The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-02
BY YALE.
TIE UNDERGRADUATES RULE GETS 4
VERY BLACK EYE

TIE UNDERGRADUATES RUL GETS a
VERY BLACk EYE.
II IL Voted Down by soe to AAe-As Opposi.
uon Resolution Received with Cheers-A
Claim that the Voting Was pnfnir.
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 1.-The largest attended
meeting over held In Alumni Hall took place
this evening. when every student In the uni
yersi.y was present to discuss or vote on the
question O. whether or not the new under
graduate rule should stand or fall Long before
tho doors TO Alumni Hall were opened. LOCO
students gathered about the building and dis
cusscd the object OF the meeting. Vance Nc
Cormick. ex-captain OF the football tenn.
called tho meeting to order and rend the fol-
lowing proposcd amendment to the constitu-
ton. which was adopted at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel meeting:
No member OF a graduate department or a special
student shall be eligible. or any undergraduate who
has registered or attended lectures or recitations At
any other university or college: or any other under
graduate who Is not pursuing a course for u degree re-
curing attendance for At least three years.
Ralph Paine OF the crew moved that the res.
olution IA read DO adopted. and Ballet OF last
years crew. n momber OF the Law School, seq
opded MI. laines motion. Before speeches
could be made friends Of the opposition sta
toned all through the hall scattered circulars
DeaIlnH tHS lOllOWlHk ~ oppSSo"
to the one read by Mccormick:
1. No profcssiona! shaii be eligible to membership on
any OF the ! a1 University athletic teams.
.. No amateur shall lie eligible to membership on
any Of said teams " ho has toen u member OF any COZ
lege or university team four or more years, who has
received amy financial proht tor coming to any college
or university. WHO Is pursuing any course not for = do.
gree, who las ever been q member OF any other uni.
vsrs,ty or college or Of any other department OF Yale
University daring i regular collegiate year. and has left
the SAME = ithIrt completing th !. soar'e therein r,mss who ,ne
the course N which Ls 4 studying. s.....u..,..
Init.rcoliesiaiS ASSOCIATION OF which Inc team Is .
psmbsr, at Least thirty day before the e, nfs' ,e am,
Why M sSmpo.s Tho team amt, FOR y, tho a .n,u IL Sc, season s,n, to.
ment OF which any such men arc member. that such
%sn IN i as asp .ar n Sssr are I pnd'a ,nns { shs rfsa ns,e nas an re,
and se,C,ar.Iips are up to tho average required oy the
!. The officers OF our athletic associations shall have
fuIl powsr to adopt a !, m 20. necessary anu proper
The wholesale distribution OF the above res
olution brought forth unexpected cheers.
ara J9,sph Andsfs9n, ,es ., called ,r the re "a:
s ShIvSTsity sshls ss's' ssvsrsi etSsT Ssn siss
s 81 rnis RGin' in MG iaSoF Of l. fi !. e%aas II
NJ; edi o} hi, 2t t law 1 School ass open Ma'ls the
not be closed on tSehnic@lity. He stated
tennis had entered into q compact to carry this
new rule. but that the alumni Of boil, univer.
snas TIE Tsrs s4 SSHqissd a to It. ofl hs "o 81 al 'he q RGslsn s
athletic. organizations have power to dis.
criminate against mon who are ineligible to
q ai'n fSs ,u &e' and ss!''1 %ttr Is "a tx }Ss H Hs;s
syivania At football last fail: Nj. MOVIE
also stated that Harvard was ready to accent
n Modification Of fla rnla. and h0 dQclarAd-
amid applause. that Yale would rue the day
that any rule barring members Of the gradu.
Should tecomo a law in Yale Gnivesrsity.
Capt: Iyos Of the h crew sroke in, In favor Of the
espressed . herr were first sol sSt on loot By
Harvard, He c quoted George Adeei, Howard
new rule. and stated that It had been decided
upon long nSo and g to meet with ap-
Rogor. sherman. Baldwin. and Cummings
OF tho Law school spoke in, opposition to the
with II 'S applause. Capt JOSH Hsrsweli Of last
athletic organization who was a graduate. said
iss sp!rl.s q 70 eollsss tavSrei Il he
the so.sslled semi.pro?essionalisnm,. and said
that ale in past years had won her great VIC
steea1i%Sss BY e s' e! n Sssis by oi , the %f law scneS 81 o Stn!stIs
the rule, and Ballot. who seconded it. favored
IT. Moyles's, suggestion that. the matter be
voted on blythe departments OF the college did
not meet with favor.
LauGhlin announced that q vote on tho rule
would be taken by ballot. Ballots had been
the shouts OF the officers Of the athletic ASSOC
citation. who were supposed to look after the
meeting.
The vote on the resolution as introduced
by Capt. Mccormick was oU2 opposed against
44O in favor. The voting was unfair from
the outcome OF the meeting voted several
times. Mr.. Wade. President OF the athletic
association. endeavoTed to stop the rush for
ballots by announcing that "townios" were
voting. His efforts. however. wero unsuccess-
full. aud the crowd voted as 1t pleased.