COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
As was natural a chorus of indignant protests has come from college presidents, faculty members and professional coaches against the Report of the Carnegie Foundation on American College Athletics. The charges of commercialism, preferential treatment in recruiting, and of subsidizing and on special occasions drugging players to bring them to the desired pitch of intensity are specific, and names are given. The protests declare variously that the Report is false and misleading, a violation of confidence, out-of-date, and unscientific in method. At the same time a number of pro- mineht educators endorse and welcome the findings and urge that it is high time for colleges and schools to unite in a common effort to stamp out the practices complained of and bring about the revival of a more healthy spirit. Editorial comment is generally overwhelmingly favourable to the Report, the newspapers declaring that the conditions noted are familiar to everyone with a knowledge of the subject and have been for some time. Indeed, except that the Report is more detailed, the charges which it makes are identical with what has been said over and over again in the past by innumerable authorities, including the Chief Justice of the United States, and many educators. It is generally felt that ultimately the Report will have a substantial effect and will strengthen the hands of educators who have been striving for some time to effect local reforms, but have found the odds against them
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