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Show Coast Mopls Back League SpoitsProbe By RUSSELL NEWLAND LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 lf-Slowly, lf-Slowly, massively, but effectively, somewhat like the movement of a glacier, rulers of the Pacific Coast I conference progressed today toward to-ward an objective expected to clarify, purify and revivify the Ideal administrative policy of athletics. Faculty member of the orgaalxa-tlon orgaalxa-tlon comprising the 10 largest colleges col-leges and universities In the far wast again thumbed through the most significant parts of the Edwin Ed-win N. Atoerton report The 2,000,-ono-word treatise, costing some 840.000, Is the two-year effort of the skilled former government invests gator. Its content lay open the Innermost Inner-most secrets or the conference schools In the matter of providing aid to athletes, financially, achoias-tlcally, achoias-tlcally, morally or mentally. Activities Activ-ities or enthuslaatle alumni, fraternities, frater-nities, collegia te-mlnded groups and even combines of business men Interested In-terested In diverting trade Into certain cer-tain channels, are embraced la the hug package of fatu. Two Alms Apparent Two alms were apparent a the result of preceding session. The educator, woo control every phase of the administrative obligation of receiving a student of athletic ability abil-ity and passing him through the portals of graduation. Intend to legislate the organisation Into ona at which no finger may be pointed in derisive fashion. To assure this they plan creation of a post of high eommissionership. Either or both Is a simple matter. mat-ter. Only a majority vote la necessary. neces-sary. The faculty men cast their ballots In the same room. There would appear to be no dissenting voice on a proposition to enforce the code of ethic. Likewise, adoption adop-tion of the commslai oner-type of method of efficient regulation I believed to be a certainty. If a commissioner Is named, the man who dug up the Information on what's wrong, Atherton, is regarded re-garded a the logical candidate. Proponents of the Idea, In off the record talks, favor hint. While the trend Is toward strictest strict-est enforcement of scholastic and financial policies, some of the faculty fac-ulty representatives evidenced tendencies ten-dencies of a more liberal attitude. DivUoa of Though Informal discussion defined a clear division of thought an the matter, although none jnade a statement of fact along this Hne outside the conference rooms. Roundabout questioning disclosed that a small minority appeared to favor more open aid to athlete. One bone of contention, on which delegates have gnawed for many year, was the policies pursued by the two endowed universities of the group, Stanford and the University of Southern California. The ether eight are state supported Institutions. Institu-tions. Southern California waives tuition tui-tion fees for athletic scholarships; Stanford Insists on cash for entrance en-trance privileges. The balance have no such fees. Stanford supporters alwaya have contended Southern California should meet It requirement. require-ment. The other take aides or remain neutral, depending on their changing Inclinations. When the meetlnej end and tha conference starts rolling on Its chosen course, those wise In Its ways prophesy the Stanford-Southern Stanford-Southern Calfomta tuition fee situation sit-uation will remain as It is. |