Association of Alfred Uuiverslty shall he
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President, Vice President and Secretarl, elected by tbe student athletic rouncil from among the councilors, and shall hold the same offices in the Association as in the council.
Section 2. To give centralized dIrection the Athletie Counell shall
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composed of twelve representutivI;s called councilor", elected by ballot, from tbe students of Col·lege and State School of Agriculture, one a man and one a woman from each of the upper classes, and twoundercIussmen from each of college and State School of Agri.
culture. Two weeks before the close of the State School {)f Agriculture each {)f the two schools shall elect its next year's councilors, two students eacb, from the upper classes
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College and one from the dunior class and one from the Freshman class in the Agricultural School. When the acting president {)f the council sball ha ve received the names of those elected, he shall call a meeting of the sl)!: members and they shaH elect their President, Vke President and Secretary, and organize the council for the ensuing year. The underclasB representatives shall be elected at the earliest time in the' fall practi- cable, and act during the ensuing year.'I'he term of office of the council sllall he- gin at the close of the summer session, The first meeting is at the call of the President, nnd subse!luently weekly meetings shall be Bn"anged. The chairman of the Faculty Athletic Committee, the Director of Ath·
letics. the coach and the Graduate or fac·
ulty manager are non·votlng members of 64
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the council, sitting in an advisory capac·
ity. Tbe business managers of tbe vartou~
departments and captains of the various teams sball attend council meetings at the .summons of tbe president.
'Section B. A member of the University Faculty sball be appointed by tbe council to bave cbarge of the Injury Fund, bls term of office to be three years.
Two assistant managers sball also be appOinted by tbe conncil, their terms of offiCe to be one year.
Section 4. Tbe graduate or faculty manager shall he appointed by tbe Alumni Ad\!sory Board on Atbletics from a list of three names to be submitted annually, or whenever It vacancy exists, by a majority vote of the members of the Athletic Associ·
ation and he sball bold office during the approval of tbe Advisory Board. In case no names are presented or tbose presented are unsatisfactory to the Board, an appoint- ment may be made by tbe unanimous vote of the Advisory Board. Tbe graduate or faculty manager shall be bonded to the Association to the extent of $500, The graduate or faculty manager sball receive such remunerations for his services and ex- penses as may be approved by the advisory board, and sucb remuneration sball be paid from any funlls received by the advisory board for the promotion of athletics. The grat'iuate or faculty manager shall also In·
vento~y all property and make account of wear and tear on equipment. The depart·
ment equipment shall be deposited wltb him and surrendered to the departmental man·
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ager on a regular account' hasis,to be held each seasonable yea r.
The Alumni Advisory Board on Athletks shall he responsible for all debts incurred lJy the association.
The Graduate or Faculty Manager shall he a member of the association and shall lie 'subject to th'e articles of the constltu- tiou. He shall submit at the end .of each term a complete finaneial report to the athletic association and to the Almnni Advisory Board on athletics.
The student manager of the different sports shall be assistant manager and sball act for 'the graduate or faculty manager either upon his request or during llis absence.
AllTICI,E IV-DUTIES OF OFFICIALS Section 1. The preshlent shall preside at meetings of the Association and of the Council. He can call meetings of the ('ouncn or of the Association, provided they be given reasouallie publicity. Four councillors or ten Association members can call a meeting of their res{)Cctive bodies by signed and posted notices.
Section 2. 'l'be Vice President shall as·
sume, the dutics of President during his absence. It is advisable tllat' either President or Vice President be n college or ceramIc school man due to longer ~es·
~ions.
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The Secretary shall keep the records of th(l Association and of the Council.Sectkln 4. The University faculty mem- ber in cbarge of the Injury fund sball be
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responsible for all money raised for "su~h
cause. Upon the consent of the counell he, shall make such paymenteas are deem- ed necessary:
The duties , of the assistant student managers shall be to raise money for this purpose.
Section 5. Any member of the "ouneil havin,g three consecutive unexcused absences shall be suspended from the coun- cil.
Section 6. The Athletic Council is the executive board of tbis Association. It shall direct tbe policies, grant tbe privileges and the franchises of this Association,' and determine the manner of granting the same and under due provocation evoke an;
privilege granted. .
. ~ection.1. All students who have par- tICIpated ill anyone intercollegiate game during the season shall meet at tile call of the retiring captain and elect the cap- tain for the ensuing year.
Section 8. Any stUdent of Alfred Un;-
;ersity paying the dues of the Association
IS eligible to vote in matters of business and shall be entitled to admission to the games under its auspices; and under reasonable restrictions imposed ~)y this Association, can become a participant in its games, and eligible to wear its hou- ors and insignia.
Section 9. The President, Vice Presi- dent and Secretary of the Association shall meet with the Alumni board and determine the respective parts in a future program
Section 10. The chairman of the facuity 67
committee on Athletics shall be a member of the Alumni board.
AIt'rICI,E V.-ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY ,Section 1. A candidate for a position on a team shall present himself to the chair- man of the Athletic Committee and sign the following declaration:
'Amateur Standing Card I Ilereiu assert that I never played. ath- letics professionally. I herein further assert tJ.at while in College, I will enter into no athletic contests other than those that appear on the athletic calendar of Alfred University, or such special cases as may be decided on their merits by the Athletic Com- mittee.
Section 2. Any student to be eligible to a team of this Association must be a bona- fide registered student, carrying a schedule during the term of at least ten hours' work a week in college; or 15 hours per week, during the term in the State School of Agriculture, and maintaining It at satisfactory grades.
Section 3. At the ooginning of each season the graduate manager shall file with each Instructor a list of names from whlcll the personnel of the team shall be chosen.
Names shall be added to or taken from this JIst only after tlle graduate manager ha~
'tlotlfied eacll Instructor of the change.
Section 4. If any student playing on an nthletlc team shall fall below a passing grade. the instructor s'hall notify the ('hair' man of the athletic committee of the same before the beginning of the following week.
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I n case the student shall be reported In two 01' more subjects he shall not pl1-rticlpate In any a..thletic contest until the instructor shall have notified the chairman of the ('ommittee th at the student' has attained a higher grade. When. the s(udent Is defi- cient In only one mbject, he may be allow- ed four weeks from the time that he Is re- ported to bring his work up to the pass- Ing grade hefore being debarred from the team. Instructors shall notify the com- mittee of the removal of such conditions as
soon as posslple.. ,
Sec; 5. The second. team shall consist of onlx ,those men who have regularly particl- pate<lln practice against the varsity. 'l'llesec- ond tel,lm shall be under the jurisdiction of thl! coach, and no group of men other than the above stated shall represent the Uni- versity In any form of athletics.
Sec. 6. The coach shall have complete juris- diction of the team In all matters of con- duct. He shall be required to suspend frOID the team for a time commensurate with the offense, any student guilty of im- moral, ungentlemanly or unsportsmanlike
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Sec. 7. No more than one game of basket- bail, baseball or football shall be' played In anyone week, by anyone of ,tbe teams making schedule, 'except when the team ('lln profitahly plaf ~. series of games on any one trip away· frO\1l home. Ext'<l games may he played on days when <;lasses are not in session. (See rules 3 and 4).
Sec. 8. The Facu:!ty permits the fMlow- ing teams 'to make a schedule: football team.
women's basketball team, men's basketball 69
team, baseball team, track team, tennis team, cross-country team and wrestH ng team; also the corresponding second team~,
and freshmen teams.
Sec. 9. Second teams shall not play out of town games.
Sec. 10. Fresbmen shall be allowed to play out-of-town games. with the consent of the .athletic council.
AH'l'ICI.E VI.-BY-LAWS OF BOARD GOV- ERNING INSIGNIA AND HONOUS Section 1. The major sports are Foot- ball, Basketball, Baseball, and Track. The minor sports are Tennis and Wrestling, . Section 2. Every .athlete who is entitled to a first team Insignia in either major or minor' sports; shall receive a certificate designating t'1e authority for wearing the letter. Tllis certifiea te shall be signed by the chairman of tile athletic committee (fac- nlty), the coach and the president of tile 'athletic council.
SectIon 3. The insignias for major sports 'are block A's, the football A to be 9" x 9", the basketball, baseball and tra<'k A's to be 9" x 7". All second team insignia for major sports are three incb block A's within a triangle.
Any athlete partiCipating In intercollegi- ate sports must play In one-half the playing time cad] season to win tbe major In- signia except on the approval of the Atb- letic Council after recommendations by tbe Coach. The managers of the different de- partments shall receive the major, insignia of Wat depllcrtment with an M aftached.
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Any person breaking a Track record shaH receive a track A.
Any man winning a first place, Or It"
equivalent In points in an intercollegiate track meet shall receive a track A.
Any athlete receiving a second team In.
slgnia for four consecutive years in the same sport, shall be entitled to wear
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e fir>jt, team insignia of that sport.Any Agricultural School men receiving second team inSignia for three consecutive years shall be eutit](~d to wear first team insignia of that sport.
Any athlete participating in an inter- collegiate tennis tournament shall receive a
tennis A. '
Any atblete winning at least 1 point in an intercollegiate track meet
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on recom-mendation of the Coach shall receive a second team inSignia.
The stndent trainer shall receIve a 9"
block A with a T attached.
Section 4. Class numerals are 3"
lIumerals awarded for participation in llt least half of three different interclass sports with the exception of track. The person must win at least one point in track t(>
ha ve it count toward bis or her numerals.
Section 5. Amendments to this constitu- tion can be made by a two-thirds vote after having been publislled in the Fiat Lux.
ARTICLE VII-MAKAGERS ,Manager&hips and assistant managers:cip"i, including trainers and cbeer-leaclers, for football, baseball, basektball, track, cross country, and tennis teams and interSCho- lastic meet shall be awarded by a board
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consisting of the Coach. the .Graduate Man·
ager and the president of the Atbletic As- sociation from tbe competitors.
1. Sophomores wishing to try out for managerships; must· report to tbe Atbletie Council wbo will turn bim over to tbe man·
ager of tbe sport.
2. At tbe enll of the year three (3) of these men are to be chosen by tbe board to act as assistant managers in their· respec·
tive spart, (3) tbree for each sport. the next year ..
3. From tbe assistant managers the manager for tbe following year is picked.