The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-05
ONE COMMITTEE ON
RULES Is YALE IDEA
News Suggests That 1t Have
Power to Enforce Code at
All Three Colleges.
"NOT

NEW HAVEN. Nov. Accommodating on
the appointment OF n committee by the
Graduate Athletic Advisory Committee
Of Yale to confer with similar commit
tees from Harvard and Princeton with
a view to having a uniform set Of rules
adopted by the three universities. the
Yale News to-day not only advocates
the adoption Of such a code. but sug-
gests that 1t be enforced by n commit
tee composed of representatives from
all the colleges and not left to local
college committees 10 pass on.
The News deplores the athletic sltua-
ton that makes 1t necessary to draw
UP such rules, but does not believe h
II would be possible to conduct inter-
collegiate athletics without them. The
News says:
The ideal way to handle eligibility
matters. OF course. would be to have no
rules at all, to make the whole quea-
ton one Of personal honor on the part
Of every Individual who participates IL
athletics at the three universities. This,
we repeat, would he the ideal way. Yet,
without wishing to appear cynically IN
cllned or TO reflect in any way against
the integrity OF college athletics, We
doubt very much II he day ever comes
when such a system can be adopted.
Granting hat every athlete lived up %
what he believed was the proper code
OF honor. there Is such a great diversity
Of codes. Of infinite degrees OF laxity
and severity. among individuals that we
would be In "A worse state OF hodge podge
49,. -. HN Nlat ana rnnn might
consider In all sincerity to be entirely
In keeping with the standing OF an am
ateur another might consider "A Migrant
violation.
Slightly less ideal and slightly more
practical is the system of handling eligi-
bility matters TOY in vogue at Harvard.
Princeton and Yale. Definite standards
We each have, governed by definite rules
That they are adhered TO Is made a
question OF individual honor on the part
Of Zach university. Rut here the diff
culty comes again. The rules are alike
In spirit. but not IN letter; they ARE
based OH a mutual understanding and
on no intercollegiate agreement They
are open to various Interpretations, and
while We are confident that In every
case action Ii taken by Any one OF the
universities In all sincerity. obviously
tleTt must ut III III ssstdh '"NN VI
uniformity that actually endalIgers the
spirit Of friendly rivalry which exists
tive them.
I'VE reach this conclusion. therefore
That the rules should be the same at al
three universities. letter for letter. and
that to avoid all possibility of diverse
interpretations the power TO enforce
th.s, rules should he invested not In
separate allen committees at each uni
versity but in a permanent graduate
committee made UP OF representatives
of all three. This may not be the most
ideal way OF dealing with this somewha
p~erplexing question. but II would seen
to In by far the most practical AMI salts
factory.
The announcement that M graduate
athletic advisory committee appointed !.
special committee last night 10 take The
matter up this month with Harvard and
Princeton comes as welcome news. II is
to be hoped that. acting in concert with
Harvard and Princeton. they al settle
the question once and for ALL"