540 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCATION. 
would in part at least be remedied, as a certain official recognition would 
be given to athletics. They would then assist physical training very much 
as practical demonstrations or Saturday excursions enlarge the course in 
geology or botany. 
A scheme for the government of the athletic interests of any college 
must of necessity vary in detail with the special conditions of the institu- 
tion. In the first place, if games were confined to intercollegiate events, 
the rougher element would be excluded. Secondly, games would be 
played on college grounds only, and the admission be by invitation rather 
than by payment, so that the right audience, the friends of the players 
and of the college, would have the first opportunity of witnessing the 
game. This would empty the coffers, it is true, but college athletics 
would rise from the plane of a mere money-making advertisement, which 
these sometimes occupy, to that of the pure recreation so necessary for the 
welfare of the present-day student. Thirdly, as the laurel wreath at 
Olympia was valued not for its intrinsic worth but as a mark of distinc- 
sion and souvenir of the event, so should the contestant nowadays esteem 
nis prize, though of little money value. Other outlay being on the same 
scale, a small compulsory fee charged all students would easily cover the 
necessary expenditure. Fourthly, let the control of all the athletic 
Interest of the college be in the hands of a committee composed some- 
what as follows : 
The principal or president (ex-officio) ; one governor, or trustee, elected 
annually ; one professor from each faculty, elected annually ; the director 
of the gymnasium ; one graduate, elected annually by the graduate society 
or similar organization ; the president of the athletic association, an 
andergraduate ; one undergraduate representative from each football or 
tennis club, ete., elected annually by the respective bodies at their first 
meeting. 
There would be about twelve in all, equally divided between graduates 
and undergraduates. The duty of this committee would be to control the 
college athletic grounds, to confirm all rules and regulations of the differ- 
ent clubs before they became valid, to decide any inter-club disputes 
involving the general welfare, to insist on a medical examination before 
allowing men to take the risk of competing in games of strength and 
endurance, and to make a report at the end of the year to the governing 
body of the university of work done, with comments and recommen- 
lations. 
Next in order of precedence would come the athletic association, the 
sentral managing undergraduate society, in which would be represented 
football, hockey, cricket, and tennis, each of these clubs managing its own 
affairs, and requiring legislation on certain questions only, such as grants 
of money. If a scheme like this were adopted there would be a system of 
athletic law courts from the individual to the club. from the club to the