The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-05
WASHBURN NEWS.

DR.. Ira D. Cardiff of Washburn return
ed yesterday from a meeting of the Kan
sas conference held at Enporta last Sat
urday.
I'VE had a good meeting he stated to
State Journal reporter. "Of the four
teen colleges in the conference. all but
Two were represented, and their repre-
sentatives were Snowbound, they
would also have been there
The most important work done by the
conference was the admitting of Camp
bell college to the conference, the de-
cision to join the National Collegiate
Athletic association. and the appointment
of a committee to take up the question
of eligibility, sending lists of eligible men,
and the pay of officials.
The National Collegiate Athletic asso-
citation is composed of the leading colleges
in the United States, Yale and Princeton
being the only two colleges of any i'm
portance which do not belong. The an
nual meeting of the association is held
during the Christmas holidays at New
York, though there is some talk of the
next conference being held at Chicago.
The Kansas conference will send a rep
Tesentative to this conference.
The committee appointed by the con-
ference consists of Lowman of K. S. A.
C.; Honhart of the Normal, and Cardiff
of Washburn and will meet here next Sat
urday night. The committee will take up
a number of problems confronting the
conference. Eligibility requirements and
the proper submitting of lists of eligible
men to the secretary of the conference
are bothering the conference since some
schools have failed to comply with these
requirements. The committee does not
propose to change the rules in this re-
spect but to submit some plan for prop
erly enforcing the present laws. 1t IS
probable that some plan of filming schools
who do not comply with the rules will be
decided on by the committee.
Another important matter to come be-
fore the committee is the pay of officials.
The Missouri Valley conference has a
schedule of rates for officials in the diff
ferent athletic games. No school is al
lowed to pay more or less than the pre-
scribed amounts 1t is probable that the
committee will recommend a schedule OF
rates similar to that of the Missouri Val
ley conference. The committee will sub
nit its report at the next meeting of the
Kansas conference which will be at Man
haitian about the middle of next May
when the Kansas state track meet takes
place.
The officers for the coming year are
Gustave Lund of Bethany college, presi-
dent; w. B. Wilson of Ottawa university.
vice president, and D. c. Schaffner of
College of Pnporia, secretary and treas
uTer.
An important meeting of the athletic
board of control at Washburn will be
held tomorrow night. Final action will
be taken on new constitution which will
be submitted to the students for their
approval. The question of a baseball
team this spring will be considered and
probably decided in the negative for the
simple reason that WaShburn has no
bali WIS will be awarded and the team
funds to equip a baseball team. Basket
viii meet the following day to elect a
captain for next year.
On Friday March 16, there Will be a big
athletic carnival at the Thomas gym
nasfum at Washburn. This promises to
be one of the biggest athletic events OF
the year and the seating capacity of the
gymnasium will probably be taxed to its
Utmost. The intersorority relay race will
be one of the big events of the evening
Each sorority chooses a relay team of four
men for a half mile relay race. Box1ng
and wrestling are new features at WASH
burn and exhibitions will be given In
both these sports. The program for the
Relay race-Faculty men VS.. faculty
women.
men girls.
Potato race-Girls-
Obstac Gle relay race-BoyS-
Rope climb-Boys.
High diving-Boys.
Boxing-Boys.
Wrestling-Boys-
Fence vault-Boys.
Sack race-Preps.
Three legged race-Sen1ors vs. Facuity.
Tp+erSoroi-itv relay race.