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MORNING, APRIL 7 Wis 



SCORES ATHLETICS 

 IN COLLEGES 



Pres. Stryker, of Hamilton College, 

 Addresses New England Alumni 

 Association 



INTERCOLLEGIATE CONTESTS 

 ARE INSTITUTIONS' CURSE 



Makes Strong Plea For Students 

 In Schools Rather Than 

 Mere Attendants 



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W. Stryker of Hamilton Colli.-ffp. Piicakiut; 

 to the mi'iiibers of the New EnBland 

 Alumni Assn. of the college and their 

 wives at tl>e Westminster Hotel, laat even- 

 ing. There were 30 present, who heard Dr. 

 StryHer with Iveen inleresl while he frank- 

 ly spoke his miiiil ooneernins" Iiresent edu- 

 cational enmlltions. with a strong empliasis 

 against pre.seiit day .-ithletie.s and a demand 

 £or*studfnlH ratlier than attend.-nits. 



He in.sl.sti-d that all colleRe student.? are 

 re'celvitis benefactioaa. "Kven when they 

 think they are payins all their bills," said 

 he, "they are (Aetting- pm or $500 a year 

 at tlio fiands of benefaetors who are in 

 tilorj-. I hoiie." tie said that it might 

 not bo well for a eollege to Bet too much 

 money at onCe for he susBested that there 

 .such a thin.s;- as a eolk-Ke being: too self 

 «ufrieiont. too smug about its possessions. 



He said frankly that he would like to see 

 Hamilton CoUeBe the best college in Amer- 

 ica- It i.s hi;j view that the American col- 

 lege is under fire and on trial and inti- 

 mated that it might do good for him to 

 turn the Christmas stocking Inside out, 

 whieh he proceeded to do. 



•'I think," he said, "that Hamilton Col- 

 lege wajits a great many more students.' 

 I don't mean more attendant.s. They are 

 doing pretty well at Hamilton compared 

 with other college^ but L challenge any 

 man to say that they are doing more than 

 half of what they are capable. 



"T£ I had $5,000,000 I would like to show 

 Arneriea a college. No one would get into 

 it wlll)ouL an . xnminatiou; tliei-e would be 

 no eleetives before the .junior- yp'ir and I 

 would thrown any man out who did not get 

 80 p.c. T would Ki\-e the SO p.e. men $300 

 a year, the honor men $ 100, the high honoV 

 men $500, and I would make it impossible 

 for any other kind of men to remain more 

 than eiglit months." 



.Speaking of tho.se at college.'! who are 

 seeking diversion, he said that there is too 

 much diversincatlon of industry and that 

 those who do not want to study should get 

 out. y 



As to athletics, he said that in the first 

 placo tliey should i>e for liealth. for the 

 education, a sound mind in a. sane liody 

 and that in tlie second place Ihey should lie 

 tor fun. for rela.xation, for amusement and 

 not for anything else. They are a verv bad 

 advei tisement If put to the fore, according 

 to his view. "Their value," he declared, "is 

 Just in the ratio to the number engaged in 

 them. Specialization In athletics is not 

 college athletics." 



GEORGE BABBITTS 



Tribute to the memory of the late 

 Judge Baker of the juvenile court have 

 been miany and sincere. Highly as he 

 wa's esteemed by 

 hla fellow-citizens 

 generally, his sud- 

 tleu takins-off is 

 especially mourned 

 in Brookline, 

 where he had lived 

 all his life. Among 

 the people there 

 his death is 

 litmented almost 

 as a personal be- 

 reavement. H i s 

 funeral was from 

 tha quaint old house in which tie waa 

 born, and where his father and grand- 

 father were born before him. Since his 

 early manhood he had taken a deep In- 

 terest in the town's affairs. It is testi- 

 mony of the Brookline people from the 

 most distinguished citizen to ttie police- 

 man on his beat and the laborer on the 

 .■itraet that Harvey Baker was the 

 squarest, fairest and one of the most 

 useful citijens of them all. Although a 

 oonllrmed bachelor, he early showed a 

 Br«at fondness for children, and this 

 developed in him that practical solici- 

 tude for their welfare which character- 

 iwd his work m our juvenile delinquents 

 court. The dlscharpre of his duties there 

 was chiefly a labor of love, entered upon 

 with his whole heart, soul and mind. 

 He hstd become acquainted with the 

 em-ironment of children of all classes, 

 Wid he had learned not only how to sit 

 m judgment upon them, hut also how 

 to sympathize with them in their mis- 

 fortunes and misdoings. He had not 

 large pecuniary resources and his salajy 

 as a judge was only $3000, but he devoted 

 his time and Ws energies to this work, 

 supplementing It by going about preach- 

 ing the gospel he was practising in his 

 court, paying hla own expenses. Many 

 instances of the substantial quality of 

 his kindness and thoughtfuiness might 

 be given here. He preferred they should 

 never be mentioned. He had a cheerful 

 and playful mood that manifested itself 

 in many ways. A little daughter of 

 of his acquaintances chanced to be born 

 on Judge Baker's birthday. -WTien she 

 reached her fourth year and he his 

 fortieth, he greeted her thus: 



You know we two are truly t^^'n^, i 

 But you can't; crow and be real 



I can still play and ba real naughty. 

 Ard every way this yesT we 'ro flna, 

 Fot nausht's the dia iwixt 4 and 40, 



