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Policies Specific
| BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 20.-For
| the first time since they began
meeting each other on the gridiron
in the 1870s. eight leading educa-
tional institutions of the East have
banded together to play football
under the terms of formal agree
ment, beginning next season.
They are Brown, Columbia, Cor
neil, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale,
Pennsylvania, all of which have
signed an agreement "for the pur-
pose of continuing college football
in such a way as to retain the value
of the game while keeping it in
fitting proportion to the funda-
mental purposes of academic life,"
it was announced today.
Freshmen were barred from var
sity competition and postseason
games were banned under two of
the stipulations of the agreement.
All except Brown have been rec
ognized unofficially as members of
the informal Ivy League and all are
members of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association.
All in Eastern Leagues.
With the exception of Brown all
are members of the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Basket Ball and Baseball
Leagues, but the agreement an
nounced today marks the initial
entrance of the institutions into
formal football organization.
| In the total life of the campus,
emphasis upon intercollegiate COM
petition must be brought into har-
mony with the essential educat tional
purposes of the institution the
| agreement said.
! In general terms, the problem is
one of avoiding the Well-recognizedI
eXcesses of intercollegiate football
while retaining and enhancing the
values which are known to lie in the
| sport"
George A. Brakeley, vice president
| of Princeton University and spokeS-
man for the signatory institutions
explained that the governing boards
are solely interested in the promo
ton of education and research in
this country and that they view
properly conducted intercollegiate
football as helpful phase of col
/ lege education.
| Any of the eight institutions may
withdraw one year after filing no
| tice of its intention to do so with the
administrative heads of the others
Amendments to the agreement must
have unanimous approval.
Free to Make Own States.
| The participating institutions are
completely free to arrange their own
schedules and are not obliged to play
each other.
They agreed:
! l. To cooperate through a Com
mlttee on Administration and
Committee on Eligibility.
| 2. To give prompt attention to
any actions or policies recommended
by the Committee on Administration
and abide by any policies and de-
ciSions which have received majority
approval.
3. That football schedules shall
not be arranged for more than two
years in advance and that they
shall not engage in postseason con-
tests or any contests designed to
settle sectional or other champion
ships
4. To provide complete informa-
ton to the Eligibility Committee
concerning all candidates for fresh
man and varsity football teams and
that no student shall be eligible
who is not in good academic stand
ing AS determined by the standards
of his institution. Students must
satisfactorily complete years work
/ at the institution they represent
before becoming eligible for varsity
competition.
Financial Aid Barred.
| The agreement stated that no stu
/ dent would be eligible who has re-
ceived financial support from any
source except from personal or fam
lily resources, in return for services
/ (other than of an athletic char
acterD rendered through employ
ment at normal wages, from schol-
arshipS awarded through regular
academic channels, or from Gov
ernment grants to war veterans.
Each institution will name a rep
resentative to the committee on
eligibility who is a full-time men,
Der of the academic faculty and who
is to help administer the rules of
eligibility set by agreement of the
participating institutions
In due time, the committee on ad-.
ministration is expected to make
recommendations concerning the
length of the playing season, the ex-
tent of spring practice, the timing
of the start of fall practice, the
proper place and treatment of
scouting, operating budgets and
ticket prices, and the off-campus
activity of coaches, such as broad
casting, writing for publication and
the Endorsement of commercial
products.
Harvard Man First Leader.
Under the terms of the agree
ment, the first chairman of the
Committee on Administration will
be the Harvard representative and
the vice president the Yale repre-
sentative. The Cornell representa-
tive will be the first chairman of the
Eligibility Committee and the Dart
mouth representative the vice chair
man.
The agreement, to become effec-
tive at the end of the current foot
ball season, was signed by President
Henry M. Wriston of Brown, Acting
President Frank D. Fackenthal of
Columbia, President Edmund E. Day
of Cornell, President John S. Dickey
of Dartmouth, President James B.
i, Conant of Harvard, President
George William McClelland of
Pennsylvania, President Harold w.