Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
new RULES AT CARLISLE
COLLEGE STANDARD OF ELIGI-
BILITY WILL BE ADOPTED.

CARLISLE. Pa, December 2S-The In
dian athletes OF the government school
are to be bridled like the eastern college
athletes, and hereafter there can be no
howl regarding Lack Of eligibility rules at
Carlisle when the red men have triumphed
over the foot ball elevens Of the leading
universities Of the country. Following
the charges Of laxity in the conduct OF
athletics at the school the Carlisle Athletic
Association met and considered ways and
means for putting the aborigines on the
same footing as the college athletes with
whom the Indians compete. After con-
sidering the situation carefully the ath-
letic association drew up the following
statement. which includes the new eligi-
bility requirement which viii 60 into ef-
feet January /, 1908:
'Of necessity. the eligibility rules for
athletics at Carlisle cannot exactly coin
eide with those Of the universities, as
conditions here are entirely different.
Throughout the Indian service-at agency
schools and government Indian schools OF
all kinds-tt Is customary, and has been
always. for young Indian employees. who.
as rule. are former pupils, to participate
in the athletics Of their school while SO
employed, and this custom has obtained
at Carlisle to a very limited extent.
This is not a fact that we attempt to
cover up or deny; it is custom of the
Indian service schools for which we make
no apology. Fifty-two of the fifty-four
members Of the 1907 foot ball squad are
absolutely bona fide students at the school
and are entitled in every respect to repre-
ent Carlisle.
''They are as fine a body of men,
morally, of as correct habits and gentle
manly demeanor as any schoolboy or uni
versity student in the country. The
school is proud Of them all, including the
three or four boys who had their pre-
liminary training at Haskell. and upon
some of whom a cruel. unjust and viii
famous attack has been published In
criticism of their conduct before coming
to Carlisle.
"It is a fact that not single protest
has come to Carlisle from a university or
college that has met the Indians this
year, either as to their eligibility or the
conduct Of the players.
1.-The term Of enrolment at Carlisle is
five years. and students often remain
longer, and have been allowed to repre-
sent Carlisle in athletics as long as they
have been here. There were two men,
bers Of the years foot ball team who had
played more than four years.
This being the case, and there having
been perhaps some unjust criticism as to
the length OF time players were allowed
to represent Carlisle, and also to the Gus
tom Of playing Indian employees, 1t has
been decided to enact and enforce eligibil-
ity rules preventing any students repre-
senting Carlisle in foot ball more than
four years, and providing that only regu-
larry enrolled students and not employees
shall be eligible to represent the schooi
in athletics in future contests.
1T may be Of interest to our competitors
to know that any surplus receipts over
and above the sum necessary to maintain
athletics at the school which come into
the hands of the athletic association are
used entirely for mental, moral and
physical welfare Of the school in the nee
essary ways that are not provided by the
government appropriation