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title: 'The Place of Athletics in College Life: A Plea and a Protest'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Ethelbert Dudley Warfield'
date: 1908-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 12'
- 'Titus 2'
- 'Hebrews 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/warfield-1908-the-place-of-athletics-in-college-life-a-plea-and-a-protest
---

# The Place of Athletics in College Life: A Plea and a Protest

Defends college athletics as vital to physical, moral, and social development, warns against professionalism, gambling, and excess, and urges temperance and balanced education.

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