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.
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President Eliot as the nead of
Harvard University. He is fifty
two years old, is thoroughly imbued
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man for the position.
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