Show GROWTH OF ATHLETICS IN THE COLLEGES The rho he growth In Interest in i college ath athletics In the last lat years has bas been remarkable The amount of time devoted to physical culture at the differ different ent eat institutions of learning Is steadily in increasing increasing Increasing creasing A review of ot the conditions of ofa ofa ofa a quarter of or a century ago and n today will wi show that no department of college edu education education cation f has undergone u such chances and enlargement e as eg the nf field C ol of athletics I r re remarks remarks I marks the Kansas l ansa City Star A genera generation generation tion ton ago ago the entire entre equipment devoted to the physical man consisted of a barn like called caled by b courtesy courtes a gym gm while today every college of o any prominence prominence prominence nence r pays aya particular attention to its Is gymnasium and the thc training therein ob oh obtained tamed tined In not a a few instances the equip equipment equipment equipment ment includes a swimming pool and run running fling ning nin track track Twenty years cars ago it i was practically impossible to persuade the faculties of the different universities to give a a few hundred dollars dolar for athletics while today thousands of dollars arc are be Ing In subscribed without solicitation A A generation ago ajro a o it was optional with the student whether or not he would take gymnasium exercise Now it i is compulsory compulsory compulsory sory Er student must include a few hours of gymnasium work each week in his course curse The Theop op on the part purt of or f some to physical Dh in colleges I is fast disappearing The Te need of ath athletics I Is conceded without argument and I I advances are arc being bein made ma e alon alon this line lineas lne lineas as last as possible Appropriations of oC thousands and thou thousands thousands thousands sands of ot dollars dolar have been made for the Improvement of ot facilities Df of all al of o the eastern universities and now the western institutions are arc straining straining their resources to increase their equip equipment equipment ment meat ain this line lne Exercise E of the body is conceded to be bc quite quie as necessary to educational advancement au as exercise of or the mind and by fitting out their gymnasiums g well wel and adding to their at attractiveness attractiveness of exercise generally the col colleges 01 leges are arc increasing the desire among their students to take ua physical cul culture culture culture ture College athletics are the purest form of amateur sport snort and have become bece an al im important Important important Dart oart of or American life No bet better better better ter evidence of this is necessary than the immense crowds that attend football games game aH aU over oer the country countr Throngs Trong of oC persons pr ons saw sa several sev ral of or the big con contests contests contests tests In the east last season and the im ml important western ames rames mes were considered unsuccessful If It were not in attend attendance ance aflee ane Interest In football is of course greater grete than In any other department of or college sPort sort but baseball track athletics athletics athletics ics and other departments are attracting more and more attention each cach year car That Tat the average youth in deciding what college he shall attend gives elves Ives deep consideration to a comparison of ot the athletic standings of the different Institutions institutions may be a matter mater to deplore but buti it i is nevertheless a a fact Often Ofen the ath athi athletic letic prowess of a college collece cole e is the tile one thing thin ur uPon ou which the selection is based Whether a a boy bo be interested enough enol h i II In athletics to take active part Dart or whether he ht desires only to be a a spectator he ho takes tak the utmost pride in the victories of his alma mater It I is this spirit that has made competition in college athletics so s keen IE n Of late there has haG been much said but little done regarding a better bottor beter government of college athletics athlete and the problem is really raly a very great one Competition is increasing to such an extent that a a hint of oC professionalism has crept into college athletics The intense desires of the alumni the tho student bodies and even the une faculties to o develop teams stronger than I their rivals rival has hus not made them the any unY too I particular as to the manner they the get get I their athletes It Is 15 no uncommon thing for a e to secure an athletes pat patronage patronage by practically agreeing agreeing to pay his college expenses This is done In an indirect sort of way wa in order that the letter of the law lav la of r amateur athletics I may ma r not be bt violated even if the spirit Is For instance the athlete upon arriving arriving ling ing at college will wl be bc given a job of o some ome sort sort which requires little or not worK worl but which yields Ields a good enough salary alar to pay his living expenses expense It J is job ob really realy in name only on However Hower this is only one of the methods resorted to toA toA toA 1 A number of or colleges are ar making a con conscientious conscientious effort fort to stamp stam out this evil en evila a ai as evil evi it is The rules of or amateurism cannot be too stringent |