The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-08
EW RULES FOR
! lUTAH ATHLETES
Are Still All Power
full in Making Up Win
ming Football Team.

rSs "a of eligibility rules for the
|versity has been drawn up and will
p go into effect. It was proposed
the committee that formulated the
rs to do away with the trouble that
+ experienced last football season
ln the old rules The most impor-
Il change is in taking the standing
the football players or track ath-
S at the beginning of the respective
5letic season, and not every week.
+ was done before. The rules were
WI up by a committee composed Of
3dents and professors, of which Pro
Isor F. w. Reynolds was the chair
! b. In the new rules the faculty did
let any power slip out of its hands,
acquired more, so that the profess
are still the all-powerful when it
! pes to eligibility. and the students
must saw wood and say nothing.
rules follow:
Divided Into Glasses.
Classification of student aetivi-
or the purpose of control. all stu
] t activities shall be divided into
cis& es. Class A: All athletics.
b < Football, baseball, basket ball
tratk games. Glass 3; All liter
activities, such as debating, dra-
les. college pape. work and year
X work.
II-Bosrds of Control.
= ach of these classes of activities
n be under the control of separate
ncils. TO be made up in each case
Follows: Four member of the fac
Il, two of whom shall be appointed
= The president, one elected by the
Illty by ballot, and one chosen by
associated student body, two stu
is to be elected by the associated
bent body. and one alumnus to be
Sen bi-annually by the Alumni as
Zation. All matters of eligibility,
u0ing amateur standing of the va
is candidates, as well as their schO-
ic standing, shall be delegated to a
+committee of each council, con-
ing of the three faculty members,
of Whom shall be the member
ted - the faculty
'lII--EIigibiIity Rules.
-No student shall represent the
Fersity in any student activity who
not have completed satisfactory
st least ten hours of work during
last semester of his enrolment at
or any other institution If the
hidates for a place in any activity
rs from, any other institution, he
preselk an honorable dismissal
b that ifStitution.
NO student shall represent the
-ersity in any student activity who
ct registered in the institution for
or more hours of new work.
1t shall be the duty of the eligi-
v committee in charge of each
of student activities to scrutinize
he first of November and the 18th
kpril the work of ali students who
candidates for a place in any stu
activity under its control Any
lent who is registered for more
ten hours work shall be ineligi-
to participate during the rest of
half year. if he has more than one
5litiO 49, ny student who is regis
d foI bs than ten hours work
be, debarred if he has not at
ed d Passing grade in all his work.
yided. Cd that the faculty can,
b the proper recommendation of
eligibility committee concerned,
It the right To participate during
pr part of the remaining half year
student who is deficient; and. 90
d deficiency caused by excused
nee from the university shall not
a student Ineligible until two
Ks have elapsed from the end of
period of excused absence. and
if he has failed TO remove the de-
ncy.
No student shall represent the
ersity in athletic activity who
already completed four years as A
ge student. Four years participa-
in regular preparatory or high
oil athletics shall not count against
student participating in college
e. eticSa In institutions in which
a co1ege and preparatory depart
. e maintained, a student shall
sliowed toNcompete for five years
Intercollegiate athletics without be-
Ing ineligible. provided that dur
the first of these years he was a
aratory student. Provided, that
asst r1le does not operate if eX post
Rule for Amateurs.
No student shall represent the
ersity IN any athletics who has at
time received either directly or in
tly money or any other consider
to play on any team, or pay for
: athletic services as professional
&c trainer, athletic or gymnasium
uctOr. or VINO has competed for a
ey prize or portion of the gate
ev in any contest, or who has
,eted for any prize against pro-
O anpap5;lytns1tae rule, the constituted
{orities shall discriminate between
deliberate use of athletic skill as
,ans TO a livelihood. and technical,
territorial or youthful infractions
rules.
No student shall represent the
ersity in any athletic activity who
id OF. receives directly or Indirect
nv money or financial concession
molument as a past or present
bensation for or as prior consider
or inducement to play in, or en-
hny athletic contest. whether the
Remuneration be received or be
by ord the instance of any or
kaspn. ct1mmittee or faculty of
sT ~l,yII'fty. or any individual
Candidates for positions on ath-
teams shall be required TO fill out
which shall be placed on file,
e a fun statement of their pre-
athletic records