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Toward llio Brink.
A recent meeting of llio luwird of 1 rust cos
of llio ( '.lrnogio foinulat ion turned into a oon
fessinnjil on llio part, of college presidents
vlicn the problem of deciding Mlietlier llio
foiind;it ion would undertake !ino11ier expose
of professionalism ,md related ills in collegiate
jitliletics was considered.
One college president made it quite evi
dent lliat professionalism lias traveled lieyond
Ihc power of llio universities 1o curli. Tlioy
vei-o aurecd lliat (lie college atliletic situation
lias lieconie more reprehensible in 1lio past few
years tlian ever liefore, and lliat outside pros
Mire is needed to effect a euro.
Tliere is no doulit lml that intercollegiate
fonlliall lias lieconie one of the big businesses
of llio country. Millions of people pay mil
lions of dollars each Saturday from October to
December to watch the groat American panic.
t rivals baseball in a season's profits. Foot
ball has become an important source of reve
nue to every university in 1ho land. A win
ning team makes the turnstiles click, so
coaches and alumni go out, fists laden with
money, to attract the best young high school
athletes possible.
The very visible effect is the construction
of hmro stadia on the campus of every major
college in the country; of training camps and
training tables; of the creation within the uni
versity of a business which belongs to that in
stitution only by name.
One of the college presidents present at
the Carnegie foundation trustees' meeting told
of more than $."00,000 on a single football
panic, and feared the time when a game will
be thrown. Dotting is heavy on any major
panic, and where players are paid for their
services, they may as easily and without
qualms accept money for not doing their best.
Horse racing suffered from that corruption,
and suspensions for accepting bribes in the
prize ring are not uncommon. That specter
still haunts many fighters and managers. Only
the most stringent type of dealing with such
cases curbed the tendency in recent years.
Football, where success depends upon the
co-operation of eleven men, and is not an indi
vidual's game, is safer from this activity than
the aforementioned sports, but still, where the
loss of a star player may ruin the morals of
the loam, the game is not safe.
The -college pr.esidenls called for outside
help to cure this situation, but in most institu
tions the athletic departments have things so
well in hand that no amount of investigating
will reveal actual conditions. Very few schools
boast of their open policy of subsidization.
Some, such as those of the Southeastern con
ference, have taken a definite stand favoring
payment for athletie services to their institu
tions. It is the opinion of most exports, how
ever, that college athletics are too well en
trenched behind their bulwark of profits,
buildings, high salaries and subsidization to bo
dethroned by the investigatory efforts of an
other foundation report.
Undoubtedly, something should bo done to
remedy those tendencies which are anything
but a good influence on American athletics.
That "something," however, must come from
within the universities. Reports from agencies
outside the field of education cause much rais
ing of eyebrows and speculation, but Hint is
all. They present the facts, but the facts lack
force.
Not until the universities concerned take
whatever forceful moans may be necessary to
curb the growing monetary influence of sports
in our educational system can the collegiate
athletics of 1he nation bo purged of perverted
tendencies. To call for outside aid in affect
ing a cure is to admit defeat, for in this situa
tion no outside aid can avail. The colleges
have been aiding and abetting the policies of
subsidization which have swept the country.
Now they find that Ihoir brain child a win
ning football team has grown into a wayward
adidt incapable of being handled by ordinary
moans. If it is to be coerced at all, pressure
must first come from within, showing that such
reform is wanted and not merely the altruis
tic mouthings of a few college presidents.
In the report of l!2!t, it was found that
one-seventh of the alhletes in 130 colleges wore
subsidized. The situation today has become
even more deplorable. If llio present tendency
continues, without a reaction, collegiate foot
ball will find itself in a scandalous, chaotic
bog that will rival the famous Black Sox case
of several decades ago.
Union Levy
Is None Too High.
There has been much shaking of heads and
raising of brows on the campus since the
Board of Regents passed a blanket tax of three
dollars a semester is the minimum whieh could
keep of the Union building.
These first signs of disfavor undoubtedly
will be augmented soon by letters to the editor,
ooinplaining of the unjustness of a rising regis
tration fee; finding fault with the general
scheme of finance; and criticizing the idea of
a Union building generally.
To these letters we say in advance that three
dollars a semested is the minimum which could
be charged for the upkeep of the structure as
planned and that the use of the building will
be worth much more during the semester than
the fee paid.
This throe dollar flat i-ate is one of the low
est charged for a union building any place in
the country. Most fees are higher, some mount
ing to 10 or 15 dollars a term and some
schools have added a required life member
ship fee which ranges from f0 to 100 dollars,
payable oilhor in school or after graduation.
It is unfortunate that the Union building
cannot go without any student revenue what
soever, but that is an impossibility. The re
placement of furniture, repairs of the build
ing, payment of help, manager's salary, all
these and a host of other things must come
from the pockets of the students or not at all.
Each student will benefit from the building
as he see fit. Some are prejudiced against it
and promise never to set foot inside it. This
is a bigoted attitude unworthy of a university
mind. The buliding will be open to all students
at all times and the amount of and nature of
use to which the student puts it is a matter
of his own free will.
Certain features of the building may in
1imc pay more than their own way and this
profit will be applied to 1he reduction of the
studenls' fee. And Ihen too, as bonds are re
tired, the semester fee will be lowered propor
tionately. There have been and are going to be grip
ings and growlings from many malcontents on
Ihe campus about the new financing system,
but for the type of building planned, the serv
ice to bo rendered and the ultimalc benefits
of the building, the fee is none too high. The
Board of Regents is entirely "justified in its
increased student levy.
Around
Washington
By Marvin Cox.
(AnKAflHN'rf CiillfBlHte 1'ro.n Corre-
WASHINGTON, D. C "Want
ed: College trained men and
women to accept places in the
field of conservation."
Such an ad might well make its
appearance, if the facts ascer
tained by certain federal agencies
are to be relied on. With the
country becoming increasingly
conscious of its natural resources,
there arc several fields of con
servation in which there is a scarc
ity of trained young persons to
take the places that are opening
up.
The National Youth Adminis
tration has invaded the field of
conservation in its effort to create
employment for young men and
women, and it has found a dearth
of conservation courses in the cur
riculums of colleges and universi
ties throughout the countiy.
Kf forts are being made to inter
est educational institutions in
oourses on conservation and, if
this is done, college graduates of
the near future may find them
selves equipped to enter a field
that is, to say the least, not over
crowded. A number of conservation dem
onstration projects are in the pro
cess of development by the NYA
and it is thought by officials of
this agency that these exhibits
will stimulate the interest of col
lege men and women in what may
grow to be a new profession.
Friday, Nov. 13, despite the sup
erstition of bad luck, marked in
Washington the birthday anniver
sary of a man who is old as reck
oned in years, but who continues
to be one ot the most progressive
forces of youth in America. Asso
ciate Justice Louis D. Brandeis, of
the United States supreme court,
was SO years old on that date,
but he continues to lie an inspira
tion for those recent, and not so
recent, college men who come in
contact with him or follow his
writings.
Associate Justice Brandeis is
the center of what is said to be
the closest approach to an intel
lectual forum in the capitol, and
fortunate is the young man who is
allowed to take part in these dis
cussions. Periodically, a group of
young men meets with Justice
Brandeis at his home to discuss
various phases of world affairs.
Thus, this 80 year old Jurist keeps
his fingers on the pulse of youth
and continues to serve as a guid
ing star for some of the nation's
brightest young minds.
Kach year Justice Brandeis se
lects a brilliant young law grad
uate to serve for a year as his sec
retary. And how profitable is
this service at the feet of a mas
ter, is illustrated in the careers
achieved by two of his former sec
retaries. Dean Achcson, at one
time assistant secretary of the
treasury; and James M. Land is,
present chairman of the securities
and exchange commission, have
both served as his secretaries and
each has made a spectacular suc
cess in the professions of law and
finance.
Land is received his A. B. degree
from Princeton in 1921 and his
LL.B from Harvard in 1924. Ache
son graduated from Yale in 1915
with an A.B. degree and took the
law degree from Harvard three
years later.
A.S.A.E. TO HEAR TALK
ON AVIATION'S FUTURE
Doyle of Aeronautics Body
Speaks to Engineers
At 7:30 O'clock.
"Modern Aviation and its Fu
ture" will be the subject of
Charles IViyle of Lincoln, secre
tary of the Nebraska Aeronaut un
commission, when he addresses Ytv
engineering convocation tonight
at 7:30 in Social Sciences audi
torium. Speaking for the F.nginooring
Executive board which sponsor
the convention, Don Kuska, proM
dent of A. S. A. K. states, "Wf
know Mr. Doyle to be an interest
ing speaker and urge the attend
ance of all engineers."
L1BKAKY DISPLAY
It K VEALS FKKISttl
HOLIDAY SC.KNhS
French manger scene, or creche,
has been put on display for the
holiday season in the French
library in University hall. Statu
ettes in the scene were brought
from France, as were the hand
carved wooden shoes.
It is a French custom to put up
these manger scenes for the chil
dren during the Christmas sea
son. Christmas trees are a modern
addition to the season's festivities
and the Alsaeian families are
practically the only French people
who put up trees in the home.
"Wooden shoes are placed by
the fireplace and filled with- can
dies and trinkets for the children
on Christmas day. New Year's day
is the day for gifts in France,"
said Miss M. C. Mongers, instruc
tor in the Romance Language de
partment. The Christmas service, accord
ing to Miss Mongers, is a religious
festival. On Christmas eve the
"reveillons" service is followed by
a midnight feast.
French children speak of Father
Noel who may be compared to
America's Santa Claus. Contrary
to American tradition the mistle
toe in France is a symbol of good
luck.
Books and the moods they cre
ate are divorcing Jack C. von
Blocker, University of California
student, from his wife. Alleging
that her hubsand spent all his
time studying, Mrs. von Blocker
filed suit for divorce in the Ala
meda county superior court.
She charged cruelty, the Com
plaint asserted that since their
marriage in 1934, von Blocker has
seldom removed his eyes from his
texts and has developed an ir
ritable temper.
Tho committee on health ftt
Mount Holyoke College has issued
this annual warning to students:
Drink only cider that has been
boiled or pasteurized, and eat only
fruit that has been thoroughly
washed.
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