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the elon college weekly. THE ELON COLLEliE WEEKLY. Published every Wednesday during the College year by . . ^ Th« Weekly Publishing Company. W. P. Lawrence, Editor. E. T. Hines, R. A. Campbell, AfB.e Gnf&n, Associate Editors. W. C. Wicker, Circulation Manager. T. C. Amick, Business Manager. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. Cash Subsoiiptions (40 weeks), 50 Cents. Time Subscriptions (40 weeks), 75 cents. All matter pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed to W. C. Wicker, Elon College, N.C. Entered at the postoffice at Greensboro, N. C., under application for admission as second-class matter. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 191«. CHOPIN’S INSPIRATION FOR HIS FUNERAL MARCH. Late one summer aftEmoon, Ziem and Chopin sat together in the former’s studio engaging in pastimes natural to those of their disposition. In one corner of the room sto!)d a piano and in another a complete skeleton of a man with a large white cloth thrown ^host-like around it. Ocoanionally Chopin’s eyes would rest on this i^niesome object an-1 it was clear that his mind was busy. Soon he aross, walked to the skeleton and threw aside the cloth, took up the skeleton and carried it to his seat before the piano. He placed the hideous object upon his knee, wrapped the white cloth around himself, and with the bony fin gers of the skeleton placed over his own began to play. It seemed tliat this was in a manner a means of communication between the soul of the comj>oser and the spirits of the unknown dead. And the massive strains that poui'ed forth from that piano were but the vibrations of the very cords that bound him to the great— we know not what. How impressive it must have been to listen while the soul of such a master was grappling with the laws of harmi'ny and sound seeking expression for a feeling tliat was, without a doubt, akin to the divine! To present in an atmosphere be thus filled with mystery and music, har^ monies swelling and diminishing, chords that set ones inmost soul in sympathetic vibration, must have been to set a glimpse of what it is to live after death. Presently the music ceased and the great artist ovei’come by his own emotions fell to the floor, unconscious, smashing the much prized skeleton. But his im mortal production had been thought out. R. A. C. MAKING A CONSTITUTION FOR THE PROPOSED VIRGINl^-CAROLINA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLET IC ASSOCIATION. At a Conference of representatives from North Carolina and Virginia Col leges held in Danville, Va., Oct. 7, a com mittee consisting of Dr. D. H. Patterson of the University of North Carolina, Dr. L. W. Smith of Washington and Lee Uni versity, and Mr. Branch Bocock, head coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was appointed to draft a tentative con stitution for a proposed Intercollegiate Athletic Association for these two States. In order that this committe may have a consensus of opinion with reference to the requirements to be set forth in this constitution, they have asked that the Athletic committees of each College and university in thase two States pass upon these questions. As this is a matter of concern to the entile Elon Athletic Association, we pub lish below tliis list of questions. List of Questions. (Please answer them, and forward an swers to A. H. Patterson, Box 206, Cha pel Hill, N. C., hot later than December 15, 1910). 1. What is the name of your Institu tion ? 2. Where located? •S. Name of President? 4. Name and title of the responsible agent or agents in control of atliletics at your college? 5. Do you think that the four-year rule is a good one ? That no student should be allowed to plajr more than four years in intercollegiate athletics, no mat ter how often he changes liis college in the meantime? If not, how would you change it? 6. In some colleges there is a rule that any man who plays football at a college, and does not remain at that college at least two-thirds of the session, shall be debarred from playing the next session at the same institution. This is not intend ed to stop the post-Thanksgiving exodus of fix)tball players. Do you think it a necessary and desirable rule? If no), how would you modify it? 7. There are four versions of the “one- year” rule in operation at various col leges:—(a). If a man has represented Col lege A in an intercollegiate contest, and then goes to another colleiae, B, he shall not represent B as a member of an athle tic team in the same sport in which he had previously represented A, until he bes been at B one collegiate year. (b). If a man has iiepresented college A in any sjwrt, he shall not represent College B in any branch of sport whatever until he has been at B or one collegiate year, (c). No man who has even registered as a student of college. A, and then goes to B, may lepresent B on an athletic team until he has been at B for one collegiate year, (d). No student may represent any callege as a member of its Varsity team, until he has been at that college one col legiate year. There four versions are often modified in various ways:—sometimes by adding “unless one year shall have elapsed be tween leaving college A and entering col lege B,” to versions (a), (b), or (c) or by changing “one collegiate year” to read “five months,” or “one term.” Do you favor any rule of this kind, If so, what do you think is the proper foim for it? S. Do you think officers of instruction and paid assistants should be eligible to play? Where do you think the eligibili ty line should be drawn? 9. The “professional rule” agreed up on by the various amateur athletic unions and associations is as follows:- “A pro fessional athlete is a man who has, at any time, received, either directly or indirect ly, money or any othor consideration to play on a team, or for his athletic ser vices as coach, trainer, athletic or gymna sium, instructor, or who has competed for a money prize or portion of gate money in any contest, or who has competed for any prize against a professional,” Under this rule, men who play summer baseball for money or other comi)ensation have been ruled out most colleges as profession als. Do you favor permitting summer baseball? If so, shall it (a) be without any com- j)ensation, except actual expenses? (b) Shall it, in addition, be under the res triction that no man shall play on any league team and be considered an ama teur? (c) Shall it further restrict the man to play on some team from his home county? (d) Shall a man be pirmitted to jjlay on some professional or semi-pro fessional team in classes A, B, C, I), in’ E, and yet retain his standing as an amateur? or (e) Shall he be debarred from playing on any league team, but allowed to receive compensation above expenses in the summer times? Shall a limit be put upon this compensation, and if so, what shall it be? In short, what is your idea of what a “summer baseball rule” should be? 10. In most colleges a man is debarred from playing “who shall be paid or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or financial concession or emolument as past or present compensation for, or as priar consideration or inducement to play in or enter any athletic contest, whether the said remuneration be received fiom or paid by or at the instance of any or ganization, committee, or faculty of any university or cillege, or any individual whatsoever. Do you favor this rule? If not, how would you modify it ? 11. Do you favor the “30-day matric ulation” rule? That is, (a). Shall a man be deharied from playing during any collegiate year who .shall have registered later than thirty days after the begin ning of the said college year? or (b) Shall this rule read that a man should be debarred from playing durin,r any toim if he has registered more than thirty days after the opening of the said term? 12. Do you think that a man should be a bona fide student before he should be allowed to take part in inteicollegi- ate sports? How would you define “a bona fide student”? 13. Do you think that students should be allowed to take part in intercollegiate sjMirts unle.ss they are taking a full sche dule of work as prescribed in the cata logue of the institution? If so, how much work do you think they should be taking? 14. Do you think a student should be allowed to take part in intercolleaiate sports unless he has successfully passed a certain amount—say .50 percent—of his college work duriuf; the precedin.o- term? 15. Do you think a student should be debarred from playing if he has been guil ty of athletic fraud or deceit,—for in stance, playing under an assumed name, falsifying to be declared eligible, etc.? 16. Would you think it wise to adopt some general plan of arbitration of ath letic disputes? For example, each col lege concerned in a dispute might appoint an arbitrator, and these two might se- November 30, 1910. lect a third person, and the award of this committee, might by agpsement he final. Would some such plan meet your appro bation? What suggestions would you make? 17. Are there any matters of athletic . policy, eligibility, or ethics not mention ed above which you think should be in corporated ? IS. Which of the rules above mention ed would you regard as ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to the proper conduct of athletics at Virginia and North Carolina colleges, in the interest of fair play and true sport, and which would you consider, in addition, highly desirable? ROBERT GREEN INGERSOL. A PHIL IPPIC. As the physical man seeks to disabuse itself of the impurities that enter it from time to time, in a similar w'ay the body politic seeks to throw off, or to rid itself of those members, who would mar and de fame its standards. The evils of society, though, are very different in the scope of application because it affects all men, therefore it renders the question of dis covering a panacea for them all the more difficult. Not many years aio in the town of Dresden, New Y'ork, a new sore came upon society. A sore which has indeed touched its very vitals. A suit of sore, for which the centuries have found no healing. That sore is infidelity, and although that sore for the most part has been healed, a scar is left uiHin society, which can never be effaced, nor can its poison be removed from our social system. Do you i-emember the feeling that began to steal upon you as you read the story of Peter's denial, how you despised him for his faithlessness to the one, who had been his master, his com panion and his rescue in every time of need. I d'?clare to you that Ingersoll was worse than he because he never knew Him. There is a tradition that Ingersoll at one time aspired to the governoiship of Illinois, and that the delegates to the con vention had been instructed to vote for him. The delegates assembled and it ap peared that he would be the favorite can didate. When the Convention was almost ready to vote, a man in the garb of a far mer, rose in the rear of the Convention hall, and said the Sunday Schools of Illi nois will defeat Boh Ingersoll. This was all the f'ai-mer said. It was sufficient. 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