Autograph manuscript of Richard H. Dabney's speech on "Athleticism" given during "University Hour." 1911 March 9.

An innovation of President Alderman, the "University Hour" was a monthly meeting whose purpose was to foster communication between professors and students. Here Professor Dabney elaborates on his opinion of the athlete vs. the scholar,

"If called upon to choose between the two extremes, between the man who neglects everything else to grind away at his books, and the man who neglects everything else to grind away at football practice on the field in the afternoon, signal practice in the gymnasium at night, and ceaseless talk about football at "The Corner" in the morning and at meals, I should unhesitatingly pronounce the latter species of grind the inferior of the two."