The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-22
Abuses of Sport at Local High
School Will Be Cur
tailed.
FACULTY is INTERESTED.
TO FORM PART OF BOARD OF
CONTROL WHICH NAMES ALL
MANAGERS FOR VARIOUS
SCHOOL TEAMS.

Preliminary steps We're taken yes
terday towards organizing the Rich
mond High School Athletic associa
ton. The constitution was adopted
and q board of control selected. The
fact that the association is run by the
joint control of the faculty m the
students indicates success.
The new constitution provides for
securing more privileges n curtain
ing abuses in athletics. The faculty
members are to be chosen by the stu
dents and the students shall be choos-
en- by the faculty. The board shall
have the power by the new constitu-
ton to appoint new managers of the
teams, but this rule will not go into
effect this year as the manager OF the
football and basket ball teams have
been selected.
The constitution adopted yesterday
follows:
Constitution.
Sec. 1. The Athletic association of
the Richmond high school, a member
of the Indiana High School Athletic
association, shall be composed of such
members of the faculty and students
as shall have paid In annual member
ship fee of (undecided.) The princi-
pal of the school shall call and shall
preside at all meetings. The secre-
tary of the athletic board shall also
serve as secretary of the association.
Sec. 2. The association shall put
the control of athletics each yea in
the hands of a representative body to
be called, The Richmond Athletic
Board. This board shall be composed
of three members of the faculty, not
more than one of whom shall be a
woman teacher. and three members of
the student body, not more than one
Of whom shall be a girl student. The
principal shall not be eligible to elcc-
ton on this board.
Sec. 3. The faculty members of the
board shall be elected by the associa-
ton at a regular meeting in the as
sembly room of the high school near
the close of the school year. At this
me citing five members of the faculty
shall be placed in nomination by a
committee OF seven members of the
student body publicly appointed by
the existing board at least n week
previous to the election. Nomination
from the floor shall also be in order.
The election shall be by ballot, each
member voting for three of the candi-
dates The first three candidates ar
ranged in order of the number of
votes received shall be declared elect
ed, this subject however, to the limi-
fatinn inonncoI hu Cor . ah0yn
Sec. 4. The student members of
the board shall be elected by the fac
ulty and shall be at the
same meeting at which the faculty
members are elected; these students
shall o be members of the same
class.
Sec. 5. The new board shall organ
ize itself at the first regular meeting
of the school year, and shall serve
for n year. The officers shall be a
chairman, treasurer, vice chairman
and secretary. The treasurer shall be
a faculty member and the secretary
shall be a student member.
Sec. 6. The board shall hold a reg
ular meeting each Month of the school
year and other meetings called by the
chairman. The meetings of the board
shall be private.
Sec. Z. Two faculty and two stu
dent members shall be a quorum of
the board.
Sec. 8. The board shall appoint a
common manager for all athletic
teams, this manager to be a member
of the faculty as required by the In
diana CnhonI AfhIofin ,ec1o;o&;1a 49,
stitution. The captains of the respec-
tive teams shall be consulting student
managers. The board may prescribe
the of the election of cap
tains. No member shall be eligible
to serve as captain of a team during
his term OF membership on the board.
Sec. g.. The board shall have juris-
diction over the granting of the school
initial. They shall formulate and an
nounce to the school the rules that
will govern them.
Sec. 10: The acts of the board
shall be subject to veto by the princi-
pal.
Sec. II. The absence of any mem.
Der OF the board from three consecu-
tive regular meetings shall create a
vacancy which shall be filled by the
board.
Sec. IL. The principal shall have
power to require the resignation of
any member of the board and such
vacancy shall be filled by the board.
The board shall fill vacancies due to
other causes. If, however, vacancies
shall occur sufficient to render a
quorum Of the board impossible, the
principal shall then fill the vacancies.
Sec. IS. The principal shall ap-
point near the close Of each school
wear an auditing corrmitte, 4udit
b books of the .-asr.
Sec. IA. Anne. to this consti.
tuition shall be b Jte of the board
at n regular M .ng. but such am
endment must have been submitted in
writing by a member of the board at
a previous regular meeting. For an.
propriating money or for amending
b constitution there shall be neces-
sary at least two affirmative faculty
votes and two affirmative student
votes. The amendment becomes eff