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institution was represented by a big-mouthed man who sat on a front 

 seat, and made rude and insulting remarks in a loud voice just when 

 men whom he wished to disconcert were on the point of a jump or a 

 vault or a throw. I had no interest in any particular player, but I 

 was intensely disgusted at that man's behavior, and I felt deeply 

 humiliated to find myself in such company. Had I been clothed with 

 the proper authority, I would have had that boor promptly expelled 

 from the park. I have witnessed other exhibitions of unfairness and 

 bad manners on the part of the spectators, and I have felt ashamed 

 for my city and State, but nothing quite as bad as that I saw last 

 spring. I hope no such unfairness will ever be seen on your campus 

 or on mine. We must train our audiences 'to be as virtuous and as 

 impartial as the Greek chorus, to the end that the game may be played 

 by the players and not by the spectators'. We 



Must set the cause above renown, 

 And love the game beyond the prize. 



Professionalism has been the curse of intercollegiate contests in 

 many of the younger and smaller institutions of the west. Even in 

 the east, eligibility rules have been agreed to with difficulty, and then 

 readily evaded or ignored. It has been rare to find a college team where 

 every member was a bona fide student playing without compensation in 

 some shape or form, such as remittance of fees and dues, payment of 

 personal expenses, or excuse from lectures and examinations; while 

 veteran players, almost gray in athletic service, are received under the 

 ample cloak of 'post-graduates.' 



I close with some practical suggestions based upon my experience 

 as chairman of an athletic board, and upon a study of the conditions 

 which obtain elsewhere. 



The following rules and definitions are respectfully submitted : 



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Eligibility. 



1. To be eligible to membership in a team representing the institu- 

 tion one must be a bona fide student, doing full work as a 'regular' or 

 a 'special.' 



2. His average scholastic standing must not be less than sixty per 

 cent, and in no single branch or study shall his record for the last 

 quarter be less than fifty per cent. 



3. If a 'dropped' student, or a ' not -promoted ' student, he shall not 

 be eligible till after one year, either in the same department or in a 

 different department. (For example, a student not-promoted in a 

 school of engineering can not secure eligibility by withdrawing and 

 entering the college of letters or the law school.) 



