6 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

 

CONSTITUTION

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KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I
Name

This organization shall be known as the Kansas State High School
Activities Association.

ARTICLE II
Purpose

The purpose of the Association is to approve, promote, develop and direct
activities and contests among its member schools in Athletics, Music, Forensics
and Debate, Typing, Scholarship and any other activities which the member-
ship may desire to sponsor. This purpose is to be attained through a plan of
unification in the administration of these activities and contests without
destroying the identity of any individual activity.

ARTICLE III
Membership

Section 1. Any public accredited high school in the state of Kansas may
become a member of this Association by its principal—the term “principal”
as used throughout shall be construed to mean the executive officer of the
high school—subscribing to the rules of the Association, and by the payment
of the annual dues for each member as hereinafter provided. The term “high
school” shall be interpreted to include the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grades.

NOTE: Hither the principal or superintendent may be the official repre-
sentative, according to the policy of the individual school.

Sec. 2. Any approved junior high school may become a member of this
Association by its principal subscribing to the rules of the Association, and
by the payment of the annual dues as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 3. In schools not maintaining approved Junior High Schools, teams
may be organized from the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, or any division
of those grades, and enrolled in this Association, for athletic purposes only,
as Junior High Schools. Schools enrolling in this Association under the pro-
visions of this section shall be subject to the Junior High School regulations.

Sec. 4. A private school of secondary rank may apply to the Board of
Control for admission and, upon payment of dues and the fulfillment of the
requirements designated by the Board of Control, shall be admitted to mem-
bership.

Sec. 5. Each school in joining the Association expressly agrees not to
contest with schools which are under suspension from the Association by
the Board of Control, under the powers given in Article 6, Section 1, or with
schools of other states which are similarly suspended from the associations of