The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-11
YALE's ATHLETIC CHANGES.
Faculty Committee Announces Result OF
Inycstig atiOns.

NEW HAVEN, April I0.-Some Of the i'm
portrait changes that have been Agreed upon
by the Yale University faculty, that has
been investigating the question OF athletic
reform for months. we're officially made
known tonight through the faculty oom-
mittee, The number Of out OF town baseball
games has been cut down, the athletic squads
OH out OF town trips will be very much re-
duce1. the undergraduate subscription for
the support of college athletics will be cut out
very noticeably under the new dispensRtton,
and students will have TO pay only half rates
for admission to the championship games
under certain conditions. The statement of
the faculty Is as follows:
NO final settlement Of all the matters under
consideration has been reached. The ad-
visory athletic committee has. however.
taken definite action regarding certain points,
following largely the report Of the committee
OF the university council. and In cooperation
with the present faculty committee. Later
action In some form regarding unsettled
questions Is expected. The points already
covered are as follows:
"First-In the matter Of game schedules
After the present season two baseball games
commonly played out Of town will be dr. Popped.
One Of these is the Andover game. In foot
ball no large or out OF town game will be
substituted for the game with Go lumbia.
4 local game with a smaller college will take
It's place, A further limitation OF out of
town foot all games Ia still under oonsidera-
"second-The squads taken to out Of town
games will. be greatly reduced. the number
likely to be needed. excluding those formerly
taken as a reward. for practice, Fewer men
are to be entered In winter track meets and
"Third-No student. subscription will be
taken for the benefit OF the four major sports.
They viii be financed from their collective
earnings ont of n NOmmOn n1r9p. A ReaaOD
ticket, transferable but inscribed with the
owners name, admitting to all home events
to the members of the university for IS, The
and Identification. win be entitled, to q halt
This provision 10 designed to relieve the
students Of what is really a burden to some,
that football earnings are a trust fund for
the common good Of college athletics. not the
property, Of football alone.
tions will be allowed TO solicit subscriptions.
and these teams will not be financed from
the common purse, but permitted TO rosper
"Fifth-The mana gers are TO extend further
the order book system to furnish for the use
Of s snS fin ndi1ldu sifE To Try assoelatlon. VIE With o tSs
he use o. sPo5tins goods: ~ s5oapins q
the character. OF expenditure. Other pro-
visions for the reduction Of expenditures
nave been adopted, such as the limitation OF
travelling expenses. the reduction Of ex-
penditure for trophies, the elimination Of free
theatre tickets, and Of all tutoring bills.
sporadic and financially unimportant in the
past.
"sixth-Ihe period Of the training table
tables Of the crew and the ming beginning
only after the Easter recess, The recon-
incubation of the council committee re.
garding training tables has been adopted
so far as the vote Of the managers Is con-
cerned. That recommendation was that
all training tables except that Of the crew
at New London should be held, In the uni
versity dining hall, that $40 be the maximum
price OF training table board, that an indi-
vidual charge Of IS a week be placed by the
university on the term bill Of each member
however, impossible TO carry these recon-
mendations into effect at once. owing to the
crowdIng Of the dining hall and the inability
of the mana yemen TO handle the training
Ia ble under existing conditions. Plans for
the necessary additions are now under con-
eideration."