Show I MILliON TO GIVE Gin UP COLLEGE SPORT Rich Quaker Bequeaths For Fortune Fortune Fortune tune to Swarthmore to Quit Football Philadelphia Oct 12 The faculty and arI friends of ot Swarthmore college were as 11 astounded a today when the will of Miss Anna T Jeanes JeSnes which left to the college was admitted to probate showing the bequest was made on the condition that Swarthmore discontinue an participation in Intercollegiate sports Few persons connected with the college knew there was such a string to the bequest and when it became known there then was much speculation as to the conse quent q ent fate of Swarthmore football which has been Its principal intercollegiate sport Though Swarthmore has never made much of an intercollegiate showing in baseball or on the track Its It foot ball team has ha for years been the prid of ot the college Morris I L Clothier a rich dry goods merchant of ot this city who is a R graduate of the college has bas contributed large sums to produce a team that could defeat the University of Pennsylvania on the gridiron more accomplished this twice Last year yer eur It trimmed Pennsy and the year Jear before It was the only team to score against Pennsy when it defeated every overy other college that met It on the gridiron Does Not Like Game The will of at Miss lIss Jeanes made It clear that It If Swarthmore is to continue its Intercollegiate football It will have to give up the bequest The will disposes of ot property valued at In addition to the gift to Swarthmore It carried four tour codicils and bequeathed from to to dif di ferent charitable organizations and to the tM trustees of ot the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of at Friends This hr quest is an additional donation to the Joseph Jeanes fund for tor quarterly meet ing homes the income to be devoted ti to t the establishment and maintenance of hospitals connected with such homes Miss Jeanes was a n Quaker She re died here In the Friends home In 1897 1807 she gave gao for tor the of ot rudimentary schools for tor southern negroes She designated Booker T Washington head of ot the Tuskegee In and Hollis Burke Durke Frissell pres ident of ot the Hampton Normal Norma and In Institute as trustees of ot the fund In making the gift she ordered the in come to be used for tor the sole sale purpose cf of If assisting the southern United States community country and rural schools for the great class of ot negroes to whom the small rural schools are alone available Is Fond of Negros Miss Jeanes was more than 80 go years old when she died She came from an anold anold anold old and wealthy family that had been prominent for tor more than a century in inthe Inthe inthe the Society of ot Friends She was a Quaker of ot the old school and did not belle believe c In the strenuous game of football flu alt practiced on the gridiron by modern col leges She was a friend of at Booker Booler T Washington and ard with him took ke kea n Interest In the welfare of ot the southern negro She thought that intercollegiate athletics made the students neglect thIr th lr studies and often enmity developed Be ne tween colleges as a result of ot their Ir ri ii rivalry rIvalry valry In athletics When told of the gift and the th condition attached to it zE R B W tV Maxwell football coach of the college said he did not think the gift would be accepted under any such con I do not think the board hoard of ot trustees g will consider the bequest said Max Maxwell Maxwell Maxwell well There are arp many on oi the board and I dont think they wm wili permit the bequest to Interfere with the th college spirit It would ruin Swarthmore to accept |