Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-29
State University Athletics.

The Athletic Board Of the State university
has adopted some very strict rules to pre-
vent any but bona tide students from Sc
curing positions on university athletic teams
Since the beginning of the foot ball season
| the athletic board has had a big fight on
its hands to prevent semi professionals from
| securing places on the team An attempt
has been made to raise the standard of
! athletics at the university and it is thought
that the rules adopted will bring about the
desired result. The rules adopted by the
| board are practically the same as those in
| force in eastern colleges ald are as follows:
l. Eligibility-No person shall be eligible
| to the position of captain of any athletic
| team unless he shall be at the time when
his service is to begin an upper classman in
good standing pursuing a regular course.
| ta) by upper clasSman is meant a stu
| dent in the third or fourth year OF resi-
dence in the college of literature. sciences
and the arts, or the industrial college or in
the graduate school or law school, after two
years of previous residence at the un!ver-
sity. OBJ BY the words ''in good standing is
meant that the candidate shall have main
| tained such class standing while in resi-
| dence at the university as to justify the eX-
pectation that he can perform the duties of
| captain of an athletic team without sub
| stantial detriment to his work as a student
| tc) BY the words regular course" is
study leading to degree or certificate and
| involving fourteen hours of class work or
| more per week, unless a less amount shall
! be required for a degree by reason of pro-
| ficiency of the student,
| ?. Election-Immediate prior to the close
of the season for which any regular athletic
| team is organized the secretary of the
board shall under Its direction prepare "A
list of all persons upon such team who took
He shall also make: under the direction of
the board. list of those members of the
team who are eligible to the position of cap
tain under the foregoing rule One copy of
the latter Est shall be sent to each person
upon the former, list with the request that
ink across the name of the person voted for
and return the list in sealed envelope to
the secretary of the board. The person
otherwise eligible receiving a majority of
the votes so cast shall on canvass thereof
by the board be declared elected. In case
no election is then had 1t shall choose a
captain from those eligible.
). These rules shall go into effect at once.
q. A. II. Orders.
Department Commander ], e. Evans of
the Nebraska department OF the Grand Army
of the Republic has issued the following or
ders relative to the annual election of off,
GERS for the various pests:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
NEBRASKA GRAND ARMY OF THE RE
PUBLIC, STATE HOUSE. LINCOLN, Neb.,
Nov. 25.-General Order No, g:
The annual election of officers of the posts
will be held at the first stated meeting i'm
December, at which time posts will elect
Representatives to the department encamp-
ment. Each post is entitled To one repre-
sentative and one alternate, and one repre-
sentative and one alternate for every hfty
menbers and a majority fraction thereof
The basis of representation Is the num-
ber of persons in good standing as shown
by the adjutant's report for the term end
ing June 30, 1899.
In compliance with the rules and regula-
tons the annual inspection of posts will be
made prior TO December 81, 1899. past
commander to be selected bN the
will make the inspection. 1t is recon-
mended that recruit be mustered in pres
ence OF the INSPECTOR,
Blanks for all the different departments
of the post work are herewith enclosed and
post commanders are hereby requested TO
to 1t that the work of the year 10 cor
recty and promptly reported.
To save expense 10 posts and the depart
ment these blanks are sent a one time ana
when properly filed may all, except the in
stallation report, be returned at one time