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to.tba facts, that thoy were not aware
of tho class record of this player when
their criticisms were uttered. The
practice of offering Inducements to
players of note upon the teams of
other colleges had taken so deep a root
and the habit of bringing men to the
university to play upon teams who
had no intention of becoming stu
dents, and who often left at the close
of the season, had become so confirmed
that the establishment of a scholar
ship rule or test became necessary.
The board has insisted, and will con
tlnue to insist, that every player on
every athletic team shall be first '.nd
foremost a real student of the univer
sity. In consequence of the rules I
adopted for this purpose, two or three
men were ruled off the foot ball team
last year. These men at the time were
not in attendance upon any depart
ment of the university, and have never
since been seen within its precincts.
This year one man was ruled off for
the same reason, although he had
justly acquired the reputation of being
one of our best players. The action of
the board in this case amounted sim
ply to a requirement that before con
tinuing to play he should become a
student in the institution. That this
action was abundantly justified was
shown by the fact that he refused to
meet such requirement, and finding
that study in the university would be
required of him as well as a reputa
tion as a player left at once. But the
rule has not been so strictly enforced
as to work undue hardship. This has
been illustrated during the past sea
son in the case of two players, who
have not been at all backward in criti
cism of the board and its policy, who
would have been barred by anything
approaching a strict interpretation of
the rules, but were treated with leni
ency because tbey expressed an inten
tion of making good their standing at
the close of the season. In the judg
ment of the board, this leniency was
unwise, and it will not be repeated.
We mention it only to show that we
have tried not to be captious or un
reasonable. The immediate results of
our action may have tended to weaken
the team during the past season. "With
this we have no concern, because the
board is not established to procure
players, but to insure genuine ama
teur teams. While we have endeav
ored, and shall endeavor in every
proper way, to maintain the best team
possible, considering the 'finances and
resources at our command, we cannot
allow any desire to bring forth a win
ning team to betray us Into a violation
of our trust. Whatever else may be
said, a team baB been maintained com
posed wholly of men who are unques
tionable students of the university.
With an attendance of 1,200 or 1,400
male students, it should be an easy
matter to secure enough good material
in the university Itself to turn out a
winning team. In thiB way we shall
be able to bring up a strong body of
players in the institution, and shall
not be compelled to depend upon and
offer inducements to players from
other institutions, who come here and
bar out bona fide students from our
teams, ,
"It would seem that a careful con
sideration of these matters should
cause the student body to recognize
the, justice of the policy adopted by the
board and to assist In the difficult tank
before It That this is not wholly the
ease we record with regret. During
the season jtiBt past a reporter on the
Evening News, aided by a coterie of
persons connected with the university,
not all of them, however, genuine stu
dents .therein, haB made use of his ppBi
tion to foment discord and create
.prejudice against the bpard by charg
ing it with favoritism and high-handed
action. The charg of favoritism Imh
recently been pressed upon the ground
that a comparatively large number of
players are members of fraternities,
and it has been stated that large num
bers of students capable of playing are
not permitted to play because they are
not members of some fraternity. It is
significant that nearly every man who
has been ruled off our athletic teams
j in the past two years has been a mem
ber, actual or pledged, of some frater
nity. There is nothing novel in the
circumstance that there are many ca
pable players who are not found upon
our teams. The same condition has
existed for years, despite every en
deavor to remedy it. Most of our stu
dents are largely dependent upon their
own exertions for their support while
at the university, and many an able
bodied student has no time to devote
to athletic sports, in which he might
make a reputation had he the oppor
tunity. We have used every effort to
bring out these men and to give them
a place on our teams. Moreover, the
board does not pretend to say who
shall play, but, in the absence of dis
putes, interferes only to enforce gen
eral rules determining who shall not
play. The board has exerted, and will
continue to exert, its whole force in
every possible way to prevent favorit
ism of any kind with no less zeal than
that which it brings to bear to repress
professionalism. It should be said
further that the coach during the past
season was not a member of any fra
ternity and that his election was in
sisted upon vehemently at the time it
was made by those who are now mak
ing charges of favoritism. These
charges come from a small minority
which has been in opposition to the
board in past years as well. So viru
lent has this minority become in its
attitude towards the existing manage-
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