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...general effect of these resolutions is to defeat one of the ends in view, namely, making athletics more general by lowering the standard and lessening the general interest...
...long letter to the New York Times in defence of the present system of college athletics and criticising the new attempt at "reform." Mr. Camp well expresses the feeling of reaction against the extreme measures of the reformers and their more extreme views which is rapidly spreading among the general and the college public. "College athletic organizations if left to themselves," says Mr. Camp, "would soon work out their own salvation in these matters by learning by experience that a college coach is preferable to a professional, and the knowledge thus acquired is far more lasting and convincing than faculty...
...formation of regulations. This is one of the points upon which the faculty and the undergraduates seem to differ. It is perhaps desirable, as the faculty appear to wish, to lessen the element of competition. But can the faculty do this and at the same time accomplish what is generally accepted as their aim, viz.: promote athletic interests, or perhaps, rather, to save them? Is there not a direct opposition in the two ideas, lower the competitive element, and support the interests of athletics? It has always seemed to me that competition is the very coundation upon which all athletics...
...dangers threatening other colleges in connection therewith." There is no tendency to develop a professional or ungenerous spirit. To deprive the baseball nine of its very few games with expert amateurs and professional clubs would seriously impair the efficiency of the team and diminish the interest in general athletic sports. The evils of such a result the faculty regard as worse than any that now come from games with professionals. A standing committee of three members of the faculty, the president being one, has been appointed to attend to all matters pertaining to athletics...
Marks will be given out tomorrow in French 1. It is said that on the first examination of the books in this course such a large number were found to be deficient as to render necessary a general raise in the marking...