The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-31

satisfied with the work of the confer
ence. A summary of the rules, touch
ing every point, follows:
No student shall take part in col
lege athletics more than five years,
nor i'm any one branch more than four.
years. No student of a preparatory
department shall be allowed to partic
ipate, and no student who shall not
have II Carnegie units shall be count
ed freshman. This last rule goes
into effect next September Any stu
dent who has participated in college
athletics, as a prep. or college student,
shall be allowed to take part in an
other school on a following year. All
students who participate shall carry
at least three fourths of their work
satisfactorily, and no student may
participate who has a total delin-
quency of work equal to half that pre-
Scribed for any semester. Students
who take part in athletics must regis
ter within p days after school opens.
Students may receive ordinary COM
pensation for work done in school to
aid themselves in their own support
No student shall represent an athletic
club during the school year.
Amateur Rulings.
No student shall participate in atil-
letics who is not an amateur The
rules define amateur as meaning any
one who has never competed for
money Or other valuable consideration,
with or against a professional. or who
has not at any time taught, pursued or
assisted at athletic exercises for money
or other valuable consideration. ANA
tours may compete for medals but
may not dispose of them; and they
may receive necessary travelling ex
penseS. But they may not be given
scholarships not open to any student.
This rule is not retroactive prior to
any student who breaks the rule may
be re-instated after year of salts
factory college work.
Enforcement.
The faculties shall determine eligi-
bility and enforce rules; and their
decisions, as before, is final.
The conference is to be held in De-
secretary. The representation shall
be one member of both student body
and faculty, the two having one vote
Whitworth May Enter.
In the matter of membership, any
college will be allowed to join the con-
ference, upon application to the secre-
tary and the unanimous vote of the
schools. I&ff@k}FfHHT
Certified lists of the players shall be
furnished in every contest at least 10
days prior to the event, by the chair
man of each faculty athletic commit
tee participating, to each other chair
man of the school participating. Ex-
cept where otherwise provided, the
rules go into immediate effect.
Resolutions were passed to the effect
that where any school comes into
possession of facts concerning the
eligibility of players of other schools
the evidence shall be at once for
warded to the school affected and no
announcement made of that fact until
the faculty committee of the school af
fected shall have time to consider it.
Il went instructed for summer base
Fletcher this morning But 1 held
out almost alone for both measure
In fact it was not until g.: so last night
that we finally decided the last meas
ures, but l was in hopeless minority
in both cases. Failing in that, / stood
for the strictest possible INTERPRETATION
of the rules, and We got that.
THE only loss Whitman has through
the action of the rules is Martin, and
they only shut him out of football next
fall. After that time he will be eligi-
bic, if he takes regular work. Whit
man would have suffered heavily q
few years ago but things are changed
now.
"The freshman standing was a
hard matter. Now q Carnegie unit
is just about two high school credits
For instance, Whitman requires 80
c. dts for entrance, or 16 Carnegie
units. Washington requires H. Ore
gon Il. and O. A c.. only four. It
was finally decided tl,Gr - woul.i be
tho standard, which practically bars
O. A c. freshmen.
1.-The meetings of the conference
were harmonious and there was no at
t'ropt to break lp the conference al
tho Ugh Washington did ixicx ever the
traces on the ietter IF preps in col
'ege athletics coming to a college un-
dr. the one year rule B,;l this was
finally adjusted and the conference
in general was very successful"