The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-27
EARNEST MOVEMENT FOR
 REFORM IN FOOTBALL
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P'~I4l t4&A LANQ HUH ! II szC A eNC~'/ to both the matters thus submitted would b. greatly appreria;eL
 The committee, which is charge l with everything pertaining to the re- lations, from tht standpoint of atlllet- ics, of the University of Pennsylvania. with other educational institutions, takes this opportunity of puhli2ly tX- pressing it's cordial and unrrserved ap- prOval of all the views and purposes in relation to the game 0f football out lined by the president in the interview already referred to- and its intention to cooperate in every practical way in the effort to carry those purposes into effect
 The rules proposed by the university of Pennsylvania in accordance with the suggestion of President Roosevelt are as follows:
 1. No student shall be allowed to rep resent any college or university in in tercollegiate athletic contests until he has been in residence there as a bona fide student for an academic year, and shall have passed sufficiently examin- ations on a course of study as a candi- date for a degree; or, if a special or partial student, shall have taken a course which requires at least fifteen hours per week, and shall have passed sufficiently examinations in subjects aggregating at least twelve hours of such courses.
 No student shall represent his college or university in intercollegiate athletic contests unless he shall be at the time in good academic standing in the class of which he is a member.
 2. No student shall be allowed to represent his college or university in intercollegiate athletic contests who shall at any time have taught or en- gagged in any athletic sport for a pecun- iary or other consideration; or who shall at any time have received, for taking part in any athletic sport or contest, any pecuniary gain or emolu- ment whatever direct or indirect, with the exception that he may have receiv- ed the amount by which the expenses necessarily incurred by him in taking part in such sport or contest exceeded his ordinary expenses,
 In applying this rule the constituted authorities shall discriminate between the deliberate use of athletic skill as a means to a livelihood, and technical, unintentional or accidental infractions of the rule
 3. No student shall represent one or more universities or colleges in inter collegiate athletic contests for more than four years.
 In determining what Nconstitutes a university or college within the moan 1 ing of this rule due consideration shall be given to the athletic and scholastic | standing of the institutions represent 1 ed
 1 A student who from any cause parti- cipates in intercollegiate athletic con tests, during only a small fractional part of year. may in succeeding year be charged with only that part ot the year which is equivalent to that in which he participated In the incom- plete year,
 l f. The rules regulating eligibility as l formulated in this code shall be inter. | preted as representing merely a re- quired minimum. No student shall bC considered eligible to represent his col lege or university :1I athletic. merely 1 because tle satisfies these minimum re quirements, but it shall be the duty ol | the constituted authorities 10 determine whether it is best, all things consider ed, for any particular student or fol
 the institution that he be permitted tC
 become its representative in any branch
 of athletics.
 The board of coaches of the .t'niver
 sity of Pennsylvania in its communi
 cation referred to in the letter, discuss
 cd tt" abuses 10 which football ha:
 henn subjected. and ventures the opin
 i0r ttat the danger If injury in mas.
 pieys is more apparent than real Nine
 trnths of all serious injuries, uh'
 board says, occur in so-called ope'
 play. The board suggests the follow ing changes in the playing.
 For unnecessary roughncss," ''piljn! l