| Show WA are endangered b ba excessive intercollegiate athal h t 1 73 1 C contest ny by PROF HENRY D WHITE chairman faculty committee on athletics lV illiams college collect during tile the past few years tile policy of the faculty commit on oil athletics at williams college lias has been to reduce the nu ber of intercollegiate athletic contests the faculty has f anally approved this policy anil and is in accord with the reso res tion passed by the intercollegiate t athletic association of I 1 united states at its ita annual meeting in december 1906 1006 t interclass inter class games and intramural intia mural sports in general should fostered to the end that a larger number of students ii receive the benefits and that intercollegiate competitions made rather an all incident than the main end of college i university athletic sports the trustees of the college support this isi tion the reasons for tin this s movement are arc obvious intercollegiate athla aahl contests have come to assume an undue importance in the alie minds of undergraduates and of the public A matter essentially I 1 secondary been ninde made of primary importance A wholesome rivalry lias grown wo into oil an unwholesome straining for results the educational aim aimon of colle colleges goi and universities lias has been obscured A judicious limitation of the number of intercollegiate athletic contests will tend to remove the emphasis now placed on oil tile public and L spectacular side and to placa paco it where it belongs on oil file side of iho greatest good to the greatest number too rapid licad head growth in ill a au brou trou is remedied and the main branches are t itt developed by pruning at elio tip avs efcy UA |
