The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05
CONFERENCE MEMBERS DIVIDED ON
NATTER OF 0UST|NC SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota State college offered a
resolution limiting membership To the
ro''"EcS OF Minnesota and the two Da-
k"taS. This would have barred In
thor college of DEBORAH. Iowa, from
further membership. The resolution
Was lost.
No Action on summer Baseball.
INC matter of further regulating
summer BASEBALL which WAS an mo
program for discussion. WAS passed ,,v
"l'hout amy action. none Of the rep
r"sehlatlVcs evidently having any de-
sire To start anything. Tho rule cx-
n.'u,ls l'aEers under the national
agreement from college baseball was
left intact. Playing with .seni-pro"
teams during the summer when school
IS not in session is permitted by tho
conference.
Several changes in the eligibility
rules with respect To preparatory stu
dents were made. Hereafter no
prep student can play on a college
team except in those colleges which
nave attendance OF less than 100 stu
uents IN the collegiate department,
ana men only after he has beer in
attendance and completed IL full wears
work. The rule which permitted one
year of play While Il preparatory stu
dent IN addition to the four wears of
play allowed an athlete was done
away with.
Hit Migrating Students Hard.
migrating students also were Sc
Nerely dealt with. Instead of the
rule reading that the PLAYER migrating
IRON ono college to another shall not
DE ellSlble in the particular branch of
a.hletlcs in which he participated. un-
I'll he has been in attendance for one
ttDnlDlptr form ~
reads that h" will not be eligible i'm
any branch of athletics until after he
mas been in attendance n. full year
-tlnieteS who have received a degree
or nave passed in enough hours to re-
celNe a degree from amy college in the
conference. also are barred from en-
tcring athletics i'm that or any other
college of the conference.
Ihere was Il prolonged discussion
aiso as to whether commercial sub
leGtS II music or art work should
be included in the requirements for
college credits in order to be eligible,
nut no action was taken. Tho pn1.-
pose OF the proposed changes was "a
par Out athletes who do not take :,
regular collegiate course leading 10
a degree.
.AssaiI Student Managers.
Stilden managers also were as
sailed 10y G. j. Hunt of Carleton and
others. and a resolution TO the effect
THAT all schedules and contracts made
between institutions should be au-
thorlzed and signed by the faculty d.
rector of athletics.
The mex annual field and track
meet of the conference will again be
held at Huron college, South Dakota,
the first Friday and Saturday of June,
1914, it was decided. Invitations al
so We're received and considered from
SIOUX Falls. $. d., and Aberdeen. 5.
d.. IL. W. Ewing of South Dakota
state college. Will Baird of Hamline,
and IT. II. Wood of North Dakota
Agricultural college were appointed a
committee to arrange for the meet.
Mr.. Ewing. e. J. Hunt Of Carleton,
and Fl. Fl. Wood were appointed a
committee to consider lists of officials
i'll all branches of sport.
HartwclI Named President.
DR.. George w. Hartwell of Hami,ne
university, was elected president Of
the conference for the next year.
Prof. Z. l.. Chandler of the University
OF North Dakota. vas reelected sc.-
rotary and treasurer. while Prof. c.
w. Hochsteter of Huron college, s.
d.. retiring president. was elected as
member of the executive committee
Gustavus A%dolphus college was adj
mitted to the conference by unan1,
nous vote. The institution was rep
by r. W. Hobart.
All Members Represented.
The meeting Saturday was the frs.
in the history of the conference
that every institution was represented.
Representatives from seventeen
schools AND colleges were present,
fifteen of whom held membership.
The institutions represented were:
Hamline. DIR. George w. Hartwcll and
Will Bair: Manchester. II. o. Burgess
and r. w. Plnmmer; st. Thomas. ga
Their John Dunphy. J.. w. Norton ana
Stephen O'Rourke; Carleton, G.. J.
Hunt and E. j.. Bozenhard: ST. OLAF.
o. A. Anderson and P. 6. Schmidt:
Gustavus Adolphus, F. w. Hobart:
University of North Dakota; Prof. e.
J.. Chandler; North Dakota Agricui-
tural college, III. II. Wood and +. L..
Thompson; Fargo college. T. o. Wan
ller: South Dakota State college. II.
w. Ewing, 6. A.. Starring; University,
Of South Dakota, Marshall McKusick;
Dakota Wesleyan university, H. 1.
Jones: Huron college, G. w. Hochstet-
Ter and r. p. Born; Yankton college,
II. H. Kerr; Luther college. A.. Nj.
Rovelstad and B. K. Savre; Aberdeen
Normal school, r. e. Nichols and
North Dakota State School Of Science,
Van I. Ward.