Evening star., 1937-02-01
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CODE IS S0FTENED
0ne.Year, Migratory, Five.
Year Play Limit Rules
Are Announced.
By the Associated Press.

Are Announced.
By the Associated Press.
HARLoTTESvILLE, Va, Feb
ruary 1.-The University OF
Virginia announced today
~ that students who qualify un.
der one year, migratory, and five-year
participation limit rules, and who are
in good standing academically. will
be eligible for intercollegiate athletes
A statement issued by the Board
OF Visitors also outlined provisions
aimed to guard against the awarding
OF any scholarships within direct
control" Of the university to students
primarily for athletic ability.
No mention was made of alumni
recruiting or outside aid in the reg
ulations drawn up for the State uni
versity, which for the past Is years
had been operating under rules set
up by the Southern Conference.
Virginia withdrew its charter men,
bership from the conference at its
December meeting. after contending
that the problem of subsidization had
become one Of institutional control
rather than conference control"
Scholarships Must Be Rated.
HE University of Virginia will
continue to observe the one-year
rule. the migratory rule and the rule
which limits athletic participa ton to
four years in a five-year period" the
board declared.
Any Of its regular students who
are sound physically. who are in good
standing academically. and who have
passed at least three.year courses in
the preceding session, will be eligible
for its varsity teams under these rules.
1T will continue to award its schol-
arships, loans and remunerative Jobs
to athletes and non-athletes alike
without preference to either.
The recipient of a scholarship
must have ranked in the upper hall
Of his class II he is q new student: and
ne must have passed on all his courses
Il he is an old student.
Will Assure Eligibility.
HE university will continue to ex-
ercise institutional control over
all aspects Of its athletic life which,
are within its control, with a view
single TO its welfare as an institution
for the education of all Of its students
The university will be prepared q
give assurance to all OF its competitors
Of the eligibility of each player under
its regulations
With this opening statement, the
board then defined under six concise
rules the newly created athletic reg
ulations.
The FIRST rule provides that each
member OF athletic teams pass a physi.
cal examination and the second covers
leaves Of absence which may be grant
ed squads in the various sports.
Rule three forbids foot ball teams
from playing games in other than the
home stadiums Of their opponents. ex.
cept in the case Of games with the
Navy and Army.
All Teams Are Affected.
THE fourth rule states the academic
requirements and attention l.
| called to the fact that members Of
various university clubs, deba atine
team. student publications, etc, mus,
also pass the same amount of work a.
athletic team members. 1t also pro.
vides that participation for one fresh.
man year and three years on the var.
sity must be made within a five-year
period.
Scholarships. jobs and subsidiza-
ton" are covered in rule five. 1t SAYS
in effect that all assistance within
direct control Of the university must
be open to athletes and non athletes
on an equal basis be awarded not
earlier than June / for the ensuing
academic year by a faculty committee
and must 60 to a student who ranked
in the upper half Of his high school
class.
Rule six provides that the athletic
director and coaches shall be chosen
and their salaries fixed by the rector
and the visitors Of the university.