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more <strong>of</strong> a look like German institutions (Cohen, 1988) with curriculums following more <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

natural sciences <strong>and</strong> research model, with an expectation that faculty would conduct research<br />

<strong>and</strong> bring <strong>the</strong>ir research into <strong>the</strong>ir teaching.<br />

Thus, after <strong>the</strong> Civil War, rules on campuses were more relaxed (Smith, 1998). Yet, even<br />

though rules became a bit more relaxed, colleges <strong>and</strong> universities still held a view that a major<br />

purpose <strong>of</strong> higher education was <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> one’s <strong>moral</strong>s <strong>and</strong> religious direction with a<br />

view for service to <strong>the</strong> public good. This study in <strong>the</strong> natural sciences <strong>and</strong> focus towards research<br />

impacted <strong>student</strong> life in general <strong>and</strong> some recreational pursuits were allowed as long as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

were minimal <strong>and</strong> did not interfere with studies <strong>and</strong> church requirements (Cohen, 1988).<br />

By 1844, <strong>student</strong>s on some colleges were engaged in sport activities such as crew (Smith,<br />

1988). By 1852, <strong>the</strong> first intercollegiate sport competition occurred between Harvard <strong>and</strong> Yale.<br />

By 1869, <strong>the</strong> first football contest occurred between Rutgers <strong>and</strong> Princeton <strong>and</strong> baseball<br />

dominated college sport activities, which had a pr<strong>of</strong>ound effect on <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> participants in<br />

sport as well as <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> sport activities in which <strong>student</strong>s were engaged. For <strong>the</strong> most part,<br />

<strong>the</strong>se activities were run by <strong>student</strong>s, with little input or sanction by faculty or college<br />

administrations. Gate receipts started being collected <strong>and</strong> faculty <strong>the</strong>n began exerting some<br />

control over <strong>the</strong> activities (Smith, 1988). By 1895 an historic meeting occurred in Chicago that<br />

was <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Intercollegiate Conference on Faculty Representatives.<br />

Questions about fairness surfaced in baseball between issues about pay for summer play<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>student</strong>s versus pr<strong>of</strong>essional players on collegiate teams (Smith, 1988). These issues were<br />

hotly debated <strong>and</strong> seen as raising questions about sport within <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>and</strong><br />

values <strong>of</strong> a college education. Additionally issues surfaced concerning <strong>the</strong> brutality <strong>of</strong> football as<br />

in one year <strong>the</strong>re were 18 deaths <strong>and</strong> over 143 individuals seriously wounded. By 1905 <strong>the</strong> issue<br />

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