Meeting of the Intercollegiate Ath- letic Association. The third annual convention of the Intercollegiate Athletic Associa tion of the United States was held in New York on Jan. 2. Nearly fifty colleges were represented. Dr. J P. Welsh and Mr. Golden were the delegates from State. The object of this Association is to better conditions in college athlet ics. The institutions which are members of the Association are not compelled to follow any particu lar set of rules but they are bound "to take control of student athletic sports as far as may be necessary to maintain in them a high standard of personal honor, eligibility, and fair play; and to remedy whatever abuses may exist." It is a body for debate and the establishment of general principles, rather than for the adoption of specific rules. The debate for this year's con vention was on the question :—"Any student in good collegiate standing should be permitted to play in inter collegiate baseball contests." Dr. Welsh spoke on the affirma tive of this question. He based his main argument on the one point of "good collegiate standing." In part, he said that there is no reason why a student in good standing should not represent his college on the baseball diamond. Because he plays ball in the summer to earn money, he cannot be called a pro fessional when he comes back to college the next year and takes up his duties as a student. A college student who earns money by singing or playing some musical instrument is not a professional musician. If a man who has been a professional baseball player enters college and really becomes a student, he is no longer a professional. A clergyman who goes into business should no longer be saddled with the rules and etiquette of his former profession. The trouble is not with the "stu THE STATE COLLEGIAN dent in good collegiate standing." It is with the salaried professional, who does not prepare his recitations, who can not recite, and who does not pay his college bills; or with the athletic tramp, who, with the aid of the athletic association, bluffs it out with the faculty, as long as possible, and then passes on to the next col lege. Dr. Welsh suggested four rules to make sure that every man who has a place on a college team is a "stu dent in good collegiate standing." 1. He must be a student—not a loafer nor an athletic tramp. 2. He must be a good student; that is, must study well and recite success fully. His schedule must be of col legiate rat k. 3. He must have the requisite number of hours per week. and the subjects must be college subjects. 4. His standard as a student must be established in ad vance of nis playing in any collegiate contest. The attendance figures of the leading educational institutions are now practically complete, and they show that Columbia has more stu dents enrolled than any other insti tution. Harvard has dropped to second place. The twelve now leading are as follows : Colum bia, 5,6/5; Harvard, 5,342; Michi gan, 5,188; Chicago, 5,114; Cornell, 4,700; Minnesota, 4,178; Pennsyl vania, 4,555; Illinois, 4,400; New York University, 3,951; Wisconsin, 3,875; California, 3,751; Yale, 3,406. Prof. Abbott Lawrence Lowell, author, lawyer, and Harvard pro fessor, has been chosen to succeed President Eliot as the nead of Harvard University. He is fifty two years old, is thoroughly imbued with Harvard traditions, and is re garded by critics as an excellent man for the position. Oberlin College is planning for a new engineering building, on which it is hoped work will be begun be fore June. If college bred means four years' loaf, (Some people say 'tis so) Oh. tell me where the flour is found By one who needs the dough Garfield and Beveridge and many others had to work their way through college. MUST YOU? Then write us and we will send you the NAMES AND ADDRESSES of Seventy-five men who made in commissions an average profit of $12,85 Per day during June, July and August, 1908. In the same period Twelve Hundred men made an aver age profit of $6 92 per day. THE EXPLANATION? These men took our free Course in Scientific Salesmanship, based un our 150-page Book "Instructions to Salesmen." IT WILL - HELP YOU to sell merchandise, make friend:, practice a profession with success, win a wife. Our new test method nullifies the unpleasant features of canvassing. Write today for the ' Hauls-of Fame" Bulletin which gives the name, address, and total sales of each of 1200 men. The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co., Pittsburg, Pa Cotrell & Leonaid Cakers and 1 enters of GOWNS and HOODS to the American Colleges from the Atlantic to the Pacific mlass oontracts a specialty J. P. ARMEL Student Represntattve 206 West College Avenue Pennants and Cushion Covers Best Quality. Lowest Pri:es; F. F. SIMON, 'O9 Armory. ALBANY, N. V
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