Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-05

OF Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield,
! Member of the Maine State Athletic
! Council
| Hon. Payson Smith, State superin-
| tendent of schools on Tuesday APP
pointed Franklin Fisher Of Lewiston.
George w. Cuff of Bangor, Prof. L. H.
Conant, principal of Westbrook High
school, Prof. William B. Jack, prin
cipal Of Portland High school, Prof.
John A. Partridge, principal of Fair
field High school, Prof. Stanley H. Old
ham, principal of the Maine Central
Institute at Pittsfield and Prof. George
H. D. L'AmoureuX, principal Of Trap
Academy at Kittery, as members OF
the Maine State Athletic Council for
the regulation of interscholastic ath-
letics through rules and regulations
and for the adjustments of the alleged
infringements of these regulations.
! The members of the council will meet
in 2 short time for organization and
Prof. L. H. Conant Of Westbrook High
school, who has taken a prominent
part in school athletics in this State
| fer q number of years will undoubted-
! ly be chosen as the chairman of the
council.
! During Mr.. Conant's third year as
principal OF the High school at Gar
diner he conceived the idea Of a State
wide movement for clean athletics.
After a great amount of correspond
encc, q meeting of the principals of
the larger High schools and academies
was held in Augusta and after con-
siderable discussion of the matter. q
permanent organization was formed
to be known as THE Maine Associa-
ton of Preparatory Schools of which
Mr.. Conant was elected president. A
set of rules was drawn up known aS
"Eligibility Rules for Secondary
Schools These rules We're to become
binding on the schools which Joined
the association and adopted them.
They have been adopted by about so
schools which includes all the sec
ondary schools in any way prominent
III athletics.
The Rules
The rules. which are still in force
today are as follows:
Article I. No boy shall be eligible
for any mterscholastic athletic con-
test who is not maintaining for the
current term the minimum require
ments of the school, of which he is a
member; provided. however. that the
minimum requirements shall not be
! less than 10 periods of prepared work
a week or its equivalent.
Article ii. New students. in order
to be eligible for football, shall enter
school within three weeks of the open
in. day; In order to be eligible for
bask etbaH and indoor track shall en-
ter before or during the first school
week after the Christmas season; in
order to be eligible for baseball and
outdocr track they shall enter before
March first.
Article III. A student is ineligible
to participate in any interscholastic
athletic contest who has represented
in athletics q Glass secondary school
or schools for four years.
| Article ". In al interscholastic
athletic contests each principal shall
furnish to the principal of the oppos-
| ing school, or his representative, GER
| titled list of approved players.
Last July at the Castine conference.
these rules were again discussed and
recommended to all the schools. They
have been adopted by various second
airy school leagues, including the Ken
nebec Valley League, the Bowdoin In
terscholastic League and others.
| At the Teachers State convention at
Bangor last october, the matter was
again brought up for discussion. 1t
was felt that the time had come when
an athletic council was needed to see
that these rules were properly en-
forced, to arbitrate disputes between
schools, to interpret the meaning and
propose amendments and additions to
the rules when needed.
| At the close of the discussion a reso-
luton was passed requesting the State
superintendent Of schools to appoint
such a board to consist Of seven men,
bers, three Of whom should be High
school principals, two academy prin-
cipals and two disinterested members.
Messrs. Conant, Jack, and Partridge
are principals of High schools, Messrs.
L'Amoreux and Oldham are principals
of academies and Messrs. Fisher and
Cuff fill the bill as disinterested men,
bers.
| The Schools
The following schools have adopted
the eligibility rules for secondary
school athletics:
Ashland High school, Bangor High
school, Bar Harbor High school, Bel
fast High school, Biddeford High
school, Brewer High school. Buxton
High school, Cony High school, Deer
! ing High school, Dexter High school,