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Show ADVISORY ATHLETIC COUNCIL, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH The University of Utah is destined to become the dominating factor ln all legitimate le-gitimate college Bport, as U has already become the State center and culminating culminat-ing point ln other educational lines. The physical and the mental education must go hand In hand, otherwise the Highest success cannot possibly be attained in either, and of the two, the pyhslcal is pc-rhups the Ilrst that should bo attendeu to, for upon It depends tho mental It is a fact recognized by all educators that a &ound body makes a sound mind. the heads of all the great colleges recognize rec-ognize this fact and arc- acting accordingly. accord-ingly. Tho local university has fallen ln with, the general movement, but its ef-lorts ef-lorts in this direction have not been especially strenuous or noticeable untl. of late, when an advisory -board coni posed of some of the most prominent men of the community waa Invited by President Kingsbury to assist in advancing ad-vancing the general athletics at the university. uni-versity. The desired standard in athletics will he more nearly approached ,aa.a result or this new movement. There is an enormous amount of work to be done i and the ta3k Is by no means a simple ! one, but the committee members are not strangers to this .kind of work, hav- , Frank Anderson, Michigan. f ' ' v7C&l&an, Tale. B. C. Channing, Princeton. Dr. Chas. G. Plummer, Northwestern. Prof. Geo. A. Eaton, Harvard. TT I Ing had some little previous experience. Moreover, coming from the largest colleges col-leges In the country and having been dl-rcctely dl-rcctely connected with and concerned In the sports at these various Institutions, thoy will be nblo to broaden and better the athletic policy of the university. The fact that such men are interested In the school's athletics will add much to its prestige and will Infuse new life !rJo the athletically inclined students. Jl will then be an honor to be a member of any school team, whereas up to now the athletes have had little support from Mielr fellow students and have been coiv-'inually coiv-'inually deprived of the remaining glory which comes from victory. The now movement will surely blot out this condition con-dition of affairs and impel all students 'o put forth their best efforts. The novemcnt means much for the univer-lty. univer-lty. With such men as Callahan, Plummer, Anderson, Chnnnlng and Eaton back of ..hom the University of Utah boys will e'evate the standard of the school to a point never attained before. The morale (hat already Inspires the athletes on the hill makes them a factor to be considered consid-ered by every school on tho western half of the continent. |