that one season of bad grace
Everybody guessing what will happen at this meet
ing of its unbeaten and thdrankng posi-
the Nation inclined to forgive Maryland for
accepting the Sugar Bowl bid.
Some Clemson which lost to College Of
South Carolina is trading conference membership
for $6000O its Gator Bowl reward They feel
Clemson has little right to bowl bid because does not have
outstanding record
Whatever happens Southern Conference will be sody
strong toerngy weak not at all before this meeting is
At this writing nobody knows which it will be.