Historian's Plan

Hallowed by custom on many a U. S. campus are those annual rites to which prospective football material from nearby high schools is bidden to be entertained, inspected and secured. In Madison last week a University of Wisconsin faculty meeting weighed a way to make athletic proselytism foolproof. Instead of the old informality, argued serious 34-year-old Historian Robert Leonard Reynolds, why not organize a regular six-week institute each year? Promising athletes would spend the morning brushing up on their studies, the afternoon exhibiting their wares to the coach. Those who showed up well in both tests would be offered $400 scholarships paid by alumni subscription, renewable on good behavior. In that way, thought Historian Reynolds, Wisconsin could get athletes able to stand the strain of classroom work later.

Bemused, Wisconsin's faculty voted their approval of the Reynolds Plan, asked President Glenn Frank to take it up with the Big Ten faculty conference which meets next month.

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