Since the beginning of the present school year, when Harvard recorded herself against professionalism and professional trainers in athletics, our sister colleges seem to have redoubled their efforts in the opposite direction. The latest example occurred in the proceedings of the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, where a proposition to employ professional coaches was voted down by a large majority. We think that the spirit which favors the introduction of professionalism into college athletics is greatly to be deplored and should be promptly discouraged, as one can easily see to what excesses the custom may be carried. As yet Harvard has had no reason to regret her course, and she hopes that before long other colleges may be brought to her view of the matter; only then can college athletics be brought to that state of perfection to which they should aim.
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