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Show The Open Door for Athletes. Representatives of tho various colleges col-leges havo boon holding hoart to heart talks at tho Now York convention con-vention of tho National College Athletic Ath-letic Association. Somo Interesting things came out. Thero Is great competition for promising athletes. Thoy aro feted, flattered and courted. Zealous agents solicit their attendance for competing Institutions of learning. In many cases tho athletes got nil exponses paid. Dank accounts to tholr ordor and dividends on tho profits of tho team nro among tho emoluments. It Is no wonder that hoys aro Interosted In athletics. No such rowards aro offered tho superior studont. No court of solicitors soli-citors hangs around urging him to grace tholr Institutions by his presence. pres-ence. No loyal university fans aro offering to pay his oxpensos. Of courso thoro aro scholarships. Thoy 0 A nro all too few In most schools, and usually go only part way toward expenses. ex-penses. l Conditions llko tho above woro regarded re-garded as abuses by tho college representatives re-presentatives In convention. Cour-ago Cour-ago was demanded In abolishing thorn. Dut ono suspects that the college managements won't do much. They havo to meet tho demands of the times Just llko tho grocer or tho publisher. If tho public will pay Its good money to support athletics, ath-letics, and will not pay It to support scholarship, tho college has to supply sup-ply tho demand. Theso conditions could easily be changed by giving' an equal recognition recogni-tion to the Industrious and successful success-ful student. Some of our "rich men should supply this lack. Moro' liberal lib-eral prizes for good study, generous scholarships for original and constructive con-structive work, would revolutionize the spirit of modern student bodies. The young American Is Jull of tho spirit of competition. When he sees all tho prizes going to skill in sport, It Is natural that his Interest should lie in that direction. i- . .-i |