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Vol. VIII.
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., June 10, 1901.
No. 32-
A Review of Athletics at the Uni- more. Yet their sons must be
versity. ] prohibited- from understanding
In this article, which might tho practical workings of wire
with more propriety come under pulling. The reason usually
the head of editorial, the editor-! given for the exclusionofpoli-
in-chief intends to look into the fro "» athletics w that the
•condition of athletics at the Uni- '“en do not secure offices
versity and give what he thinks ! when political preference is
are some of the reasons for our made. 1 here are two repl.es to
Henry r^ornton,
ATLANTA, OA.
SPORTING GOODS, REGULATION OUTFITS
And Colors of all Colleges kept in .Stock. Wholesale and Retail
the University of Georgia popu-
recent unsuccessful teams. this: first, how are the of icei s | nr the students must l>n put in
First, as tho editor indicated our state, the men who con- colltro i This does not mean
in an editorial of some time ago, trol the welfare of our common- t] iat the managers are tobegiven
the age requirement for entrance wealth, the safety and seem it \ | ree J lan d in the expenditure of
into the University is too low. <>f our lives, liberty, property, moneyor that the captains
Boys are allowed to come here to »«•! firesides-r-how an
' • « I mill, n n/itml 9 It,* f lwt ui
these
time ago, the number of men in
college who have an earnest,
longing desire to make some
thing of themselves—to be men
—is too few for the number of
men in college. And it is not
not be able otherwise to make | altogether the fault of the stu-
baseball
does tlmtlie writer, but he does *I>'P should be tilled by some
not approve of an increase of. man who.is not the best person
this character of men. Their 1 &>r the place. Surely if we can
their mor-1 trust our affairs of state, where
j so much is involved, to the
fairs, as in everything else, there
are many men who are equally
best, so that the selection of any
one of them makes no vital
mistake. The second reply to
the opposition of politics in
athletics is : if politics will not
bring out the best man for the
place, how is it that U
teams, led and managed by men
elected by the student body,
were so much more successful
than our teams whose leaders
were chosen without the aid of
politics? The reply will be that
there are other reasons for fail
ure besides this. I admit that
there are other reasons but this
is also one.
1 am not arguing in favor of
political cliques; I am simply
pleading for control by the stti- .^ characters
dent body of their own affairs. t) „ qq 10 so | w
I see a very strong reason for
our defeats in this lack of con
trol. The enthusiasm of the
players is chilled, the support
from the college men is weak
ened, and the interest in ath-
and vital matters than the choice : there are particular reasons for
iftldeth officers. As fffYlfflff the failtiroof individual teams.
carry on University work when men elected 1\ the same po- t ^ e j r respective teams. The sains dents who have not this desire
their age and size would stamp lineal choice and method o' se- system of checks could be con- the spirit of tho University is
them as candidates for a high lection winch is so caie u \ ex- t f nU ed as are now in use, but the largely to blame for it all. Men
school. No one wishes to see [eluded from l invcr-ity at l- Sllu | t »nts could say who should come here who have no desire
the attendance at the University etics, for fear that a foot >a or inium jr e their teams. This in the world to dissipate and
of Georgia increase more than ' a, „ n< iT! i "! I."!!,?™'] would add great popularity to yet are practically forced to do
athletics, and also incidentally so on sccount of the general
would create bettor athletes. habits of college men. There
The reply may be made that is something extremely rotten
bodies, their minds, their mor- trust oar urii(T?s m state, wuere the students are incompetent to in Denmark. Hern is work not
als are all immature. They Inuc ‘' 19 I 11 .'"' e< ’ to tie , nana g e their own affairs,' that | only for the Faculty and True-
give neither stability nor honor hands of politicians, can we not 8evera | indiscretions they tees but also for every earnest,
to the University, but are rather trust a petty office in college a ■ have hitherto brought discredit thinking, and moral man in
an impediment to her progress, fairs to college politics 11ns u p on University athletics by college.
Men of such youth and imma- is admitting even that the »est t K e j r con d U ct. I answer that These are the editor’s reasons
turity cannot add power to an W1 " xcluded from the men are given Absolute con- for tho decline of the Univer-
athletic team, when strength, bee—tin occurrence which will t ml over much more important sity in athletics. Of course,
skill, and endurance are all re- Jisrelyhappen- •" af -
quisites.
Second, athletics are really i
not in the hands of the students
of the University. The boys
play, but that is practically all.
They have practically no voice
in the election of their captains,
their managers, or even their
athletic officers. These things
have all been taken from their
hands. The excuse is—politics.
Let us discuss this subject for a
moment or two. On account of
the fact that political cliques be
gan to control who should hold
office in athletic affairs, the au
thorities in control saw lit to re
lieve the student body of any
interest in the matter and have
securely placed such things be
yond their reach. The means
whereby this is done is largely a
•constitution of the athletic asso
ciation, which could be well
likened to the pioverbial Chi
nese puzzle. The writer has yet
to find a single man in college
who clearly understands the in-
tricaciesof its provisions. This
Chinese puzzle provides that the
various officers of the a«sooia-
mofal welfare, the students of
the University are left entirely
to their own promptings of con
science. If they can control
such affairs as their reputation,
their morals, and their charac
ters without hindrance from the
mveisity | authorities, can they not also
manage their athletic affairs? or
is it that the salvation of the soul
of a Freshman is not so import
ant as the election of a football
captain?
This brings us to the third
cause for the weakness of our
such as our baseball team of
this year, but the causes indi
cated go back of these particu
lar causes and reach the root of
the whole matter.
With older men in collego
from which to form teams, with
the control of athletics in the
hands of the students making
them more popular and the
men more enthusiastic, and
with a different and better air
pervading the whole college
life—with all these improve
ments, the editor believes that
teams, which is the general the University of Georgia would
spirit that pervades the Univer- be the champions of the South
sity.
who
seems to be
The main object of men
come to the University
to ruin their health
as soon as may
reason
perance appears to be
for tem-
to train
for an athletic team for a short
while. The desultory training
of some recent University teams
would seem to indicate that
• ven tin- influence |« losing It-
letics is lost. 11ns explains the J Anyone who is in the
there were hard-
, Anyone who is in
f eason , wl »y there . we , i ; e 1 " ir ‘ 1 - least degree acquainted with
tion, the captains, and niana- Jy l w< > dozen men in college who making Q f an athlete knows that
elected bv a series ke P» U P L ™ th the L record . of
our baseball team this spring
while they were away.
This shows why not even one-
third of the students are mem
bers of tbe Athletic Association ;
they have better places to in-
gers shall b<
of committees so as to remove
coqtcol as far as possible from
the student body. All this on
account of politics. And why
is politics such a baneful thing?
The father of every man in col-
continuous training is necessary,
that abstemiousness must not be
in every athletic contest she en
tered.
The lawyer Banquet.
Know all men by these pres
ents that the Law class of 1901
is to have a banquet to-night,
and that every lawyer of that
class, good and true, is expected
to be at the New Windsor Ho
tel at 8:30 o’clock, then and
there to answer any and all
questions that may be asked
about either his past or future
career. Herein fail not.
The Law class, with its usual
lege has more or less to do with vest the * r Wh y i 0 " 1 ar )
the politics of the state, wields a »s<*u“um that has no control
more or less political influence, over the affairs it is supposed to place for outside help and con
and is always striving to have manage? To make athletics at troU As said by the editor some
limited to the month or two of ;*»thusias.„ and hustling spirit.
active work. If this is true with ha * to havea ban, *" et
mature men, how much more' a " d eclipse any previous aflatr
true must it be in regard to l>oy« of ,t9 kln<1 - committee ou
who are yet immature! Here arrangements have left no stone
is where ihe guiding hand of l,ntur,,ed to make the banquet
authority is needed ; here is the a * ucc ®“ a,ld wrtu “'; r W ar »
t'. smile u|x*n lie ir • ■ it• >rt- A
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