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Show I I DR. JORDAN ON ATHLETICS Publicity Is Not Always Desirable, Doesn't Like Outsiders for Coaches, but Wants Graduates. Ireland' Stanford's President Talks -to Students on Plans for Future, Spclal -to Tho- Tribune, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Hatch 4-At the regular assembly of the students and faculty of Stanford ? ' hihtpersity an interesting discussion of ;i (athletics and of the plans of the traln-,) traln-,) mff-houB corporation lor the now ath- ! .'. ' 1 letio field took placo. The principal (!, l Speakers were President Jordan and 1 iDb. Ffcnnk Angell, head of the depart- bnent of psychology and chairman of rUui athletic commltteo. I ' jDiv Jordan spoke of the new inter- yjolleffiato athletlo agreement and stated h 1 , .-emphatically that he was very much !j! 'opposed to the artlclo in regard to the ':; ' .use of professional Eastern coaches. Ho rjj t -Bald that the university athletics must j ' ' will only support the gymnasium. He Tjoliovea that the dangers of football ;have boon overdrawn, and thinks open j I play h the gamo is more dangerous h', 'than mass plays. m Too Much Publicity, j I "Publicity," said Dr. Jordan, "Is not . always desirable. It will sometimes if ij turn tho head of the weaker man, but It i j will not affect tho true-bted college '' ij . man. Football men must keep up in t their work. I do not believe in show- ing any moro leniency to tho man who i ! takes part In athletics than to the or-rl or-rl 1 1 dinary freshman whose work la below I tho standard'. Every caso of leniency Is ill a fraud, and in thi3 university it has , II not been shown toward athletics. Men H who are paid for their athletic work j II havo no plnce in college." It "Graduate ooachos havo an Interest j In tho good namo of their college, while JJf outside coaches think only of winning I HI tho games and aro an abuse. Thero la I ! no more demoralizing influence than a I H coach who Is here for the sole purpose 1 ffl o winning games. The methods of war SJ employed in football are its greatest H , evils. Any man guilty of 'dirty playing IJ nhould be put out of the game for , M . . good." He expressed himself as being ,1 Iff . very much in accord with the action of tho executlvo committee in the rc- D . election of Lanaghan as coach and M Joultpn as trainer. IJ "Fine New Athletio Field, 1 Dr. Angell, who was tho second jU speaker, gavo a description of the nth- , letlc field, with a statement of the I financial needs of the situation. Dr I Angell said In part: M - "It Is the plan of the Iralnlng-houBe Mj corporation to raise money to carry on B tho building of the new fields by popu- ;ijn. lar subscription. The students and i II alumni will subscribe several thousand dn . dollars, and the work will bo started m wltn the 13'0 which Is In the fund at ) m present. Tho plans submitted to the i ffl trustees of tho-unlverslty call ror fifty acres of ground, and this la granted. Tho ground will bo surveyed at once and tho grading for the football Held begun. Tho space provided gives ample room for all the fields planned for, Including In-cluding three football fields, two baseball base-ball fields, a quarter-mllo running track with field, and lacrosse and association football fields." |