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Th» Show r.uninm Carrtw! to an Ei-I'fme by 1 olTeraltjr MtadrnU.There U a scntimonl rapidly Rjvrvod-Ing ud taking root In the minds of tbsultimo! lt;*f the different universities ofthis country antagonistic to the excess blvu amount of show buvnew in which the students of American institutions of loarnfng nre permitted to indulge. The feeling, says t‘.c r.uffalo Commercial, Is growing that the only legitimate field for the exercise and exhibition of the physical, iut* tactual and musical uooompUahmcnts c- these young men is t i lo found in the university athletic grounds, the university theaters and society halls. In other words, the alumni and a large body of thoughtful people not directly onnected with the various seats of h i ning are coming to nn agreement tJuit ' lie college youth U altogether too t?iu« h in evidence outside of the college yard* cither for hk own good or the legiti.;. *« prestige of his particular alma mate*Of course, the com: -in under whichthe rowing matches .lt; * eld make theselection on a som- • retired and neutral coarse Hkoti t New London (It and proper; but Ktball, likethe baseball match uld lx* confined to college » • wJth theavowed intention of tig the num-her and improving 11 meter of thespectators, reducing xpenses andminimizing the publ; and spectacular features of competition*.Another desirable result of this policy would be the cllmlnu i of most of thu gambling and very lt;: ralmng “sporting*' elements tl -t inevitable gathei around events Kkt * great f4xtball mutches that fill th- columns of the newspaper* for sc • al weeks every autumn. Certainly the students them selves would undergo Vks excitement and suffer less dlstr.i 11 from theii legitimate college won. tiio wmic or which their athletic ri arc tested were effectively redut v hen then* rivalries become rnntu i ationa i concern they naturally bnconndangerously intense tm* rbwtis U| health and morals.Wo think this policy strain*i should also be applied ictletthat has now become aion*the colleges of sending u s o;young men organized l*anjtand mandolin clubs to gi\ ic perforumnces for money In i leading cities during the holiday n Them tads travel about the countr ‘n speela cars, give ton or fifteen 0011 in publie halLs and undergo n sue • udon o; social attentions” calculate to im pair the constitutions of sea? d men to say nothing of ixninatorlt;*ylt;it hs whc arc supposed to be resting and recuper u*itig from the strain of thr. monthi of hard work at their lessons and too turcs. Esscntinlly their performance! are not to be distinguished from tin professional shows, und when they be come nn annual affair they are as tire some as they are surely a tax on tht good nqture of the local oiumni, be hides being an unwholesome experience to those who take nnrt In '^rn.
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The Black Range
Chloride, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 24, 1896
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