Food, Flop & Tuition

Last week from George Washington University (Washington, D. C.) came new and astonishing light on the Tramp Athlete. Eleven members of the freshman football squad appointed a spokesman--Carrol Robinson of Salem, N. J., crack tackle--to present to Coach James Ebenezer Pixlee their demands: that the wages which they earned as janitors, watchmen, waiters be given to them for spending money, that their board and tuition to which their earnings are normally applied be given them gratis. Coach Pixlee, unable to meet their requests, was considerably embarrassed when the cream of his team walked out.

Said Spokesman Robinson: "It's always understood that if you go away to play football you will be taken care of. ... We got wind of a rumor several days ago that we were all going to be dropped to shift for ourselves after the football season . . . felt that we ought to get something besides food and flop and tuition. . . . Most of us will get jobs on ships until another football season rolls around, because we can't catch on at any other college--certainly not this year."

Commented Coach Pixlee: "I realize that five of our best prospects were included among the blacklisted students. But when, principle is involved, one cannot think of actual results."

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