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Show i Two seniors on the campus mn And chatted for a spell; And one had burned the midnight oil, As you could plainly tell. Eor on his watchfob was a key Which told tho whole world that He had a lot of knowledge storca Beneath his shabby hat Tho other was a stalwart studr I Upon Whose bulging vest. There shone a pin worn just by those Athletically tho best And if you listened you coull hear The first one thuily speak: "When I am through I've got a job At thirty bucks a week." j "And as for me,." the other salfl. 'Thanks to gridiron fame, I've signed to play pro-footDS.il for Three hundred smacks a game." This autumn sees a bigger boost than ever In professional football. Elevens have been formed all over the country I They are especially thick in the mld-i mld-i west. The game has progressed ho ! that regular sectional schedules are I followed, leading to a championship. ) These pro teams are made up mostly of former college stars. A wide range ! of colleges are represented on the lineups. line-ups. I One canll help feeling that this fact ' Is a credit to those institutions. No 'great glory attaches to the institution that supplies a large number of professional pro-fessional football athletes. One thins you'll notice there are ! mighty few Yale, Harvard and Prince- j ! ton grads playing professional football. foot-ball. Bjootholl Is fundamentally a strictly amateur college game, and the young' I star who leaves college and plays for i money ISn't doing his alma mater any greal amount of bcneficlent advertis-j advertis-j ing. It is hard to blame the athlete, how -1 ever. The money returns are bit; for a vouhk' fellow Just out of school. , As high as $300 a game and more on lapeclal occasions Is often paid an Individual In-dividual for ptsylng In a pro game. But the f ct that you don't see athletes ath-letes from 'he Big Three playing pro-footliall pro-footliall speaks wdl for the i fi i . - and I sportsmanship Instilled in those big universities. |