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On December 5, 1939, at a meeting of the New England colloges
for conference on athletes thirty colleges voiced anproval of the
following code:

(1) that coaches and athletic officials stop the practice of
attending school banquets, interviewing athletes and visiting prep schools,
(2) that if athlotes receive scholarships, they be based on scholarshi
cometitave avility end never given because of mere athletic ability, (3)
that all athletes, upon entering college, relate all sources of financial
aid, (4) that renorts of the athletes financial aid be available to the
public, and (5) that vhen the athletes! filed records show they have re~-
ecived financial aid from only those upon vhom they are naturally denendent
they shall be declared eligible in this respect by their collcges.

Their action will probably be sneered at by the racketecrs. They will
be called sissies and even hypocrites because they themselves do not practice
what thoy nreach. Most of us nover cxpect to sce subsicization, nor com-
petition for athletes climinated whether it be for football, basketball,
baseball or traci, but out and out professionalism will be destroyed within
a few years, Colleges were founded for educational purposes first and wiil
continue to be for that purpose, Athletics are secondary and coaches should
realize it. As a dcan of a large college said "Athletics are on the snot,

Athletic Directors and conches should read the code - Te shovid all
agreo that it is a step forward.

On Saturday, Decorber 9th Brown U,iversity played Clark University
in Worcester, Mass. Officials before the game had some misgivings when they
discovered that Clark had put on steel mesh nots on their baskets, which are
not permitted by the rules, What were the: to do if the Brown coach refused
to play. Last March Mr. J,hn Bunn of the rules corsittce brought up the fact
at our mecting that the rules absolutely defines the kind of cord that is to
be used for the net. He thought the rules were specific, althouzh the length
is not defined and he thought the stetement about nets should be definite.
Mr, Bunn finally said the rule is quite specific and leaves no lcovay.

The stcel mesh nets are a new development, and we hear that the
graduate manager of Clark says that they have been aporoved. All of us
coachos would like to know who apnroved them. Probably the rules committee
gave them permission to try then jut.

Tne Drow University coach did not kick a bit as he said that if
both teams used the samc kind of net it made little difference.

The Providence Journal vener printed a coment "It sounded like
bank night when tho boys start nopoing thom in because the 'rusic!
generated when the ball goes through is akin to that heard when some-
one dumps the jack-not",

Late in the gemo the Brorm coach enjoyed the music no end.

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