Official handbook .. . ]. W ushiii-toii. rorrespondinsr Sporetary 1. S. A. A- 2 Samnpl(ompton. Ainistroiij;- Represeutative to I. S. A. A.; 3. J A B Callis Raltimore Colored High School Representative to I. S. A. A SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. ested in athletics can the best results be obtained. Asfar as school sports are concerned, I feel very stronglythat we cannot do too much to insure the realizationof the highest ideals possible, for it is certainly truethat It would be far better to abolish all inter-schoolcontests than to permit them to take place under im-proper conditions.
Official handbook .. . ]. W ushiii-toii. rorrespondinsr Sporetary 1. S. A. A- 2 Samnpl(ompton. Ainistroiij;- Represeutative to I. S. A. A.; 3. J A B Callis Raltimore Colored High School Representative to I. S. A. A SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. ested in athletics can the best results be obtained. Asfar as school sports are concerned, I feel very stronglythat we cannot do too much to insure the realizationof the highest ideals possible, for it is certainly truethat It would be far better to abolish all inter-schoolcontests than to permit them to take place under im-proper conditions. The efforts of your organization deserve not onlythe hearty commendation but the unwavering supportof all those interested in clean sports. Very sincerely yours, E. C SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 15 HISTORY OF THE 1. S. A. A. Bv Robert X. Mattingly. Director Department of Mathematics of High Schools of 10, 11, 12, 13 DivisionsPublic Schools, District of Columbia. The Association bearing this name, though a comparativelyrecent organization, is beginning to l)e recognized as a powerfor good in the athletics of the schools and colleges forcolored youth throughout the Middle Atlantic States. Several conditions led to the formation of this organiza-tion. Among them was the fact that under the present condi-tions in the Middle and Southern sections, where the existenceof separate institutions for the colored race is made necessary,the pupils of such institutions are not brought into competitionwith the representatives of the surrounding schools in theathletic meets under the A. A. U. and similar organizations. Another reason was that the students of these schools areall of very modest means, many of them earning their waythrough school, and are, therefore
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