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Much of the discussion centred around the Amateur Status. This
was only natural as the relevant Rule of the International Olympic
Committee Rule 26, was only published in 1962. Besides this, the lecture
sent by Mr. Avery Brundage, the President of the I.O.C., on the
Olympic Philosophy, dealt extensively with this subject, and so did the
lecture by the Curator, as also one by Mon. Paul Vialar, and that by
Mr. Edgar Fried the Hon. Sec. of the Austrian Olympic Committee.
There was no opposition in any sense at all to the Rule, but some of
the lecturers raised points as to its interpretation and applications. Mr.
Fried, in answer to a question put to him, explained the position by
stating: "The rule is new and must therefore take its time to settle down.
In due course it may require some further clarification in its wording.
If this is the case, then we can rest assured that the I.O.C. will make
any necessary clarification, and in the meantime it is part of the Olympic
Spirit to have full confidence in the I.O.C. which will undoubtedly
do the right thing". The students were in full agreement.
LECTURES & LECTURERS
One of the questions which the Board of Trustees and the Curator
had to consider in organising the Summer Sessions, was to consider
the extent to which the students of each Session should be given a similar
curriculum with similar lectures. The subject matter that the
lectures should embrace has been laid down in Article 7 of the Provisional
Regulations, and includes the True Spirit of the Olympic Games;
the ancient and modern history; the philosophy of Sports; technique
and scientific subjects related to Sports and athletics. Paragraph 3
of this regulation relates to the contribution of Baron de Coubertin,
while Para 4 relates to the contribution of Sports to the education of
youth.
It was felt by the Board that in so far as lectures on such matters,
as referred to in paras 3 and 4 or elsewhere, had been fully reported
in a previous Session's book, the students' attention could be drawn
to them, and the book made available.
The talks of the 1963 Summer Session embraced a wide scope of
the aspects of the Academy, and besides many lectures were given
on subjects of an absorbing Academic and consequently of instructive
interest. It was also found, perhaps even more forcibly through the seminars,
that great profit could be derived by viewing how the various
national sports organisations dealt with similar problems. The Austrian,
British, French, German, Italian and Swiss viewpoints were thus well
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