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They find no objection with the scheme of an advisory committee, but think that the members of it need not be confined necessarily to the faculty...
...seems to us that in college athletics as in graver matters in life, the degree of excellence attained and the resulting benefit to the participants both depend largely on the stimulus afforded by wide opportunity for competition. We think it very undesirable to limit in any way, not entirely necessary, the scope of inter-collegiate contests in athletics, and, while approving of proper restrictions, earnestly deprecate the narrowing of the field which would result from the adoption of such a resolution by a comparatively small number of colleges. In consideration of the widely differing conditions of American colleges, absolute equality...
...that although adverse to minute or rigid restrictions upon college sports, we fully appreciate the necessity of excluding therefrom all spirit of professionalism, and would willingly see the University of Pennsylvania enter into any reasonable agreement in the matter which the colleges of the Eastern and Middle States might think advisable...
...resolutions recently passed have this tendency? We think not, and in order to show wherein they fail, we shall first consider them separately, and then set forth their effect on the various athletic sports in college...
...disputes which the students have attempted to settle for themselves have been amicably arranged, and no lasting ill feeling has resulted. Could a committee composed of members from various faculties do better? We think not. No committee containing human elements can be infallible, and we believe that instead of lessening the friction between athletic rivals, the committee proposed above will only change its direction...