DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

The Athletic Council has appointed Mr. J. T. Ready to fill a newly created position. Under the title of Director of Athletics he will act as the agent of the Council in the management of purely athletic business- not included in the duties of the Graduate Manager.

The creation of the office of Graduate Manager was the first step toward a more thorough organization and correlation of the several departments under the control of the council. The inexperienced undergraduate managers, working independently and. often at cross purposes, and taking the results of experience with them at graduation, were placed under the supervision of the Graduate Manager, a trained man receiving a system from his predecessor, improving it during his term of office, and transmitting it to his successor. This systematization has become a permanent asset to the council and has helped to solve a serious problem.

The appointment of Mr. Keady is a like step which, it is hoped, will be attended by like advantages. Correlation of the coaching departments of the several branches and the preservation of experience gained from the work of successive coaches; co-operation with the Graduate Manager in the arrangement of schedules which shall best serve the interests of the various teams; entertainment and treatment of visiting teams; control of freshman teams and supervision of their relations with fitting schools and the freshman teams of other institutions; education of the ever-changing student body in ideas of clean amateur sport; — these are some of the problems of sufficient moment to require the attention of a permanent man the year around.

Mr. Keady will assist the council in keeping in touch with the alumni, who will find him ever ready to listen to wellmeant criticism and helpful suggestions. For him also the hearty co-operation of every loyal alumnus can well be assumed.