Show SAYS FOOTBALL BEATS RIOTING Well We'll m- m Stick to Our Gridiron fAnd f And Let Our Statesmen n Enjoy i W Life Says Notre Dame Coach TSU John Jolin ohn F F. OHara O'Hara Informs 18 s Carnegie Foun Foundation Only Fifth One of Development I at Irish School Goes for Athletics I NoTRE E DAME DA Feb 20 The The Rev Rc J John hn F. F OHara O'Hara vice and Elmer Elmer F. F Layden den director of athletics replied today to S. S Pritchett of or the Carnegie ib rS made by President Emeritus Henry for the anc Ad Advancement en of or Teaching that Notre Dame ex ex- at the sacrifice of or in in- W it football teams for commercial purposes achievement said Father OHara O'Hara J We iVA etta v started with a false raise as- as h he be has ua tt ion that highly publicized foot foot- I inimical to the intellectual inthe in in- hall is of the thC university We wish to that if ve we ever found it to erate would drop football we wc the case ce ase a 1 moments moment's hesitation r r it will I Interest the be Cune Carnegie le foundation to hear that of the material Increase In the 14 the during Sint St d Notre Dame Paine pit pad Jut punt 1 12 yearS only 20 0 per cent i Is said devoted to athletic pursuits Father OHara to Dr Pritchetts Pritchett's ques to In response uni- uni docs does a what For purpose rin OT on leadership in inse if ii not for exist erstY ty r the mind Sings which pertain to se things OHara O'Hara said Father to the thc spirit d Pritchett am lam surprised that Dr unaware of the thc international rett re- re for its spir- spir by Notre Dame spir- spir tt won tnt ual work the results result of which have havee een e 1 embodied in annual reports for fort t 1 f past 14 years ears Strayed From Purpose Dr Pritchett criticized Norte Dame for lor id d Southern California contract to exploit their year ree teams for commercial pur- pur saying that it is a far cry om am the devotion of the fathers athers who Notre Note Dame and of the cammen earnt earn earn- uD ded ed ii t men who labored to create a urn urn- uni- uni ni- ni in southern California Father OHara O'Hara commented as lol- lol oi- oi ws w-s Aside from the fact that the University of Southern California tarnishes famishes decidedly worthwhile competition we have a a. large alumni group on the Pacific coast I doubt douM if another school in the half haIr of the country countr has so large larre a proportion of its alumni Lad and old students resident in that important section of the country countr And If our Interest In this game were ue largely commercial the nut uni university would yield to the heavy pressure that is exerted every time lime Southern California comes east and play the same game In Chi Chi- catO cage where the number Dumber of spectators spectators spec spec- would be or larger larrer than It is here Our founder Father Father- Sorin lived Notre Dame when intercollegiate began and for six years l erward and there is nothing that I know of his character that would id us to believe that he would not notye v ve ye countenanced our present plesent pro pro- am of sports Layden Gayden said there have been simi simi- r r. r i natural rivalries between other tools that have been arranged ed at atut at ut three years in advance pointing painting It t that Notre Dame has met South South- I California for eight years Proper Atmosphere The Ibe e reports report draw a comparison ith European universities he said f public interest on on the continent continent oud turn to college sport rs would fauld not be admitted free any ore oe re than they are in American uni uni- If watching football games were for riots as a source of en en- chancellors and prime would spend fewer sleep- sleep is nights ti j |