No. 5018 September 15, 1950 • CONSTITUTION AND RULES of The University lnteracholaatic League Bureau of Public School Service Division of Estenaion . PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN Publications of The University of Texas PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE E. J. MATHEWS A. MOFFIT C.H. EADS E. C. MOSSNER C.D.LEAKE E. S. REDFORD W.P. WEBB Administrative Publications E. J. MATHEWS F. L. Cox R. C. ANDERSON J. A. FOCHT L. L. CLICK B.GoNZALES The University publishes bulletins twice a month, so numbered that the first two digits of the number show the year of issue and the last two the position in the yearly series. (For example, No. 5001 is the first publication of the year 1950.) These bulletins comprise the official publica­tions of the University, publications on humanistic and scientific subjects, and bulletins issued from time to time by various divisions of the University. 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Additional copies of this publication may be procured from the Bureau of Public School Service, The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas at 25 cents per copy; in lots of 10 or more, 20 cents per copy. ~ Tiii •lllYIRllTY OF TllAS PRISI No. 5018: September 15, 1950 CONSTITUTION AND RULES of The University lnteracholaatic League Bur-11 of Public School Senice Diviaioa of E:m:teaaioa PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY TWICE A MONTH. ENTERED AS SECOND· CLASS MATTER ON MARCH t2, HU3, AT THE POST OFFICE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, UU2 The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through ~ community, are essential to the preservation of a f·ree government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire. Mirabeau B. Lamar TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CALENDAR -,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 INTRODU CTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 CHANGES EFFECTIVE 1950-51 ------------------------------------------------------8 CONSTITUTION Fees --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Officers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Organization ----------------------------------------------------------------------------13 Definitions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 Eligibility --------------------------------------------------------------------------------17 District, Regional, State Contests ------------------------------------------------22 All-round Championships -----------------------------------------------------------27 Expenses and Rebates ------------------------------------------------------------------28 Disputes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------29 Penalties --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Annual Meeting -----------------------------------------------------------------------31 Amendments --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 RULES IN LITERARY CONTESTS Debate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Declamation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Extemporaneous Speech --------------------------------------------------------------40 One-Act Play -----------------------------------------------------------------------------44 Story-Telling -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------50 Ready Writers Contest -----------------------------------------------------------------52 Spelling and Plain Writing ------------------------------------------------------------54 N"tiimber Sense ---------------------------~------------------------------------------------------57 Slide Rule ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------59 TypeWTiting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------66 Shorthand ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------70 Journalism --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------74 Picture Memory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------79 RULES FOR MUSIC COMPETITION Regional Competition-Festivals ---------------------------------------·-···-·----81 Elementary ·School Music Competition -----------------------------~ ----------95 RULES IN ATHLETIC CONTESTS The Athletic Benefit Plan ------------------~ -------------------------------------------96 Football --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------98 Boys' Basketball ------------------------------------------------------------------------------107 Girls' Basketball -----------------------------------------------------------------------------113 Tennis -----------------------------------··---------------------------------------------------------120 Volleyball ----------.------------------------------------------------------------------------------121 J-anior Boys' Track and Field Meet -------------------------------------------121 Playground Baseball ----------'-------------------------------------------------------------122 Track and Field -----------------------------------------------------------------------------123 Baseball ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------126 Golf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------130 APPENDICES I. Prizes in Final Contests ___ __ __ __________:_________________________________ __ 132 II. Schedule-Making -------------------------------------------------------------------133 III. Official Interpretations ----------------------------------------------------------136 IV. Price List of Bulletins ------------------------------------------------------------145 V. Scholarships ------------------------------------------------------------------------------151 VI. Results-1949 State Meets ----------------------------------------------------152 INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE CALENDAR 1950-1951 September 1.-Fees for 1950-1951 accepted-Constitution and Rules available for distribution. Keep membership receipt on file. NOTE--Urade schools need on1y register ane1 are not required to pay a fee. Septemoer 15.-Last day for filing acceptance of Football Plan. Septemoer 16.-Last day for meeting of District Football Committee to be called by Temporary Chairman. November 15.-Last day for filing acceptance of Boys' and Girls" Basketball Plan, and District organization. November 15.-0rganization of Districts for Spring Meet. November 18.-Last day 'for certifying Conference A and 6-Man District Football Champions. December 1.-Last day for filing Music acceptance cards. December 2.-Last day for certifying District Football Champions, Conferences AA, City and B. December 2.-Last day for filing entry in One-Act Play Contest. January 15.-Last day for paying membership fee. January 15.-Last day for filing ·entry in Journalism Contest. 'February 1.-Last day for organizing District Meets. February 17.-Last day for certifying Conferences AA, A and B District Boys' Basketball ·Champions. February 24.-Regional Boys' Basketball play-offs for Conferences A and B, and bl-district Boys' Basketball play-offs for Conference AA. Last date for certifying Conferences A and B District Girls' Basket­ ball Champions. March 1.-Last day for filing acceptance of Baseball Plan. March 1, 2, 3.-State Boys' Basketball Tournament. La&t date for certifying City Conference District Champions and runners-up. Regional play-offs for Conferences A and B Girls' Basketball. March 8, 9, 10.-State Girls' Basketball Tournament. March 9 and 10.-City Conference .State Basketball Championship. March 9 and 10.-First week-end for holding District Meets. March 15.-Last day for organizing baseball districts. March 31.-Last week-end for holding District One-Act Play Contests. April 7.-Last week-end for holding Area One-Act Play Contests. April 14.-Last week-end for holding District Meets. April 17.-Last date for filing entries in Regional Meet. April 21.-Regional Meets. May 3, 4, 5.-State Meet. May 10 and 11.-City Conference State Meet. May 15.-Last day for certifying District Baseball Championship in Conferences AA, A and B. May 28.-Last day for certifying District Baseball Championship in City Conference. Final date for determining bi-district champion­ships in Conference AA. June 4, 5, 6.-Conference AA State Baseball Tournament. Last day for determining Regional Championship in Baseball, Conference A, and bi-district Baseball in Conference B. June 6, 7, 8.-City Conference State lh1.seball T<,Y!H.'nament. INTRODUCTION What is now known as The University Interscholastic League was first organized in December, 1910, at the State Teachers' Meeting at Abilene. Each year since then it has been organized by a bureau of the Extension Division of The University of Texas. For the first year the .League's activities were confined to debates among the high schools affiliated with the University. The following year con­tests in declamation were added and membership in the League was thrown open to all the public white schools of the State below college rank. Subsequently there were also added contests in various fields, suited to schools of different types, until the present schedule of contests was made up. The League is an "annual" rather than a "perennial," to use the words of botany. It is in the form of a service offered annually by the Bureau of Public School Service, and naturally has a shifting membership from year to year. The membership, however, con­stantly increased for twenty-nine years, growing from 28 schools in 1910 to more than 6,000 during peak years antecedent to the outbreak of World War II. Meantime the vast consolidation program has reduced the number of schools perhaps fifty per cent, but membership has increased since the war closed. During the 1950-51 school year 2,506 schools joined the League and registered for participation in its contests. This League covers a larger geographical area, serves more dif­ferent types of schools, schedules a greater variety of contests, holds larger and a larger number of meets, and enjoys a greater school­membership than any similar organization in the United States. Its purpose is to organize and direct, through the medium of properly supervised and controlled contests, desirable school activities, and thereby assist in preparing pupils for citizenship. Competitions organized in a sensible way and surrounded with proper controls, have demonstrated their usefulness so often, have furnished so much inspiration to talented pupils in Texas for so many years, that we feel that the League organization should have the active co-operation of every school executive and of every school teacher in Texas, and that every school in Texas, no matter how small, should become an active member if it is at all accessible to interschool competition. Special attention is called to the following matters: 1. The rules published herein and citations to special circulars as well as notices in the "Official-Notice"·column of the Leaguer, are The University of Texas Publication considered notice to all League members. Ignorance of the rules cannot be plead in extenuation of any violation of the same. Immediately after the closing dat11 for payment of fees •ach year, there are usually a number of disappointed schools which have failed to make remittance within the time prescribed. They usually plead lack of notice. However, notice of the closing date has been pub­lished now for many years, and no exceptions are made. It is best to see that membership is paid at the first of the school year, and if, after a reasonable time, you do not receive a membership-receipt, address an inquiry to the State Office about it. Also be careful to obs.rve other dates listed in the League Calendar on the page following the Table of Contents of this bull11tin. 2. When a school joins the League it is understood that the terms and conditions of participation in the contests as set forth in this Constitution and Rules are to be-accepted and observed. It is under­stood that when disputes arise, they shall be settled by the commi'ttees and in the manner prescribed herein. It is realized that this is a voluntary organization and all conditions surrounding participation as laid down herein are freely accepted and that both the letter and spirit of the rules are to be observed with genuine co-operation and goodwill. 3. It will be noted that the forepart of this bulletin, pp. 9 to 31, co11tains the Constitution. Therein are to be· found all the general rules governing participation, schedule of fees, disposition of fees, definitions, eligibility rules, organization of the various meets, methods of settling disputes, and so on. The executive officers of .the school should be thoroughly familiar with this portion of the bulletin. Rules governing special contests begin on page 32. These special rules should be studied with great attention by the directors of the respec­tive events. For illustration, the teacher who is assigned League speHing by her principal, should make a special study of the spelling rules, and in case there is any part of them that she does not under­stand, she should write to the State Office of the League for interpre­tations. Again, the dramatics director should study the one-act play contest rules, and the basketball coach the basketball rules, and so on. In short, each sponsor should be an authority on the rules of the contest which he undertakes. 4. It will be noted that the preliminary meets are called "Dis­trict Meets." Great care has been taken to organize these · meets so that a minimum of travel will be required. Only schools of ap­proximately the same size are brought into competitive contact in these initial meets. This equality of competition is now preserved throughout the whole program, including Regional meets and the final State meets. 5. This bulletin is issued in time for distribution to schools by the opening of the school session in September. It is the best notice that we can offer of changes in rules, and the only notice that we can give of the contests that are offered in the District Meets. At­tempts on the part of any executive committee to change the contests nearly always result in serious dissatisfaction. For,illustration, sup­pose a school begins in the fall the preparation for a given contest expecting of course to be able to compete in it at the District Meet. On arriving at the Meet, however, it is found that the com­mittee decided in January or February that this contest was not to be offered. A dispute immediately ensues as to notice, the committee claiming that it gave notice and the school contending that the notice was not received. In order to prevent such disputes, and disappoint­ment of contestants, and to encourage schools to begin their prepara­tion early in the fall, the rules do not permit the executive committee of a given meet to change the schedule of-contests, or to alter their respective values in counting points towards all-round championship. 6. It is a mistake to suppose that the League program offers an activity for every pupil in the school. No extracurricular activity does that. If a considerable group of pupils and sponsors are inter­ested and put in honest work on an extracurricular activity that has sound educational substance in it, it is justified from an adminis­trative point of view. With such a wide program as the League offers, however, a large percentage of pupils, especially those in the smaller schools, find something offered which they can do well or learn to do well, and hence enjoy doing under the conditions of friendly rivalry which the Interscholastic League provides. R. J. KIDD Director, Bureau of Public School Service, Division of Ea:tension. IMPORTANT CHANGES EFFECTIVE 1950-1951 Article VII, Section 7. Change in Age Rule on juniors and seniors in declamation. One-Act Play Rules, Section 3, f. Plays appearing in last State Con­test may be produced in 1950-51. One-Act Play Rules, Section 7. Entry date changed to December 2 to allow time for organization. One-Act Play Rules, Section 7. March 31 final date for District One­Act Play Contests, April 7 final date for Area Play Contests. Boys' Basketball, Rule 28. Sets number of games per season. Girls' Basketball Plan, rules and regulations governing Girls' Inter­scholastic League Basketball. Golf, rules and regulations governing Boys' Golf. , •951 -1952 Article 8, Section 1, Section 19, 20, and 21. Picture Memory Contest Rules. Music, Change in Elementary School Music Competition Plan. CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ARTICLE I NAME This orgaqization shall be known as The University Interscholastic League. · It is organized annually under the auspices of the Bureau of Public School Service, Division of Extension, The University of Texas. ARTICLE II OBJECT The object of this League is to foster among the public schools of Texas inter-school competitions as an aid in the preparation for citizenship. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP SECTION 1. Any public white school in Texas that is below col­legiate rank and that is under the jurisdiction of, and receives appor­tionment from, the State Department of Education is eligible to mem­bership in this League; except schools for defectives and corrective institutions.• SEc. 2. To become a member a high school shall pay a member­ship fee to The University Interscholastic League, University Station, Austin 12, Texas, prior to January 15 of the school year for which payment is made. The payment of the fee entitles the school to membership only for the current school year. No fee is required of grade schools but they are required to register with the State Office prior to January 15 in order to be eligible to membership. The schedule of fees follows: •School membership I~ based on a school unit. or unite contained in a alnirle building. There is no membersh.ip coTering more than one school building. In cer­tain cues, however (see Article VII. Section 2). there is more than one member­ ship' in a single building. Moreover, schools compete as a unit. No composite teams are permitted, for which see Article VII, See. 8. HIGH SCHOOLS City Conference ------------------------------------------------------$30.QO Conference AA ------------------------------------------------------30.00 Conference A ----------------------------------------------------------20.eo Conference B ----------------------------------------------------------8.00 Junior High Schools --------------------3.00 Two-year High Schools ------------------------------------2.00 Schools which pay fees by post-dated checks are not enrolled or membership receipt issued until the check is paid. SEC. 3. The memlilership fee must be paid by every high school prior to January 15 in order to entitle it to enter any of the League meet.a. SEC. 4. In a city system of schools, each high school, each junior high school, and each grade school where the latter is under a separate principal, and is in a separate building from the high school and c'omprises the elementary grades or any subdivision thereof, shall constitute a separate member of the League. Except as specified in the rules governing the Music competitions, no pupil iri one sttch school unit shall represent an0ther in any contest. SEC. 5. Each school joining this League shall be entitled to a copy of the Constitution and Rules, and a year's subscription ~ The Interscholastic Leaguer. Upon request of the principal, or superin­tendent, each teacher having in charge the preparation of student.a for any League contest will be placed on the Leaguer mailing list free of charge. SEC. 6. Any high school that enters any of the contests of this League without having paid its membership fee shall be disqualified for the following school year, unless a satisfactory excuse for such failure is presented to the State Executive Committee. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS SECTION 1. The executive management and control of this League shall reside in a State Executive Committee, in the various District Committees, Regional Music Committees, and in an executive com­mittee for each region. SEC. 2. The State Executive Committee of The University Inter­scholastic League shall be appointed by the President of the Univer­sity. It shall be the duty of this Executive Committee to have ad­ministrative charge of the affairs of the League, to inaugurate new contests, to create new divisions, to set up plans of competition and promote the same, to prepare and distribute bulletins and other literature pertaining to its work, to co-operate with district and regional officers, and to decide disputes that are appealed to it from such committees, except the selection and decisions (·'~ judges, and excepting disputes in intradistrict football and basE':1 all and basketball contests, and intra-Regional music contests. Furthermore, it shall be the duty of the State Executive Committee to furnish official interpretations of rules. The State Executive Committee follows: Thomas H. Shelby, chair­man; Rhea H. Williams, R. J. Kidd, Emmette S. Redford, B. C. Tharp, C. A. Wiley, Thomas A. Rousse, Howard A. Calkins, A. L. Chapman. SEC. 3. Each region of this organization as designated in the Leaguer shall be under the general charge of an Executive Com­mittee to be appointed by the State Executive Committee, and shall consist of a Director General as chairman, a Director of De­bate, a Director of Athletics, a Director of Extemporaneous Speech, a Director of Declamation, a Director of }leady Writers and the Director of One-Act Plays. The foregoing constitute the voting members of the respective com­ mittees. It shall be the duty of such committees to have immediate charge of the contests in a given center; and to schedule final contests within date limits specified in the Calendar. The Director General shall have general charge of arrangements for the contests. The other officers shall have immediate charge of arranging for and conducting the contests respectively denoted by their titles. (For Regional Committees, charged with the duty of organizing and conducting the Regional Music Contest, see page 81.) Furthermore, it is th~ duty of regional committees to arrange the programs of their respective meets solely in the interest of the schools and participants, using just as little school time as possible, and necessitating just as little expense and travel. as pos­sible for pupils, their teachers and coaches. SEC. 4. The preliminary, or District Meets, which qualify for the next higher meet, shall be in charge of an executive committee made up of representatives of the member-schools in the District. It shall be the duty of the District Chairman to call a meeting of the Executive Committee in November for the purpose of organ­izing the district committee, naming a Director General for the meet and filing his name with the State Office. (See Section 3, of Art. VI.) It shall be the duty of such district executive committee to en­force eligibility rules in the district, to select the site and date for meet, to arrange for holding district meet for high schools, to arrange for financing them; to canvass schools for entries to such contests; to see that only those schools on official list furnished by the State Office are permitted to enter; to co-operate with the schools in effecting and promoting a district organization; to correspond with the State Office with regard to the interests of the work; to adjudicate disputes arising within the district, subject to provisions of Article XII; and in general to work toward making the contests worthwhile in and by themselves, regardless of subsequent contests. (It is suggested that in financing the meet, the town holding the meet raise funds so that it will not be necessary to charge contestants entry fees. An admission charge to contests is often made, and helps defray the expenses of the meet.) It shall be the duty of the Director General of the meet to select the judges and directors cf the contests; tot have available all the contest materials furnished by the State Office; tto work out the contest schedule and to have immediate responsibility for seeing that the meet is conducted in an orderly manner. Although the Director General is expected to exert every effort to notify all member schools in the district regarding the date of the meet, each school is responsible for ascerttaining the date. SEC. 5. The State Legislative Advisory Council of The University Interscholastic League shall be elected for four-year terms. Representation on the Council shall be as follows: one representa­tive from each Region in Conference AA; one from each Region in Conference A; one from each Region in Conference B; and two from the City Conference. Only superintendents, principals, and county superintendents are eligible to be elected to the council. Nominations for membership on the Council are to be made by mail ballot not later than September of each school term. The five persons receiving the greatest number of votes in each class from each region will be listed on the final preferential ballot submitted to the schools. In case of ties in nominations, nominees shall be reduced to five by lot. The annual meeting of the Council shall be held at Austin in November of each year. The duties of the Council shall be to consider and study all pro­posed legislation and recommendations submitted at the November and May meetings of member-schools and to recommend to the State Executive Committee legislation that it considers vital to the best interests of the League. ARTICLE V REGIONAL OFFICERS A directory of regions and executive officers is published under an appropriate heading in the Leaguer. ARTICLE VI ORGANIZATION OF .MEETS SECTION 1. List of Contests.-The League shall hold during the current· school year contests in the following: Boys' Basketball One-Act Play Football Playground Ball Journa~ism Ready Writers Music Debate Number Sense Spelling and Plain Writing Declamation Tennis Music Appreciation Track and Field Extemporaneous Speech Typewriting Shorthand Volleyball Six-man Football Story-Telling Slide Rule Baseball Choral Singing Girls' Basketball Picture Memory Golf SEC. 2. Dates for District, Regional, and State Meets.-The time for holding meets during the current school year shall be in ac­ cordance with the "Calendar" published on the page following the Table of Contents of this bulletin. SEC. 3. District Contests.-Only high schools certified to the District Director General and paid-up members of the League in good stand­ ing shall be permitted to enter the contests. After determining the time and place for the meet, the District Executive Committee shall ~nnounce the same. Publication in county papers at least one month in advance shall be considered due notice. Only the winners in the District Meets shall be eligible to partici­ pate in the next higher meet, as hereinafter provided in Article IX. District Organization: The last day for organizing the rlistrict for spring meets shall be February 1. The chairman of the old Dis­ trict Executive Committee shall serve as the temporary chairman of the district and he shall call a meeting of all participating schools in the district preferably during November, but in no case later than February 1. · At this meeting a District Executive Committee shall be created composed of faculty representatives from participating high schools. For a complete statement regarding the duties and authority of the District Committee refer to Article IV, Section 4. The State Executive Committee may merge or re-arrange district!! for improvement of the competitive set-up. SEC. 4. Regional Meets.-It shall be the duty of the Regional Executive Committee to hold Regional Contests in accordance with the schedule in Article IX, Sections 2 and 3, of this Con'stitution. All entries in Regional Meet shall be in the office of the Regional Director on Monday preceding the day of the meet. SEC. 5. Grade School Meets.-Any group of grade schools con­veniently located may organize its own meet. Principals of th.e schools so associated (or persons designated by them) shall constitute the Executive Committee. Contests offered grade schools for which rules are provided, follow: number sense, playground ball, ready writers, declamation, spelling and plain writing, junior track and field, playground ball, junior tennis, volleyball, picture memory, and story-telling. For schedule of points for computing all-round championship, see Article X, Section 3. Grade school meets do not qualify participants to any higher meet. SEC. 6. Contest Supplies.-Supplies, such as blanks, tests, etc., neces­sary for conducting meets shall be furnished from the State Office on requisition by the Director General. SEC. 7. Deadline for Regional Music Contests.-Entries in Regional Music Contests must be made twenty-one days before the date set for the meet. In all other contests, entries must be made ten days before the date set for the meet. The respective committees, however, may shorten the period. SEC. 8. Classification for Competition.-Schools are classified for Conference competition on the basis of "average membership" for the last four grades as found in "Table V" of the Superintendent's Annual Report. The following schedule is used in classifying and assigning schools to Conferences: City C0nference ------------------------------------------500 and up Conference AA ----------------------------------------500 and up Conference A ---------------------------------------------200 to 500 Conference B ------------------------------------Up to 2<10 (For Conference B and Six-Man Football, see Rule 3 of the Football Plan) SEC. 9. City Conference.-City school systems comprising five or more AA high schools may organize a City Conference District. SEC. 10. Advanced Classification.-High schools with an enroll­ment of 450-499 may be admitted to Conference AA by a three­fourths vote of the Executive Committee of the district to which application is made. High schools with an enrollment of 150 to 199 may be admitted to Conference A by a three-fourths vote of the Executive Committee of the district to which application is made. (For Conference B Football and Six-Man Football, see Rule 3 of the Football Plan, and .for Conference B Basketball, see Rule 3 of ~t>· ' °Bl.'61.cetball Plan.) The State Executive Committee may, upon unanimous recommenda­tion of any District Executive Committee, admit any school to a higher Conference. ARTICLE VII DEFINITIONS SECTION 1. High School.-A high school is one in which at least the time of two teachers, or the equivalent, is devoted to instruction in high-school grades. (See Appendix III.) SEC. 2. Grade School.-One or more grades below the high-school level, housed in a building to itself or with the high school, con­stitutes a separate school-unit in the League, registers with League Office, and is entitled to enter its contestants in the grade-school meet. (See Appendix III.) SEC. 3. Junior High School.-A junior high school is a unit in a school system organized as a junior high, whether or not it occupies a building to itself, and includes "most frequently the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary school and the first year of high school, departmentalized to provide for individual differences among pupils by permitting limited election of subjects, and marked by the introduction of some subjects usually taught in the high school." (See Appendix III, "Art. VII, Sec. 3.") SEC. 4. Conferences.-A term used in classifying schools as to size, as "Conference A," "Conference B," or "Conference AA," or "City Conference." (For basis of this division into Conferences, See Art.' VI, Sec. 8.) SEC. 5. Higher Class School.-A "higher class" school may be (a) a school with fifteen or more accredited units, (b) a school with as many as three units more than the school formerly attended, provided the latter school has less than fifteen accredited units. This applies in each and every contest regularly scheduled herein. SEC. 6. Advanced Classification.-This term is used to describe the special conditions under. which a school in one Conference may be moved into another Conference in one or another or in all contests scheduled herein and conducted under the sp.onsorship of this League. (For rules governing .such change in classification, see Art. VI, Secs. 8 and 9.) For advance classification in music competition, see p. 75. SEC. 7. Junior and Senior Divisions.-Pupils under fifteen and ten or over ten years of age on the first day of the preceding May shall be eligible to junior contests; pupils fifteen or over and under eighteen the first day of the preceding May are eligible to the senior division. (See Appendix III, "Art. VII, Sec. 11.") The University of Texas Publication SEC. 8. Composite Team.-A composite team is one the members of which are made up from different school units. No composite teams are permitted to compete in Interscholastic League contests, except as specifically provided in rules governing the music contests. , SEC. 9. College.-A "college" is any .institution offering work above that of a regular high school, as determined by the latest catalogue or course of study of the institution under consideration. SEC. 10. Event.-An "event" is a part of a . contest. For illustra­tion: Track and Field is a contest made up of fourteen different events. SEC. 11. The Bureau of Public School Service.-That part of the Extension Division of The University of Texas, which, in addition to other activities, serves as an organizing agency for the League. SEC. 12. The League.-The League is organized yearly and con­sists of those public schools (see Article III, Section 1) which accept the plan of competitions set forth in this Constitution and Rules by fulfilling the requirements set forth in Article III, Section 2. SEC. 13. Meets.-A "meet" is the gathering together of pupils for the purpose of engaging in scheduled contests. A "local" meet is one in which participation is confined to pupils of an individual school and generally for the purpose of qualifying contestants for the next higher meet. A "district" meet is one in which two or more schools in the same conference participate for the purpose of qualifying con­testants for the "regional" meet. A "regional" meet is one in which the winners from a group of "district" meets compete for qualifica­tion to the State meet. The "State" meet is the one in which regional winners compete for State Championships in contests scheduled in Article IX, Section 4, of this Constitution and Rules. SEC. 14. Credit.-A "credit" means a unit which the school counts toward graduation, not necessarily in subjects in which the school iB accredited by the State Department of Education. SEC. 15. Semester.-A "semester," in the meaning of Article VIII, Section 16, is one half of the long session during which a pupil may earn independent credit for scholastic work. SEC. 16. Term.-The word "term" is used herein to designate the period between the opening and the closing of school, usually from September to May. It is synonymous with "session," or with "long session" in institutions which have a "summer session." SEC. 17. Tournament and Round-robin.-The word "tournament" is used herein in contradistinction to "round-robin." It implies that several teams are assembled in a given place at one time for an elim­ination contest. "Round-robin" is used to describe a series of contests, either at one time or scattered over several. days or weeks or month&, in which each team contests with every other team, and the winner is determined on a percentage basis. · SEC. 18. Recruiting.-The term "recruiting" as used in Rule 6 (e) of the Football Plan and Basketball Plan means offering any in­ ducement, directly or indirectly to a football or basketball player to enroll in a given scheol. An inducement may be actual cash, remission of tuition, board or lodging, free transportation, a job for which remuneration is above that normally paid for such services,_, or other valuable consideration. SEC. 19. Enrollment.-In judging eligibility under Article VIII, Section 16, a pupil's enrollment period in a given semester begins with the day of his registration and ceases with his last day of attendance. In rules of the League which use enrollment as a basis for determin­ ing the number on a given team, count only those grades which vvill be eligible at the time of the district meet. Do not count pupils on total enrollment who will pass into an ineligible grade or graduate at mid-term. In classifying high schools for competition in League contests the number enrolled in the last four grades in high school is determined by the figures given in "Table V" "Average Membership" of the "Superintendent's Annual Report." SEC. 20. Dormitory School.-The term "dormitory school" means a school that is eligible for League membership under provisions of Article III, Section 1, and one whose students live in the dormitories of the institution. SEC. 21. Grades.-In all contests in the League, eligibility to which is on a grade basis, the eighth grade in a 12-grade system competes with the seventh in an 11-grade system, the seventh in a 12-grade S¥stem with the sixth in an 11-grade system, and so on. (See Ap­ pendix III, Art. VII, Sec. 1.) SEC. 22. High-school Team.-For purposes of interpretation in this Constitution and Rules, a "high-school team" is defined as a group .of players, any one of which has ever been used in an inter-school game which counts on League standing. SEC. 23. Disqualification.-The penalty of "disqualification" pre­ vents the offending school from qualifying for any League honors in only the contest in which the infraction of rules occurs. ARTICLE VIII ELIGIBILITY RULES The following eligibility rules shall apply to every contest held under the auspices of this League. School principals and superin­tendents are charged with the responsibility of seeing that these rules ·are strictly observed in each and everJI contest in which their pupils engage. The "Official Notice" column in the Leaguer is considered sufficient notice to all member schools concerning interpretations of rules. SECTION 1. Age Limit.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who, on the first day of May preceding the contest has reached or passed his eighteenth birthday. A contestant who is eligible under this rule at the beginning of any Interscholastic League season remains eligible throughout the season. (See Ap­ pendix III, under "Art.1~JIJ,5~ec. 1.") (Notice.-Effective P!ISO 1991, this rule will read: "No one shall take part in any contest in this League who, on the first day of September preceding the contest, has reached or passed his nine­ teenth birthday.") SEC. 2. Undergraduates Only.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who has been graduated from his school or other school of equal or higher rank, or who has sufficient credits to entitle him to a diplom~, except: A contestant shall not be barred by this rule who has been graduated from a school of less than fifteen accredited units (as recorded in the current Bulletin on Standards and Activities of the State Department of Education), and returns to take the advanced work in a high school having as many as thi;ee more accredited units; provided, that such pupil is an undergraduate in the school to which he or she returns or to which he or she has been transferred. (Note, however, Section 13, of this article.) (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 2.") SEC. 3. Scholarship Requirement.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who, at the time of the contest, is not passing, since the beginning of the semester or term, in at least three half unit credit courses (for which the contestant has no credit), to the date seven days prior to the contest. Provided, that a pupil in a grade below the high school shall be considered as fulfilling the scholarship requirement if he is passing in three fourths of the work offered as a normal student-load, and provided further, that in a school not offering a total of 720 minutes of recitation work per week a pupil may satisfy the scholarship requirement if he is taking the regular amount of recitation work for that school and is passing in three fourths of such work. (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 3.") SEC. 4. College Contestants Barred.-No one shall take part in any contest in.this League who, either as a substitute or as a regular, ever represented a college in any contest; or, who has ever attended a college as a regular stud,ent, "regular college student" meaning a student who has ever enrolled for as much as one college course. (For definition of "college" see Art. VII, Sec. 9; also note Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 4.") SEC. 5. Day Students Only.-The studies required in· these rules shall be taken during the day session of school. SEC. 6. Attendance.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who, at the time of the contest, has not been a bona fide regular attendant in the school-unit* represented for thirty calendar days immediately preceding the contest, or since the first day of the second week of the current school year; i.e., a pupil who enrolls after the first day of the second week is not eligible for thirty calendar days. (For attendance in city systems, see Article III, Section 4; also see Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 6.") SEC. 7. Competitions Outside League.-In all games or contests outside the League, and in so-called "non-conference" games, a League member shall abide by the rules and regulations of the League and be subject to the same penalties for infractions as if the contest or game were with another member of the League or as if the infraction were made in a regular "conference" game that decided League standing. (See Art. 13, Sec. 3, and Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 7.'') SEC. 8. Amateurs Only.-No one shall take part in any athletic contest in this League who has ever received money, or other valua­ble consideration for teaching, officiating, or participating in any athletic sport, or game, or who in any game outside of games played as a member of his school team or the Interscholastic "League has, within the last twelve months, competed on an athletic team with a paid player or contestants, or who for valuable consideration has allowed his name to be used for the promotion of any product, plan or service. Teaching, officiating or participating in the following games or sports for "valuable consideration" shall be considered as a violation of this rule: baseball, basketball, bowling, boxing, football, golf, rifle shooting, rodeo events, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, weight lifting, wrestling. Sports and games not mentioned above may be added to the list by the State Executive Committee upon one year's notice to the member schools. This rule does not apply to pupils who were under 15 years of age at the time payment for athletic services was made; neither shall it prohibit the acceptance of rebates on railroad fare in interscholastic contests fostered by institutions of higher education. The pen~lty for violation of this rule shall be forfeiture of eligi­bility for one year from the date of the violation. (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 8.") SEC. 9. Playing under Assumed Name.-No one shall participate in any contest of the League, who has ever contested under an •See definition of ••compoelte team," Art. VII, Sec. 8. assumed name in any contest, (1) conducted under the auspices of the Interscholastic League, or, (2) in which participation would affect his eligibility for contests conducted under the auspices of the League. SEC. 10. Certificate of Eligibility.-Before each game or contest in this League, each school shall file with the director in charge and upon demand shall furnish to the manager of an opposing team, a list of the contestants representing that school with the eligibility of such contestants certified to by the principal or superintendent. SEC. 11. State Winners Barred.-The winner of the State Cham· pionship (that is, first place) in debate (or member of the winning team), declamation, extemporaneous speech, number sense, or slide rule, shall not be eligible again in the contests in which the cham­pionship was won; and contestants awarded 100 per cent certificates in spelling are also disqualified from further competition in that cla~s and division in spelling. Contestants in Junior Declamation winning first place in Regional meets are disqualified from further participation in Junior Decla­mation in the class in which the honor is won. · SEC. 12. Double Representation.-The same contestant shall not be eligible to represent his school in more than one of the public speak­ing contests in the same year. Participation in the one-act play contest shall not be considered participation in a "public speaking event." SEC. 13. Changing Schools.-A pupil changing schools is not eligible in League contests whose parents (or guardian) reside out­side the school district, until he shall have been in attendance at the school or in the school system to which he changes for one year imme­diately preceding the contest; provided, such pupil is not barred under this rule who (1) changes from a school district* having less than fifteen accredited units to the nearest school in good standing with the League having as many as three more, or to the school having fifteen or more accredited units located nearest his home or the nearest one in his county, as measured by the public road, (2) lives with his parents or guardian and elects to change to any higher class school within 15 miles of his home. (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 13.") SEC. 14. One Year Rule.-A pupil who has represented a high school (other than his present school) or academy in either football or basketball is ineligible in both of these sports for one year in a school to which he changes, except a pupil who changes from a school which he has attended for at least one year having less than fifteen accredited units to the nearest higher class school (see Article VII, Section 10) to his home, or the nearest in his county. *"School district" as used in this rule means the district in which the parents of the pupil actually reside. A pupil living at home with his parents ~or guardian) and qualify­ing under the "exception" clause above, is eligible under this Section in any higher class school within 15 miles. A pupil changing from a training school conducted by a college to the local high school in which district his parents have lived at least one year, is not ineligible under this rule.* (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 14.") A junior high-school pupil who has represented his junior high school in football or basketball is ineligible in both of these sports in a school system to which he changes until he has been in attendance for one year. SEC. 15. Teachers lneligible.-A person who is teaching whole or part time is ineligible for any League contest. SEC. 16. Passing Grade Preceding Semester.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who did not attend school a major portion of the preceding semester and who did not completet at least three half units (see Article VII, Section 19) during the semester. A pupil who has been out of school a year or more is eligible under this section if he attended school a major portion of the last semester that he was in school, and completed three half units. A grade pupil in order to be eligible for participation in League contests must have attended a major portion of the semester or term and must have been regularly and unconditionally promoted at the last promotion-period in the school attended. Such a pupil who has been out of school a year or more is eligible under this section if he was regularly and unconditionally promoted at the last promotion­period in the school year during which he last attended school. A pupil who has been promoted conditionally from the grade school to the high school may still be eligible under this rule if he passed the last semester in the grade school, three grade-school subjects. (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 16.") SEC. 17. Minimum Penalty.-The minimum penalty for using an ineligible contestant is forfeiture of the contest in which the ineligible contestant participated. SEC. 18. Post-season Participation Forbidden.-No one shall take part in any athletic contest in this League who has ever participated in a post-season football game other than one duly. scheduled in the League championship series. SEC. 19. Eight Semester Rule.-No one shall take part in any con­test in this League after the end of the eighth consecutive semester following his first enrollment in the last four years of high school *This section shall not operate to render pupils ineligible when the school repre­aented has been abandoned or discontinued. tScholastic work to be valid PlUBt be work for which the contestant doea not already have credit. for as many as three half-unit credit courses. (See Appendix III, under "Art. VIII, Sec. 19.") Notice: Effective 1951-1952, this rule will read: "Ten Semester Rule.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League after the end of the tenth consecutive semester, following his first enrollment in the eighth grade. Sec. 20. Out-of-State Competition.-No ·one shall take part in any atheletic contest in this League who has competed either as an in­dividual or as a member of an athletic team in an out-of-state athletic con.test that has not been approved by the State Executive Committee. This rule does not apply to regular scheduled school games arranged by the school officials. (Effective 1951-1952.) Sec. 21. Athletic Try-Outs.-No one shall take part in any ath­letic contest in t'his League who has ever participated in a . college athletic practice session or tests for purposes of revealing, demon­strating or displaying athletic ability in any sport. (Effective 1951­1952.) ARTICLE IX RELATIONS BETWEEN DISTRICT, REGIONAL, AND STATE CONTESTS SECTION 1. District Meets.-Contestants selected by member­schools are entitled to enter the District Meets in events listed in Article VI, Section 1, to which they are respectively eligible. Entries in district meet must be filed with the Director General ten days prior to the meet. SEC. 2. Conference B Regional Meets.-Names of Regional centers and officers for Conference B schools will be published in the Leaguer. Conference B District winners qualify for Conference B Regional Meets, as follows: One debate team (composed of either boys or girls or a boy and a girl) One Senior Declaimer (girl) One Senior Declaimer (boy) One Junior 'Declaimer (boy) (No qualification of Juniors to State) One Junior Declaimer (girl) (No qualification of Juniors to State) Two Ready Writers One Extemporaneous Speech-girl One Extemporaneous Speech-boy One One-Act Play Three Track and Field Five Typing Five Shorthand Three Number Sense Three Slide ·· Rule First Place Winners in Senior Tennis* Entries in Regional Meet shall be in Regional Director's office on Monday preceding the day of the meet. SEC. 3. Regional Meets for Conferences A and AA.-Names of Regional Centers and officers for Conference A and for Conference AA schools will be published in the Leaguer. Entries in Regional Meet shall be in Regional Director's office on Monday preceding the day of the meet. District winners are eligible as follows: One Girls' Debate Team One Boys' Debate Team One Girl-Senior Declamation One Boy-Senior Declamation One Girl-Junior Declamation (Does not qualify for State Meet) One Boy-Junior Declamation (Does not qualify for State Meet) Two Ready Write:r,-s One Girl-Extemporaneous Speech One Boy-Extemporaneous Speech One One-Act Play One Girls' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division)• One Boys' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Girls' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) Three Track and Field Five Shorthand Five Typing Three Number Sense Three Slide Rule Two Boys' Golf Singles (Conference AA) Two Boys' Golf Teams (Conference AA) Although the Director General is expected to. exert every effort to notify all member-schools in the region of the date of the regional meet, the principal or superintendent of each school having qualified representatives is responsible for ascertaining the date of the meet. · SEC. 4. State Meets.-Winners listed below from regional meets in Conferences AA, A, and B shall be entitled to enter the State Meet held annually at The University of Texas on the first Thursday, Friday and Saturday of May; and winners of "City" meets listed •conferences A and B are merged Into one Tournament at the Regional Meet In Tennis. •Conferences A and B Tennis in all divisions are merged in the Regional Meet. below under "City Conference" shall be entitled to enter the City Conference State Meet held in one of the four cities comprising this Conference. A. Fro1n Conference B Regional Meets: One debate team (composed of either boys or girls or a boy and a girl) One Senior Declaimer (girl) i One Senior Declaimer (boy) (No qualification of Junior Declaimers to State) Two Ready Writers Two Journalism One Extemporaneous Speech (girl) One Extemporaneous Speech (boy) One One-Act Play Two Track and Field (but only one Mile-Relay Team and only one 440-Relay Team) Two Typing Two Shorthand Two Number Sense Two Slide Rule Tennis (Senior Division): From the merged Conference A and Conference B Tourna­ment the following: One Boys' Singles One Girls' Singles One Boys' Doubles Team One Girls' Doubles Team B. From Conferences A Regional Meets: One Girls' Debate Team One Boys' Debate Team One Girl-Senior Declamation One Boy-Senior Declamation (Junior Declamation does not qualify for State Meet) Two Ready Writers Two Journalism One Girl-Extemporaneous Speech One Boy-Extemporaneous Speech One One-Act Play From Merged Conference A and Conference B Tournament: One Girls' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Girls' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) Two Track and Field, but only first places in 440-Relay and Mile­Relay Two Shorthand Two Typing Two Number Sense Two Slide Rule C. From Conference AA, the following: One Girls' Debate Team One Boys' Debate Team One Girl-Senior Declamation One Boy-Senior Declamation (Junior Declamation does not qualify for State Meet) Two Ready Writers Two Journalism · One Girl-Extemporaneous Speech One Boy-Extemporaneous Speech One One-Act Play One Girls' Tennis Dqubles Team (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Girls' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) Two Track and Field, including two Mile-Relay Teams and two 440-Relay Teams Two Shorthand Two Typing Two Number Sense Two Slide Rule *One Boys' Golf Singles *One Boys' Golf Team D. From City Districts to the City Conference State Meet: One Girls' Debate Team One Boys' Debate Team One Girl Senior Declamation One Boy Senior Declamation Two .Ready Writers One Girl Extemporaneous Speech One Boy Extemporaneous Speech One One-Act Play One Girls' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Doubles Team (Senior Division) One Girls' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) One Boys' Tennis Singles Player (Senior Division) Two Track and Field, including two Mile-Relay Teams and two 440-Relay Teams •No rebate paid to Golf contestants. *Three Boys' Golf Singles One Boys' Golf Team Two Shorthand Two Typing Two Slide Rule Two Number Sense SEC. 5. Reports.-The Director General at the close of a given meet shall compile a list from the reports so furnished him, and forward to the Director General of the next higher meet. SEC. 6. ·Entries.-The superintendent or principal of a school win· ning representation to the next higher meet shall send immediately to the Director General an entry-list in due form giving the name of the school, the name of the contest, and the name of the contestants with certification of eligibility. Entries in Regional Meet shall be in office of Regional Director on Monday preceding the day of the meet. SEC. 7. Substitutions.-In case a contestant qualifying in a meet finds that he will be unable to attend the next higher meet, it shall be the duty of his principal or superintendent to notify the next place winner in the contest (except in track or field), who shall become eligible to represent his district or region as the case may be. No substitution is allowable in individual contests, except in Tennis, girls' singles; but local school authorities may make a substitution to fill a vacancy on a team, as in tennis doubles and debate, or in a one-act play cast. SEC. 8. Eligibility to Rebate.-Those attending the State Meet en­titled to rebate on transportation expense are as follows: (1) All winners listed in Section 4 of this article. (2) The Director General in each Regional center. (3) A faculty representative for each school qualifying con­testants entitled to rebate, and in case a mixed delegation of boys and girls, two faculty representatives, a man teacher for boys and a woman teacher for girls. (4) In case a given school has qualified representatives in tennis, literary, and track and field, it shall be entitled to rebate on three faculty representatives. SEC. 9. Lodging.-The State Executive Committee will undertake to provide lodging for all contestants and faculty representatives, aa specified in this article, at the final meeting of the League. The large number of contestants and faculty representatives proper renders it impossible to furnish lodging to parents, visitors, and those specified in Paragraph 2 of Section 8 of this article. •No rebate privileges In golf. ARTICLE X ALL-ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP* SECTION 1. Championship Optional.-There may be an all-round championship awarded .at the District Meet, at the discretion of the Executive Committee of the Meet. SEC. 2. Points by Defa·ult.-Points taken by default count towards all-round championship. (See Appendix Ill.) SEC. 3. Schedule of Points.-In district meets and in grade school meets, the championship in the respective conferences and in grade school meets, shall be awarded to the school which wins the highest number of points and at the•same time satisfies the requirement of Section 6 of this article. In determining the all-round championships, the points shall be awarded on the following basis, to-wit: Runner­Third Winner up Place Arithmetic (number-sense) ---------------------15 10 5 Choral Singing --------------------------------20 15 10 Debate --------------------------------~-------20 15 Declamation ------------------------------------7 5 2 Extemporaneous Speech -----------------------------15 10 5 High School Track and Field ----------------------------20 10 5 High School Playground Ball__________________________ 20 10 5 Junior Boys' Track and Field ------------------------15 10 5 Junior Playground Ball ---------------------------15 10 5 One-Act Play ----------------------------------15 10 Ready Writers --------------------------------15 10 5 Shorthand --------------------------------15 10 6 Slide Rule -----------------------------------------------------------10 7 5 Music Appreciation ------------------------------------------10 7 5 Spelling -----------------------------------------10 7 5 Tennis, Senior Doubles -------------------15 10 Tennis, Senior Singles -------------5 3 Tennis, Junior Doubles---------------------5 3 Tennis, Junior Singles --------------------3 2 Typewriting ----------------------15 10 5 Volleyball ----------------------------------------------------15 10 5 SEC. 4. Allocation of Points.-In computing points towards all­tound championship, points as above scheduled are awarded in each conference. For illustration: The first place winner in Ready Writers is listed above as receiving 15 points. This means that the winner of first place in each conference in Ready Writers is awarded 15 points, and so on with regard to each contest listed, and each place, as per schedule. In Typewriting points are given on the team score. SEC. 5. No Points for Last Place.-In .no contest or event shall second, third, or fourth place be counted if it is last place, as de­ *See Appendix III. The University of Texas Publication termined by actual participation in the contest. In case there P.l"e three entries in debate (for illustration) and one team defeats each of the others, the losers must be matched to determine second place, and this principle holds in any tournament. If a school participates in the drawing it shall be considered "actual participation" in the contest. SEc. 6. All-round Championship Requirement.-No school shall be eligible to the all-round championship that does not place in at least three different contests of those above enumerated and in both ath­letic and non-athletic contests.• SEC. 7. Division of Points among Schools Tied.-In case two schools are tied for first place, add first and, second place points, and di­vide the sum equally between the two schools which are tied, award­ing no second place points, the school ranking next to the two schools tied receiving third place points; in case two schools are tied for second place, add second and third place points, and divide equally the sum between the two schools which are tied, and award no third place points; and so on. In case two schools are tied for first place and two tied for second place, add first place points to half of second place points and divide equally between two schools tied for first place. Add all third place points to half of second place points and divide equally between the two schools tied for second place. Award no third place. ARTICLE XI EXPENSES AND REBATES SECTION 1. District Meets.-In district meets, the prizes offered and rebates of contestants and of judges shall be provided for as the respective directors may determine. Admission charges in any meet may be made when deemed advisable. If receipts exceed ex­penses of the meet the balance should be rebated to participating schools on a fair mileage basis. The Executive Committee of a Meet may collect a small entry fee, if other sources are insufficient to finance the Meet. SEC. 2. Fina.l Meet.-At the final contests the visiting contestants shall bear their own expenses in the first in.stance. The State Execu­tive Committee, however, shall devote from the amount received in fees in the current year, after defraying necessary expenses of the League not covered by University appropriations, to the payment of rebates on a mileage basis, computed on the mileage given by the Texas State Highway Official Mileage Chart.t The rebates shall be *In track and field a school has not "placed"' unless It wins at least third plaee in the meet as determined by total points. tin case town is not listed on mileage chart, county seat of county in which town is located is taken for computing rebate. Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 29, payable to the superintendent or principal 0£ each school which fs represented by actual participation in State contests and including faculty representatives from each participating school as provided in Article IX, Section 8.t Not more than five track contestants from any one school shall be entitled to rebate. The State Executive Committee may in its di.scretion limit, by clue notice, the number of delegates from distant points that shall be entitled to such rebates. Mileage will be taken as basis for computing rebates. A rebate of one cent per mile · per contestant or delegate has been customary. An automobile convey­ing five qualified contestants and delegates will thu.s receive five cents per mile for the trip to · Austin and return. Since the rebate will be on a per-mile-per-contestant basis, it will be seen that an econ­omy may be effected by bringing as many individuals as convenient in one car. It will be seen that district delegations may effect an economy by co-operation in providing automobile transportation to the State Meet. ARTICLE XII DISPUTES All disputes (except decisions of judges and referees of contests) &J!long the members of the League shall be settled by the appropriate executive committee. A district or regional executive committee may, if desired, submit a case in dispute to the State Execu­tive Committee for adjudication, except that the decision of district football and basketball committees in all disputes arising in connec­tion with the determination of the district championship shall be final. Others who feel that they have a just cause for complaint against any executive committee (except in football and baskethll.lt~ may appeal the case to the State Executive Committee for final 9'ii­cision; in which instance a written statement of facts shalli~')~ sented both by the appellant and by the executive committee'.t~Hei­with all documentary evidence considered; provided, that. a!ll'.p~sts must be made in writing within twenty-four hours afte:rtiilfe ~ontest. Eligibility protests, however, are not subject to the 24~x:Iliimit.atii:m. The representative of a school involved is disquatme'drrftrdlfiili!ittittg as a member of the committee in the adjudicatiMI 'qft ~llihlapal. · l" "b'l" f h dRniwolfol bn ~wdn;_'{;. In passing upon e Igl l 1ty 0 p1ayers t e lStrICt comm! ee ·fiw in a judicial capacity. A proper judicial approaclirr~N~& e~')1-ika­sonable notice (i.e., sufficient to permit aft')~~wei'btW~~r/es01\?ade or issues raised), an opportunity for a W#~Pin'tf,stiliww1fu?M~ decision based upon the evidence . pr~10! 2b11D0Tg C1hdifa110') .ab'ti:rnsl\ \o ,\'\'Os~n~sms,l .a .o:;i2 tRebate may be paid to such person as '8ftYb~.s1"'!i~l'if'b9fffH'n:~9~M the Superintendent of Schools. 1 The State Executive Committee shall have jurisdiction of all dis­putes arising between schools belonging, respectively, in different conferences. ARTICLE XIII PENALTIES SECTION 1. Suspension.-Any school that violates any of the eligi­bility rules of this League may be suspended from further competition in the League for a period of from one to three years in the contest in which the infraction is made upon presentation to the State Executive Committee of sufficient eVidence of said infraction. Football and basketball eligibility cases arising inside the district, however, shall be decided by the appropriate football and basketball district committee, as provided in Article XII and in Rule 6 of the Basketball Plan and Football Plan; but if, in the opinion of the district committee, the offense is of sufficient gravity to warrant suspension from the League, the district committee shall make such recommenda­tion to the State Executive Committee and transmit its -findings of fact in the case or cases, which the State Executive Committee shall consider in passing upon whether or not the offending school shall be suspended. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit the power of the State Executive Committee in making investigations and initiating proceedings against any member-school whenever, in the opinion of the Committee, there is sufficient evidence at hand to justify such action. SEC. 2. Mandatory Penalty.-A school that continues to use a contestant who has been declared ineligible shall be suspended from the League for a period of from one to three years in the contest in which the infraction is made, and all contracts with member-schools in this contest become at once null and void. SEC. 3. May Not PT,ay Suspended Team.s.-No school in this League shall engage in any contest with a suspended school, and any school violating this rule shall be suspended. This prohibition applies, of course, only to the contest in which the school is suspended. Scrub teams ~nd "B" teams of League member are governed by this rule. Schools under suspension in any contest will be listed in the Sep­ tember and following issues of the Intersch-01,astic Leaguer, Official Notice Column. SEC. 4. Records.-A school shall produce its records upon request by an appropriate executive committee, and ·refusal to do so shall constitute grounds for suspension ·from one to three years. SEC. 5. Limitation of Awards.-No member-school of this League shall be permitted to issue (and no pupil shall be permitted to receive) ,. 1<. . -, awards for participation in inter-school competition in excess of $10.00 (or equivalent in value) per year; except that, in the last year of a given pupil's participation, the school may increase the value of the award for such participation UP. to $15.00. Enforcement of this rule shall rest with the State Executive Committee, and violation of the herein provisions may be used as ground for suspension. This rule shall not be 'interpreted to prohibit the acceptance of.. medals and cups as tokens of achievement to contestants in meets · or tournaments provided the awards are made. by the organization, conducting the . meet or tournament. (See Official Interpretation, Appendix III, Art. XIII, Sec. 5.) ARTICLE XIV ANNUAL MEETINGS A meeting of representatives of member-schools shall be held at the State meets of the several conferences, and another meeting of the representatives of member-schools shall be held during the Annual Convention of the Texas State Teachers Association. At these meetings, matters pertaining to the League shall be discussed and recommendations made to State Legislative Advisory Council regarding any changes in the rules. Each member school present shall be entitled to one vote at this meeting, which shall be cast by the superintendent or principal. ARTICLE XV AMENDMENTS All amendments to the constitution and rules of the League shall be made by the State Executive Committee, provided, that all ma­terial changes in the eligibility and other rules which do not involve a question of University policy shall first be submitted to the mem­bers of the League at the annual meeting and to the advisory council for an advisory vote. In a case considered an emergency, the State Executive Committee may submit a proposed change for a referendum vote to the member-schools except that all changes in eligibility rules shall require one year's notice. RULES IN SPEECH CONTESTS RULES IN DEBATE 1. The Question.-The question for debate during the 1950-51 school year follows: . · Resolved, That social welfare benefits to the people should be extended by the Federal Government. 2. Representation.-The debating contest in the League shall be conducted in one division in Conference B and in two divisions in each of the other conferences, as follows: In Conference B, a school may enter one team which may I?e composed of two boys, two girls, or of a boy and a girl; In Conferences A, AA, and in the City Conference, a school may -enter in its district meet two teams, one of boys and one of girls. In case there are not more than four schools entered in a meet ·each school may double its representation. 3. Eligibility.-Each debater entered must be eligible under Ar­ticle VIII of the Constitution. 4. Eliminations.~The district championship may be decided by tournament or round-robin, as the District Committee directs.* At the Regional and State Meets the Championship shall be deter­mined by tournament procedure. 5. Choice of Sides.-In all contests sides shall be determined either by mutual consent or by lot, and in a series of preliminaries, choice of sides shall be made as soon as practicable after opponents for the next round are determined. 6. Coaching for Debate.-Aside from the bulletins furnished by the State Office, and other reading matter, the assistance furnished contestants in preparing debates shall not exceed the following: (a) aid in outlining the arguments; (b) citing sources of information; (c) cortecting errors in English; and (d) suggestions as to delivery. Whenever a debater quotes at any length the words of another, the fact must be plainly stated.' Proof that''either member of a debating team has received assistance other than as above specified, or that quoted matter is used at any considerable length without giving due credit therefor, shall disqualify such team for that year. 7. Coaching during a Debate.-In all contests the debaters shall be separated from the audience and shall receive no coaching while the debate is in progress. By "coaching" is meant viva voce or other prompting either by the speaker's colleague or by any other person while the debater has the floor. A debater may, however, refer to his notes. *Plan for arranging a round-robin contest is given in Appendix II. Plan is also given in this appendix for drawing a tournament. 8. No Cheering.-In order to guard against "rooting," no cheering shall be permitted during the debate, and the presiding officer shall see that this rule is strictly enforced. 9. The Time and Order of Speeches.-The time and order of speeches shall be as follows: MAIN Affirmative, 10 minutes. Negative, 10 minutes. Affirmative, 10 minutes. Negative, 10 minutes. REBUTTAL Ne1?ative, 5 minutes. Affirmative, 5 minutes. Nel?'ative, 5 minutes. Affirmative, 5 minutes. Either side may reverse the order of its speakers in rebuttal from that of the main speech; and either one of the affirmative speakers may take the closing rejoinder. The presiding officer shall disqualify any team either member of which ignores the second warning of the timekeeper and exceeds the time-limit. (Caution: The debate coaches and individuals compos­ing the teams should have a thorough understanding before the match is begun with the timekeeper concerning the signals which are to be given.) Contestant is allowed to finish his sentence after the second warn­ing of the timekeeper. 10. Judges.-The judges for the debating contests shall be three or other odd number, selected on the basis of capability and impartiality. The judges for the district contests shall be chosen by the district executive committee, subject to the approval of a majority of the schools concerned. The area and regional directors of debate shall select competent and unbiased judges for judging the district and regional tournaments, respectively. For the final contest at the University the judges shall be chosen by the State Executive Committee. The judges shall sit apart during a contest in order to hear the speakers from different parts of the auditorium. 11. Schools Represented Not to Be Krwwn by the Judges.-So far as possible, the judges shall not know the school a debating team represents, the contestants being designated as being on the "affirma­tive" or "negative" side, and this provision shall be followed at the State tournament. 12. Instruction to Judges.-A copy of the following instructions ahall be given ~each judge: "The judges, who shall sit apart during the debate, shall judge the contest as a debate, voting without con­sultation 'Affirmative' or 'Negative' on the merits of the debate, irre­spective of their individual opinions as to the merits of the question. In deciding which team has done the more effective debating, the ' judges shall take into consideration argument and delivery in both main and rebuttal speeches. In cases of doubt (that is, where the two teams ar~ about equally balanced) argument shall be stressed relatively more than delivery and rebuttal work more than the main speeches. Furthermore, the judges shall consider carefully the fol­lowing points: "(a) The debaters should show evidence of having done their own work. "(b) It is unfair to keep opponents in the dark as to the construc­tive case, in order to spring surprises near the end·of the debate. "(c) Canned refutation, in which a memorized series of possible arguments is culled over for declaiming in the rebuttal, should be penalized. " ( d) Mere declamation is poor debating, as it ignores the very nature and fact of discussion itself. "At the close of the debate each judge shall indicate his choice by ballot and deliver it to the presiding officer, who shall inspect the ballots in the presence of the representative of each school and an­nounce the decision." The director of the contest is charged with the responsibility of enforcing these "instructions" and only the most flagrant delinquency in this matter will be considered grounds for protest. 13. Qualification.-District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in ac­cordance with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. 14. Substitutions.-After a given tournament has begun, no sub­ stitutions on a team which begins the tournament shall be allowed. (See, however, Art. IX, Sec. 7.) 15. Debates Shall Be Public.-All matched contests in debate among members of the League shall be open to the public. This pro­vision, of course, is not meant to prohibit charging of admission fee. 16. No lnterruptioni.-The Chairman shall not permit any inter­ruption of any of the speakers during the debate. RULES IN DECLAMATION The purpose of the declamation contest is to incite competitive endeavor in mastering the thought of worthwhile selections and in acquiring the art of conveying that thought effectively to an audience. It will be noted that certain standards are set forth in the "Instruc­tions to Judges." These have been very carefully worked out, and represent the best thought and practice in the speec~ field, These standards, we hope, will not only serve the judge, but will also serve the sponsor as a guide in training pupils who are preparing for the contest. The values of training in declamation are universally ad­mitted, and may be found set forth in 1, 2, 3-order in any standard speech text. The point which we wish to emphasize here is that the League contests may be used to motivate training in this important art, to improve standards, to furnish helpful comparisons as between schools, and to stimulate intensive effort on the part of the pupils who choose to enter. 1. Divisions.-There shall be four divisions in declamation in the respective conferences, as follows: (a) Senior Boys, (b) Senior Girls, (c) Junior Boys, (d) Junior Girls. For definitions of the terms "junior" and "senior" see Section 7, Article VII. A junior may not enter the senior division, and a senior may not enter the junior division. Pupils under 10 years of age on the first day of the preceding May are sub-juniors and the State Office issues no rules for this group. Contests for sub-juniors are handled locally~ 2. Representation.-Each member-school shall be entitled to enter a declaimer in the appropriate division in the district meet of the Conference to which the school belongs. 3. Eligibility.-Each declaimer must be eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution. Contestants winning first place in Regional meets in Junior Declamation are disqualified for further participation in this division, see Article VIII, Section 11. If no more than four schools are entered in either division schools may double their representation in that division. 4. Declamations for Senior Boys and for. Senior Girls. ....-Declama­tions for senior boys and girls are'fundamentally orations. They are definitely not dramatic or humorous interpretative readings where characters are impersonated, or where a continuous dialogue between two or more characters is maintained. The declamations required in these divisions shall consist of prose selections lying in the general field of good citizenship. This requirement may be fulfilled by a selection dealing with (1) the fund~mental qualities or virtues neces­sary for good citizenship, (2) a story or exposition of noted events or characters that have contributed to the making of America, (3) selections commemorating Texas heroes, history, and progress, (4) discussion of a present-day public question or issue. In general, the subjects to be used are intended to lead the students to study the problems of our American system of government and to incite in speakers and hearers aspirations toward a better citizenship. Poetic quotations may be included in a prose selection provided the selection as a whole contains more prose than poetry. Humor may be included, but purely "funny" pieces will not be allowed. The pur­pose of these contests is to train pupils as public speakers and not as dramatic readers or mere entertainers. Therefore, a selection should be chosen which the speaker adopts as his own for the purpose of informing, convincing, or persuading the audience he is addressing on a present-day subject relating to the opportunities and duties of . American citizenship. 5. Declamations for Junior Boys and for Junior Girls.-AU dec­lamations for junior boys and junior girls shall be selected from the "Prescribed List of Junior Declamations,"* issued by the State Office, price 10 cents. The titles of the declamations shall be submitted at the drawing, and those not included in the Prescribed List shall be disqualified before the contest begins. 6. Length of Declamations.-No senior declamation shall exceed seven minutes in length. No junior declamation shall exceed five and a half minutes in length. (See Rule 11.) 7. Programs.-The order of speaking in all preliminary contests shall be determined by lot. After the contestants have drawn for places on the program, they should be placed in a room off the speaking platform or stage. They should appear on the platform or stage alone, deliver their orations and leave the platform or stage. The next speaker should then appear, other speakers following in like fashion until all declaimers have spoken. It is definitely recommended that all speakers do not sit on the platform for the duration of the contest. It is further recommended that declaimers not announce the author and title of their selections. Such announ.cements should be made by the Director of the contest in this fashion: "Speaker Number 5 has chosen for his selection, 'The American Flag,' by Henry Ward Beecher,'' or a printed program should inform the audience as to the number of the speaker, title and author of each selection. If there are more than nine entries in any one division, preliminaries should be arranged by the Director in charge, reducing the number in the final contest to six. 8. Programs of Final Contests.-A contest among the regional win­ners in each eligible division shall be held at the University during the State Meet, to determine first, second, and third place winners. The order of speaking at the final contest shall be determined by lot. Speakers will appear on the program according to the num­ber each has drawn. 9. No Cheering.-ln order to guard against "rooting," no cheer­ing shall be permitted during a contest, and the chairman shall see that this rule is strictly enforced. *This is the bulletin issued in 1947-48, No. 4735. Teachers wishing to use poems not on the prescribed list may send the poems to the Director of Speech Activities, Interscholastic League. If such poems are officially approved, a statement to that effect will be sent the teacher requesting the approval. 10. No Coacking.-No speaker shall be coached or prompted in any manner during the delivery of the declamation. 11. Timekeepers.-At each junior declamation contest there shall be a timekeeper, who shall notify the speaker and the presiding officer by ringing a bell, or by other signal, when the speaker has consumed the time-limit of five minutes, ·in which case the speaker shall be required to conclude in one-half minute. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to enforce this rule. At each senior declamation contest there shall be a timekeeper, who shall ~otify the speaker and the presiding officer by ringing a bell, or by other signal, when the speaker has consumed the time-limit of six and ·one-half minutes, in which case the speaker shall be required to conclude in one-half minute. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to enforce this rule. A contestant who continues speaking* after the final warning signal of the timekeeper at seven minutes, shall be disqualified by the presiding officer. ­ 12. Judging:-It is specifically recommended that a good critic judget be secured to judge all declamation contests. In case one good critic judge cannot be secured, three or any larger odd number of competent judges shall be used. The number and selection of judges shall be the responsibility of the Director of Declamation. 13. Protests on Eligibility of Selections.-Protests on the eligibility of senior declamations must be made, if at all, to the Director in charge of the contest before the decision of the judge is rendered. The Director shall submit the name of the selection and the number of the speaker to the judges for vote without consultation on its eligi­bility. Decision of judges on this matter is final. 14. Original Declamations.-Senior declamations written by stu­dents are eligible for use provided they comply with all above regu­lations. Such declamations are to be judged on exactly the same basis as any other declamation. 15. Ranking tke Contestants.-At the close of the contest each judge shall rank the speakers by numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc. If the jury plan of judging (three or more judges) is used, a speaker ranked first by a majority of the judges shall be awarded first place. (See Appendix III.) In case no speaker is ranked first by a majority of the judges, the contestant the sum of whose ranks is least shall be awarded first •A speaker shall be allowed to finish his sentence after the final time warning has been given. However, he shall not be allowed to continue his concluding sentence ind~finitely. tA good critic judge is one who, because of the general respect maintained for hia Judgment on the part of those concerned, i8 invited to rank and criticize according to the official League standards for this event, the achievement of those In this contest. He must be able and willing to evaluate orally and criticize conatructive!J the work of all contestants he judg,,.. place. The speakers receiving second and third places, respectively, shall be determined in the same manner, except that if two con· testants receive a majority of seconds or better, then the sum or ranks. shall be resorted to, and if the sums shall be equal then the tie shall be broken by the determination of judges' preference. The ranks of the contestants shall be computed either by the judges themselves or by a committee appointed for that purpose. (See Appendix III.) 16. Qualification.-Grade-school divisions end competition with the grade-school_meet; juniors in the high-school division end their competition at the regional meet. District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in accordance with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JUDGE These are the official standards to be used in judging all declama­tion contests. Judges are to be instructed by contest Directors to use only these Standards. Judges will note that two thirds of the effectiveness of the speaker will depend upon his ability to convince an audience that he has a real desire to say something of value. A mechanically perfect speaker evincing no real desire to communicate is never as effective as that speaker who is not so perfect in me­chanics but who indicates an enthusiastic and sincere urge to com­municate an idea to an audience. It is well to remember that "public speaking is heightened conversation." Judges must note that this is not a percentage plan. A judge shall not rank speakers by using exact percentages such as: Speaker No. 1, 92.5 per cent; No. 2, 89.9 per cent; No. 3, 87.2 per cent; etc. The percentages used in these Standards are merely to indicate the rela· tive importance of Mechanics of Delivery compared to Interpretation and Effectiveness in Declaiming. DECLAMATION JUDGING STANDARDS I. Interpretation and Effectiveness. Approximate value--70%. A. Desire to communicate. (This is a very important point.) 1. Did you feel the speaker had a genuine desire to com­municate ideas to an audience? 2. Did the speaker appear to have a real interest in what he said? 3. Did the speaker make you believe in his sincerity and enthusiasm as he delivered his declamation? B. Interpretation. (This is a very important point.) 1. Did the speaker give the audience the spirit, the emotional coloring, and the attitude toward the subject intended by the author? 2. Did the speaker present the idea of the selection in a clear, intelligible manner which the audience could easily under­stand? C. Directness. (This point refers chiefly to Senior Declamations. It is a very important point.) 1. Did the speaker talk to, and for, the audience, rather than to the floor, windows, or ceiling? 2. Was the declamation spoken in a direct, conversational way, or did it apP,ear to be a memorized recital mechan­ically presented? D. Suitability. 1. Was the selection suitable material for this student, or was it too simple, too complicated? 2. Did the speaker seem to understand the purpose the author had in writing the selection? II. Mechanics of Delivery. Approximate value-30%. A. Bodily activity. 1. Did the body assist the speaker in a natural way? 2. Did the body hinder the speaker by being stiff and un­responsive? · 3. Did bodily movements attract attention to themselves be­cause they seemed artificial? 4. Did bodily movements seem so much a part of the speaker that they were not obvious? B. Voice. 1. Was there too much or too little volume? 2. Was the pitch of the voice too high, too low, too monot­onous? 3. Was the quality of the voice generally pleasing to the ear?· C. Rate. 1. Did the speaker talk too fast, too slowly, at a monotonous rate with little variety? 2. Was there a variety of rate which resulted in emphasis of important points? 3. Was there a "sing-song" pattern, or a tiresome repetition of any pattern of speech? 4. Were the relatively unimportant words (articles, preposi­tions, etc.) properly suMrdinate to the more important words? D. Pronunciation and Articulation. 1. On the whole, were the words pronounced correctly and accurately? 2. Was there a noticeable use of colloquial, local, vulgar, or obsolete pronunciation? 3. Were the words used spoken distinctly without being affected or unnatural? RULES IN EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH This contest is perhaps the most valuable and practicable of all speaking contests for the average pupil in high school. The ob­jectives of the contest follow: (a) To encourage friendly competition among the schools in the study, preparation, and delivery of speeches of an extemporaneous nature; (b) To train students to think, organize their thoughts, and ex­press them clearly and convi_ncingly to an audience. Students should learn to think quickly and to "think on their feet"; (c) To encourage a study of our country's needs to the end that each individual may render the most effective service; (d) To show the value of a Speech course in the regular curricu­lum. Schools with a class in Speech have little difficulty in getting Rtudents to enter this contest; (e) To develop in students good speaking voices, leadership, co­ordination of bodily and mental activities as they affect the spoken word, self-confidence, and to realize the power of Speech; (f) To teach that "there is no loser in any Speech contest." (The judge may not declare you the winner, but he cannot take away from you the benefits which ~utomatically come to you from participation in a speaking contest.) (g) To encourage school officials to enter students in this contest for the good of the students, not primarily for the sake of winning a contest. It is useless, and often positively detrimental, to attempt to pre­pare students for this contest unless it is undertaken early in the fall and preparation made on the field of study outlined in Rule 8 below. Each contestant should keep a notebook and scrapbook, the notebook for outlines as they are made and used and for information gathered in discussion in class and in interviews with citizens who are informed upon one topic or another. The scrapbook should be reserved for clippings from newspapers and periodicals which con­tain later developments of the subject. · In previous years many schools. delayed preparation for this contest until after Christmas and hence forced contestants into unwholesome "cramming" which in most cases did more harm than good. Teachers are earnestly warned that unless the preparation for the contest may be made gradually and in a systematic manner, it is best to forego it altogether. 1. Divisions.-In each Conference there shall be two divisions in extemporaneous speech: (1) boys; (2) girls. 2. Representation.-Each high schOol that is a member of the League shall be entitled to enter in this contest one boy and one girl in the district meet of the conference to which it belongs. If no more than four schools are entered in either division, schools may double their representation in that division. 3. Eligibility.-Each pupil entered in extemporaneous speech must be elig.ible under Article VIII of the Constitution. Furthermore, only pupils in high school are eligible in this contest. 4. Topics.-The competition in extemporaneous speech during the current year shall be based upon current news. Sample topics shall be published from time to time in the Leaguer. 5. Drawing.-The Director in charge shall clip up the circular con­taining topics, leaving one topic on each slip. These slips shall be placed in a hat or other receptacle and each contestant shall be re­quired to draw out five slips. He may then take as his topic any one of the five slips so drawn. After the contestant has made his selec­tion and the Director in charge has duly recorded it, the five slips which he ha.s chosen shall be placed back in the hat and the slips mixed before the next contestant draws; and so on. If preliminariE!!' are necessary, the process shall be repeated for selection of topics for the final contest. The Director of the contest shall announce distinctly, and the judges shall understand clearly, the topic each contestant has chosen. (See Rule 12, "Announcement of Topic.") 6. Timing the Preparation Period.-It will be found convenient to provide at least two rooms for the contestants in extemporaneous speech. From room No. 1, in which the drawing occurs, the first speaker is admitted to room ~o. 2. If possible, assign a different preparation room for each speaker in order that he may have com­plete privacy in preparing his speech. He prepares his speech in this room and at the end of half an hour is sent on to the audi­torium to deliver his speech, the Director having, in the meantime, admitted other speakers at about five-minute intervals to the Prepara­tion Room, and so on until the contest is completed. Speakers may use magazines and other source material* to assist in preparing their speeches. A contest in extemporaneous speaking should be as nearly like a normal speaking situation in real life as possible. It is not the purpose of this contest to test the speaker on what he has read. This is a contest to indicate how well the speaker can organize, present and deliver his thoughts to an audience, based on what he has read. However, the speaker may not use notes con~ining more than 100 words when he. delivers his speech. See Rule 14. •sou.rce .material Is defined 1111 magazines, books, periodicale, newspapen1 or .clippings from such. TYPed, .written or mimeographed notes, speeches, or outline .are.·~Qt defined 1111 soui:~e :material,and cannc;>t be .taken into or .used in preparation roolD8. 7. Length of Speec.hes.-Extemporaneous speeches shall not be longer than eight minutes or shorter than four minutes. A time­keeper shall be provided for each contest who shall notify the speaker by ringing a bell, or by other signal, when he has consumed seven minutes of time. At the end of eight minutes the speaker shall again be warned by an adequate signal. Speakers who go over the time­limit shall be disqualified by the Director of the contest.* Speakers who do not consume four minutes of their time shall be disqualified by the Director of the contest. 8. Sources.-A daily paper and any of the many news-magazines will be helpful as sources in keeping up with "Current News." Schools wjll be kept in touch with available publications and lists of topics through the Leaguer. These magazines are particularly helpful: Time, Newsweek, Vital Speeches, Our Times, Scholastic, U. S. News, United Nations World, Current History. 9. Judging.-:It is specifically recommended that a good critic judget be secured to judge all extemporaneous speaking contests. In case one good critic judge cannot be secured, three or any larger odd number of competent judges shall be used. The ·number and selec~ion of judges shall be the responsibility of the Director of Extemporaneous Speaking. The Director of the contest should ~ certain that th€ judge or judges read and understand all rules and standards before the contest begins. 10. Ranking of Contestants.-The !'ame method of ranking con­testa~ts shall be used (in case three or more judges judge the con­test) as is provided for ranking contestants in declamation. 11. f'reliminaries.-In case there are more than ninP entries in i.ny meet in this event, there shall be held a preliminary which shall reduce the number for the final contest to six. In case this is neces­sary, a new set of topics shall be prepared for the final. 12. Announcement of the Topic.-The Director in charge of the contest shall announce the title drawn by each speaker. The Director must Ree that the judge or judges have these topics before the speakero; uegin to talk. The practice of having each speaker announce his own topic before. heginning to speak should be discouraged. 13. Qualification.-District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State· Meets in ac­cordance with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. •A speaker shall be allowed to finish his sentence after the final time-we.ming has been given. However, he shall not be allowed to continue "'conoluding the 1entence" indefinitely. tA good critic judge is one who, because of the general respect me.lnte.lned for his judgment on the pa.rt of those concerned, Is invited to rank and criticize according to the official League standard for this event, the achievemeni of those In thio contest. He must be able and willing to evaluate orally Rnd criticize con1tructively the work of all conteetante be judges. 14. ln.~pection of Notes.-The Director in charge of the contest shall not permit the .contestant notes exceeding 100 words in length for use in speaking. · INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JUDGE You are instructed that this is a contest in extemporaneous speak­ing, and you should bear this fact in mind when you arrive at your decision. Each contestant has been furnished with a list of topics half an hour before the contest began, and from this list he has chosen the topic upon which he will speak. During this half-hour he .has received no assistance from any one in the planning and organizing of his speech. Each speaker is to be judged on bis merits. NotPs shall not exceed 100 words, and shall be inspected by the official in charge of the "preparation room." You shall base your judgment upon effective ·extemporaneous speaking as defined below. "Extemporaneous Speech is applied to that which is spoken without the use of a manuscript, provided it.has not been learned by heart; the term does not exclud~ preparation, as does impromptu which ap­plies to that .which is uttered on the spur of the moment." EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING JUDGING STANDARDS Before arriving at your final decision in the ranking of speakers, please consider the following basic standards of effective extempo­raneous speaking: I. Effectiveness in Extemporaneous Speaking. Approximate value­55% • A. Desire to communicate. (This is a very important point.) 1. Did you feel the speaker had a genuine desire to com­municate ideas to an audience? 2. Did the speaker appear to have a real interest in what he said? 3. Did the speaker make you believe in his sir1cerity and enthusiasm as he delivered his speech? B. Directness. (This is a very important point.) 1. Did the speaker talk to, and for, the audience rather than to the floor, windows, and ce\ling? 2. Was the speech given in a .direct, conversational way, or .. did it appear to be a memorized recital mechanically pre­sented? 3. Did the speaker pay too close:attention to his notes? ··a .. . The University of Texas Publication C. Use of Language. 1. Did the speaker use vivid, definite words, and was his vocabulary adequate? 2. Did the language used by the speaker make his points clear to the audience? · 3. Did the speaker talk in a way which was grammatically correct? II. Use of Material. Approximate value--30%. A. Organization. 1. Was there a definite introduction, and did it catch the attention of the audience? 2. Was the Main Body of the speech organized so it was easy to follow the important points of the speech? 3. Did the conclusion clinch what the speaker advocated in the Main Body of his speech? B. Choice of Material. 1. Did the speaker stick to his subject? 2. Was there evidence that the speaker had done sufficient reading on his topic? 3. Did the speaker have a tendency to -generalize rather than discuss fully a specific topic? III. Mech>l.nics of Delivery. Approximate value--15%. For details see "Mechanics of Delivery" under Declamation, page 39. ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST Let these general objectives be kept in mind as directors and stu­dents participate in One-Act Play contests. It is the purpose of this work: (a) to encourage a friendly rivalry between schools on the basis that it is more important to do a good play well than it is to win at any cost; (b) to stimulate an activity which may be used to advantage during leisure time after graduation; (c) to encourage schools to enter the contest because of the enjoyment and values students receive rather than entering for the sole purpose of winning a trophy; (d) to foster an appreciation of good acting, good direct­ing, good plays, and to stimulate interest in contest dramatics; (e) to show the value of and the need fo'r teamwork and co-operation in any group effort; (f) to lose or ·win graciously knowing that fre­quently there is "victory in defeat"; learn to accept defeat as an indication that our efforts did not adequately reach standards of perfection; learn to win without believing we have reached perfection, and to accept the decision of judges without complaint or protest; (g) to encourage acceptance of the belief that dramatics has a Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 45· definite reason for existing in the curricula of our schools; (h) to show that contest play production is "a lot of fun" regardless of the outcome of the contest. "There are no losers in a One-Act Play con­test" because the advantages which accrue from participation far outweigh the mere winning or losing of a contest. RULES OF CONTEST 1. Representation.-Each high school that is a member of the League is entitled to enter a cast in its district meet in its appropriate Conference. If no more than four schools are entered in either division schools may double their representation in that division. 2. Eligibility.-Each member of a One-Act Play ·cast shall be eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution. Musicians off-stage, members of mobs, or other individuals making off-stage contributions to the play which are specifically called for by the script are con­sidered members of the cast and must be eligible. This does not include faculty members, janitors and such assistants who operate switchboards, shift scenery, apply make-up, etc. Only ten individuals will be eligible to receive lodging and rebate at the State tourna­ment. Records may be used for mob scenes, background music, etc. Eligibility refers only to actual participating students. 3. Eligible Plays.-The judge or judges shall be instructed to eliminate from consideration in judging: a. Plays requiring more than forty minutes in presentation. b. Plays that use other than the simplest settings and costumes. Only simple cloth cycloramas, simple box sets, and the simplest of exterior scenes can be used. Simple set pieces built es­pecially for any specific play must be provided by the school presenting the play. Space settings and functional pieces are permitted if they can be carried in an ordinary family auto­mobile or small trailer and can be used against. a cyclorama. Plays using no scenery at all are permissible. c. Plays that require more than ten individuals in the cast. · Double casting is permissible. d. Plays which require the use of a gun, pistol, or any other firearm in any way. A wooden model painted to represent a real gun is permitted. Discharge of a gun off-stage is not permitted, nor is the use of any explosive to represent the discharge of a gun allowed. e. Plays that use a curtain or blackout at any time during performance to make a major shift in scenery. This rule is The University of Texas Publication intended to eliminate long waits in a play. Shifts of one or two pieces on and off stage are permissible. A blackout or curtain may be used to indicate lapse of time, change of scene, or for a flashback. Such interim time shall be counted in the forty minute limit. Different imaginative settings are permitted. Example: "The Happy Journey." Spots and other simple lighting devices may be used. f. Plays not on the official prescribed list* issued by the State Office of the League, or that have not been granted an official statement from the State Office definitely approving the play. (Note that plays done in the State Contests last year may be produced this year.) 4. Timekeeper.-The Director shall appoint an official timekeeper and in case any play requires more than forty minutes in presenta­tion, the timekeeper shall so notify the Director of the contest, who shall disqualify the play. In no case shall the Director of the contest or the judge serve as a timekeeper. The length of the play shall be determined by the time elapsed from the opening curtain to the closing curtain. 5. Faculty Director.-If a director of a One-Act Play in any school, is· not a regular faculty member, the cast is not eligible to partici­pate unless the director is formally designated for the work by recommendation of 'the superintendent and approval by the school board. 6. Qualification.-District winners in each Conferi;:nce qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in accord­an'ce with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. In con­gested regions the State Office will organize Area One-Act Play meets. 7. Entry and Selection of Play.-Schools desiring to enter this contest must notify the State Office and request an Entry Form. When this is furnished, the school shall fill in the information re­quested thereon and return to the State Office. · . No entries will be accepted for the current school year after December 2, 1.950. Acknowledgment of entry is mailed immediately upon receipt of entry in the State Office, and this acknowledgement ~hould be kept as evidence that entry was made by the required date. Area Meets.-The last date for District One-Act Play Contests will be the week-end of March 31. District winners may be arranged in Area Meets for the improvement of the competitive set-up. The.last week-end for holding Area Meets is April 7. One-Act Play Contests •A bulletin containing the titles of plays on the prescribed list will be sent to the supe~intendent of each hill'h school in the state ·in October. Copies of the list may be secured by writing to the Director of Speech Activities, Interscholastic League. AU.tin. T'l'{Bll. , . ; ; .. in District, Area and Region may be held ·at a separate time to other spring meet contests. The State Executive Committee may merge or re-arrange districts for the improvement of the contest. Note Section 3, ~rticle VI. 8. Critic Judge Recommended.-It is recommended that a critic judge* be secured to judge all One-Act Play contests. In case one good critic cannot be secured, three or any larger odd number of competent judges may be used. The number and selection of judges shall be the responsibility of the Director of One-Act Play Contests. The Director of the contest should be certain that the judge or judges read and understand all rules and standards before the contest begins. The decision of the judge, or judges, is final. See Article XII. 9. List of Properties.-Each school entering the contest shall pro~ vide the District Director of the contest with a complete list of heavy properties ten days before the date of the contest. Winners in dis­trict and in regional contests shall provide the director of the next higher contest with a list of heavy properties immedfately following the contest in which they are respectively declared to be the winners. 10. Prescribed List of Plays".t~A list of plays is sent to meml:ier­schools. All schools are required to use plays from this list. ·The only exception to this rule is the following: Any director wishirig to produce a play not on the prescribed list, may se.nd that play to the Interscholastic League Director of Speech Activities. If such a play is officially approved, a statement to that effect will be sent to the director requesting the approval. 11. Royalty.-No manager assumes any responsibility for payment of royalty. A school which presents a 'royalty play without having paid royalty ot received permission from royalty-holder shall be suspended from further participation in this competition for the remainder of the current school year. •A good critic judge is one who, because of the general respect maintainl!fi for bla judgrrient on the part of those concerned, is inv:ited to rate and criticize according to the official League standards for this event, the achievement of those in this contest. He must be able and willing to evaluate orally and criticize constructively the work of all contestants he judges. A list of recommended qualified critic judges may be secured from the Director ol Sveech Activities. tCopies of all plays on this list may be secured for examination from the Inter­ scholastic League Drama Service. No more than ten Plays wil1 be sent to one per­son at a time. They may be kept only nine dayg. Plays will not be sent to students. The plays lent by this library are for reading and examination purposes only. No part of any play or book lent by the Drama Service may be copied. Productiop. copies must be purchased from the publishing companies. Address requests to the Director of Speech Activities. Box H, University Station, Au8tin, Texas. 12. Drawing.-After the closing date for entries, t\J.e Director of One-Act Play is authorized to "draw" places for appearance of the casts on the program, and shall notify all competing schools of their places immediately after the drawing. 13. No Prompting.-There shall be no prompting during a per­formance by anyone who is off-stage or out of the acting area. 14. Program Copy.-The director of the winnirtg cast shall mail immediately to the Director of the One-Act Play in the next higher meet his cast of characters in program form and list of heavy prop­erties needed. 15. Judging.-Contest Directors may use one of two plans of judging. Where one critic judge is used, the "rating" plan shall be followed. Where three or more judges are used the "ranking" plan shall be followed. It is almost impossible to devise a method whereby three or more judges can use a rating plan successfully and, at ·the same time, select the play which will advance to the next higher meet. For that reason, when three or more judges are used, they shall not attempt to rate the plays, but shall rank them 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. "Rating" plan of judging: The following plan shall be used to judge all preliminary one•act play contests where only one critic judge is used: In each contest the judge shall first select one play to advance to the next higher meet. The other plays in the contest shall be rated as follows: Superior, Excellent, Good, Average. One or more plays may receive any of these ratings depending upon the decision of the judge. In addition to selecting a play which shall be eligible to advance to the next higher meet, the judge shall select from the plays receiving a Superior rating one play which shall be designated as an alternate. The alternate play shall advance to the next higher meet only in case the winning play cast does not find it possible to participate in the next higher contest. "Ranking" plan of judging: All contests using three or more judges shall be judged according to the plan which has been in effect as prescribed in "Declamation" rules. The "rating" plan is recommended over the "ranking" plan. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JUDGE These-standards were adopted as the official standards for judging Interscholastic League One-Act Plays and each judge shall judge the plays accordingly. This is not a point or percentage plan. The approximate percentages indicated are merely guides, and are not to be used to give plays exact percentage rankings. The standards were deVised to assist the judge as he evaluates the plays.. They are of value to dfrectors· 'as they prepare their plays for competition. JUDGING STANDARDS* I. Acting. Value: about 55%. A. Voice.-Could you hear the actors distinctly? Was the rate too fast or too slow? Was there a variety of rate' and inflec­tion? Was pronunciation and articulation properly done for each character? If dialect was used, was it done correctly and naturally? B. Characterization.-Was there a complete bodily and mental re-creation of the character by the actor? Did we "believe" the actor's characterization all the time he was on stage? (This point, Characterization, is a very important one.) C. Movement.-Were the movements of the actor in keeping with the character? Was there a great deal of. random move­ment? Was the pantomime accurate and convincing? Did the actor seem to have a well controlled, poised body? D. Contrast.-Were there clearly contrasting moods in speeches? Were emotional transitions natural and effective? Did the play seem to have a sameness or seem to be monotonous to watch? E. Ensemble.-Did you feel a smoothness of action which indi­cates teamwork among the actors? Was it a closely knit, rhythmically correct show? F. Timing.-Did the actqrs pick up cues rapidly? Did the movements of the actors slow down the tempo of the show? Were there "dead spots" in the production because of the lack of a sen_se of pace on the part of the actors? (This point, Timing, is a very important one. The timing of the individual actor combined with the general pace of the shew as determined by the director is a phase of production which is frequently done poorly by amateurs.) · G. Motivation.-Was there a clearly discernible reason for all business and movement by the actor? There must be a definite reason for each movement made on the stage. (This point, Motivation, is a very important one.) II. Directing and Stage Mechanics. Value: about 35%. A. Set.-Was the stage dressed to make an effective picture! Was the furniture used in a way which assisted, and did not hinder the action? (Since only the simplest sets us.ing cloth eyes, simple flats in a box set, and the simplest of exterior settings are permitted, the judge must disregard any other features except these two points.) Plays using any but simple sets are disqualified. (See Rule 3, Section b.) • Appreciation is expressed to Burns Mantle, Barrett Clark. Gilmor Brown, Lee Owen Snook, Glenn Hughes, R. L. Sergei. Theodore Johnson, Garrett Lever• ton, Allen Crafton, and Ernest Bavely for their aueeeations about this plan. B. Lighting.-Effective use of available equipment, if within the control of the director. Did the lighting effects blend harmoniously and unobtrusively into the action of the play? Were there effects which were so obvious that they called attention to themselves and took your attention away from the action of the play? (The use of elaborate lighting effects must be disregarded by the judge.) C. Business.-Were exits and entrances properly timed? Did the actors frequently cover or block each other? Were the actors properly grouped to give necessary emphasis to the right characters at the right time? Was the business adequate to bring out the idea of the play? (This point, Business, is a very important one.) D. Make-up.-Was the make-up in keeping with the character? Was it realistic and natural? E. Costume.-Were the costumes correct as to color combina­tions, period and character? (The use of elaborate costumes should be absolutely disregarded by the judge as he makes his final decision.) F. Tempo.-Did the play as a whole drag? Was it too fast to follow intelligently? Was the pace of the play in keeping with the general idea of the play? Was the tempo fast enough for farce? Did it tend to become slower for tragedy? Were the sub-climaxes and the climax well built up? (This point, Tempo, is a very important one.) III. The Play. Value: about 10%. Was it a suitable play for the members of this particular cast? Did the play challenge the abilities of the actors? Did it have a definite effect on the audience? (This point is not to be considered unless it is a neutral audience.) Was the main idea or the theme of the play brought out clearly! (The judge should realize that he may expect high-school students frequently to do some excellent work. He must know that high-school actors have possibilities as well as limitations.) The judge is instructed to pay little attention to the type of play selected. This is a contest in acting and directing, not play selection. The cast is not to be penalized in the final ranking because the play may not have, in the opinion of the judge, sufficient literary merit. · STORY-TELLiNG CONTEST 1. Divisions.-There is only one division in this contest and it is open to children in the second and third grades in Grade School Meets. 2. Representation.-Any member-school having an eligible con­testant is entitled to enter one contestant in the Grade School Meet. 3. Eligibility.-In addition to being eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution, only pupils in the second or third grades are eligible in this contest. 4. Director.-The Grade School Director General is authorized to appoint a Director of Story-telling. It is the responsibility of the Director General to request materials for holding the contest from the State Office. 5. The Story-teller.-The Director of Story-telling may serve as story-teller, or appoint a duly qualified person to act in this capacity. 6. Stories.-Stories to be told the contestants for reproduction before an audience will be furnished by the State Office of the League. The stories will be sent in a sealed envelope to the Director General, who shall transmit them to the person who is to act as story-teller on the day of the contest. Several stories will be sent, from which the story-teller may select one.* 7. Conducting the Contest.-The pupils who are entered in the contest shall be assembled in a room near the auditorium in which the contest is to be held half an hour before the contest is scheduled to begin. The story-teller shall then tell or read the story to the contestants, after having them draw for places on the program. Contestant No. 1 shall then be admitted to the stage of the audi­torium and shall tell the· story in his own way. When Contestant No. 1 has finished, Contestant No. 2 shall be admitted to the stage to tell the story, and so on until all the contestants have delivered their stories. The Director of the contest shall disqualify any con­testant who delivers a story other . than the one presented by the story-teller. The story-teller shall tell the story to the contestants only once. 8. Judges and btdging.-A qualified critic judge may be used or three or other odd number of judges may be chosen on the basis of competence and impartiality by the director of the contest. The judges shall be instructed to rank all the contestants on the follow­ing: a. Spontaneity, b. Originality, c. Naturalness of delivery. The ranks given by the judges shall be computed by the Director on the same basis as that.prescribed in the declamation rules of this bulletin. First, second, and third place winners shall be announced. The judges shall not be permitted to hear the story as it is told to the contestants. 9. No pro-mpting.-No contestant shall receive prompting of any kind. He is supposed to make up the plot in his own way if he forgets it. •For practice, teachers should use stories from any good children's books. Stories should be approximately three minutes in length. RULES FOR ACADEMIC CONTESTS READY WRITERS' CONTEST 1. Representation.-Each member-school shall be allowed to enter two contestants (two boys, or two girls, or one boy and one girl) in its appropriate Conference, at the District meet. 2. Eligibility.-Each pupil entered in this contest must be eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution. · 3. The Composition. a. Its Nature.-The composition is to be .expository in nature. Descriptive or narrative passages may be used, of course, to illustrate or reinforce an idea or point that is being explained, but they must be clearly subservient or incidental to the purpose of exposition. b. Its length.-The composition must not be over 1,000 words in length. 4. Method of Conducting the Contest.-Themes to be eligible for submission in this contest shall be written under the following con­ditions: a. Contestants in all divisions shall be assembled and distributed sparsely .over the room. b. Uniform stationery shall be provided by the respective con­testants, 8%xll inches (letter size), and the compositions must be written on one side in ink. c. The contestants shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with "1," the final number representing the total number of contestants engaging in the contest. Each contestant shall enter the number as­signed him in the upper right hand corner of first sheet of his manu­ . script and enclose it in parentheses. He shall then write on a slip of paper his number, county, school, his own name and his postoffice address, and enclose this slip in an envelope, which shall be sealed and attached to his manuscript when it is turned in to the Director. d. Topics for all divisions shall be furnished by the State Office to the Director General, who shall transmit them in a sealed envelope to the Director on the day of the contest. Five topics shall be fur­nished, all within the range of the average pupil's study, observation, and experience. The Director, or person designated by him, shall copy all five topics on the blackboard, and each contestant may select from this list the topic upon which he wishes to write. e. Each contestant shall write the subject he has chosen in full about two inches beneath the top of the first sheet and begin the body of his composition about an inch beneath the title. An inch margin should be left on the left of the page. The pages should be numbered in the upper left hand corner, unthout parentheses, to dis­tinguish the page number from the number assigned the contestant. f. The Director shall be responsible for preventing any communi­cation between contestants, or any reference on the part of con­testants to notes or ·books or printed matter of any character. He shall be the timekeeper for the contest, and when two hours shall have elapsed from the time he writes the subjects on the board, he shall collect all manuscripts; he shall give fifteen minutes warning of the time-limit, even though the contest is held in a room where a clock is clearly visible to the contestants. 5. Judging the Contest. a. The Judges.-Three properly qualified and impartial judges (exclusive of teachers whose schools are repre­sented in the contest in the class to be judged) shall be selected by the Director. b. Briefing the Judges.-At .some convenient time before the con­test begins, the Director shall discuss thoroughly with the judges the criteria for evaluating the compositions, making sure that they all have the same conception of those criteria and understand the rela­tive importance to be accorded each. c. Instructions to Judges.-Each judge shall be given a copy of the following instructions: (1) The Criteria for Evaluation.-The compositions are to be graded as to relative excellence in interest, organization, and correct­ness of style. While the judges are to take into consideration all three of these elements in selecting the most effective compos_itions, they shall stress the element of interest more than either of the other two, and the element of organization more than correctness of style. (a) Interest depends primarily upon substance, upon having some­thing to say that i.s worth saying because of its acuteness of analysis or its originality of thought. It depends next upon clarity, for no reader can be interested unless he understands exactly the writer's ideas or points. It depends finally upon treatment that is fresh, indi­vidualized, an outgrowth of the writer's character and experience. (b) Organization has clarity as its main goal. The plan of the whole composition should be such that each part contributes to an understanding of the writer's main idea or thesis, no part being misleading or unrelated to that thesis. The organization of each paragraph should be directed to the logical and full development of one idea. (c) Correctness of style is of two types. The first, and the one to be most stressed by the judges, is that based upon an attempt to achieve clarity of communication. Sentence-structure, punctuation, grammar, and word usage which hinder clear communication are thus to be considered incorrect. A less important kind of correctness is that which i.s based upon mere convention. Sentence-structure, punctuation, grammar, word usage, and spelling "errors" which do not hinder clear communication but which fail to conform to so-called "standards" constitute this type of "incorrectness." (2) Rating the Compositions.-Each judge shall read all of the essays .submitted in the class to be judged, and, without marking on the manuscripts, shall make notes upon the excellencies and de­ficiencies of each paper. He shall then rank them in order of their excellence: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The three judges shall then discuss the essay.s which each has ranked first, second and third, any judge being permitted to alter his ranking as a result, of the discussion. Each judge shall then give his final ranking of all papers to the Di­rector, who will determine first, second, and third places from the vote of the judges in the manner prescribed for ranking declamation contests. (3) Preparing the Criticism.-Before the results are announced, the judges shall prepare for the Director a composite criticism of each essay, stating its good and bad points. These criticisms need not be long, and they should be specific rather than general. 6. Announcing the Results.-Before the assembled contestants and other interested parties, the Director shall announce, at a time and place specified by him, the names and schools of the winners. 7. Holding the Criticism.-It is .suggested that immediately fol­lowing the announcement of results the Director and/ or the judges hold a critique on the contest. It may be profitable to read aloud the essay .awarded first place, and then present for discussion the criticism of the judges. Second and third pl~ce winner:s will be eager to know what, in the opinion of the judges, prevented their papers from being considered as good as the one ranked first. The feelings of other con­testants can be saved if relative rankings below third place are not revealed, and if the judges' criticisms are given with reference only to the number of the essays rather than the names of the contestants. Even those who were ranked low by the judges will appreciate hear­ing criticism of their papers if the person presenting the critique can arrange to talk privately with them. 8. Qualification.-District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in ac­cordance with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. · SPELLING AND 'PLAIN WRITING CONTEST 1. Divisions.-Divisions shall be made on a grade basis in 12-grade systems, as follows: (a)' Grades V and VI; (b) Grades VII and VIII; (c) Grades IX and above.* 2. Representation.-Each member-school is entitled to enter a team of two in each division for which it has eligible grades.t Thus *In 11-erade systems "VIII and Above." tin case a school has only one pupil in the eligible grades of a given division, the team may be completed by a pupil selected from the next lower grade. a Grade school having the usual eight grades may enter two teams, one in the division for Grades V and VI and one in the division for Grades VII and VIII. A high school may enter only one team; i.e., in the division entitled "IX and above." A team may be composed of two boys, two girls, or a girl and a boy. 3. Eligibility.-Each pupil entered in the spelling contest must be eliJZible under the rules set forth in Article VIII of this Constitution. 4. _Word Sources.-The sources from which words shall be taken for this contest in the respective divisions follow: Grades V and VI: League Spelling List, Grades V and VI, and "Spelling Goals" (State Adopted Text) for Grades III and IV. Grades -VII and VIII: League Spelling List, Grades VII and VIII, and "Spelling Goals" (State Adopted Text) for Grades V and VI. High School : League Spelling List for High School, and "Spelling Goals" (State Adopted Text) for grades VII and VIII.* Bulletin No. 5019 contains all three of the League spelling lists­see Appendix IV. 5. Test-Lists.-The State Office of the League shall furnish three lists to the Director General of each meet, the words therein given to be written from dictation by_contestants in spelling, a11 follows: a. Grades V and VI list shall be made up from sources prescribed above for this division, ninety words to be pronounced at the rate of five words per minute. b. Grades VII and VIII list shall be made up from sources pre­scribed above for this division, one hundred and twenty words, to be pronounced at the rate of six words per minute. c. Grades IX and Above list shall be made up from sources above prescribed for this division, one hundred and twenty words, pro­nounced at the rate of six words per minute. These three lists shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and deli't·­ered to the Director of Spelling by the Director General on the day 1et for the spelling contest. The seal of this envelope shall be broken in the presence of the contestants after they are assembled and ready to begin. 7. Equipment.-The contestant shall come to his appropriate di­vision provided with ordinary theme-tablet paper ( 8 lh xll), and with either lead pencil or pen and ink. 8. Homonyms.-The pronouncer should be careful to distinguish between words which sound alike but have different meanings. Thu11, if he pronounces the word "bass," he should be careful to say "bas1 drum," or "bass voice," to distinguish it from "base," meaning "low or mean." •It will be noted that assignments to State Adopted Text are in the nature of a review. 9. Monitors.-The monitors of the cont.est may, at the option of the Director, be appointed to see that the contest is conducted fairly. Contestants should be separated from each other as far as space in the room permits, and any attempt on the part of a contestant to copy from another should be noted by the monitors or pronouncer, who shall report to the Director, who may disqualify the contestant. 10. /dentification.-Identification of spelling papers shall be by number. The Spelling Director shall keep a list of all contestants, address, school, class, and division in which each is competing, and shall number the entries consecutively, assigning each contestant his appropriate number, which he shall be instructed to place on his paper, in the upper right hand corner. 11. Graders.-The papers shall be gathered up immediately after the close of the contest by the pronouncer and be delivered to the Director of Spelling, or person acting for him. He shall appoint competent judges to grade the spelling papers, none of whom shall be connected with any of the schools entered in the contest. 12. Team Grade.-The team grade is determined by deducting from 100 one point for each error made by each member of the team. 13. Winning Team.-The team making the highest grade is given first place; the team making next highest grade is given second place; and the team making next highest grade is given third place; and points are awarded according to schedule in Article X, Section 3. It is the duty of the Director of Spelling to mail all papers graded 100% in the district meet to the State Office for re-grading and award. Only the 100% papers should be sent, and they must be sent within ten days after the district contest is concluded in order to be eligible for award, which consists of the League Certificate of Excellence in Spelling and Plain Writing. In submitting these papers to the State Office, it is necessary for the Director of Spelling to identify each paper by writing thereon the name and address of the contestant, the name of the school represented and the class and division in which the pupil competed. 14. The Spelling List.-The publication referred to in these rules as "The Spelling List" is The University of Texas Bulletin No. 5019, and is entitled "Word List for the Interscholastic League Spelling Contest." The price is 5 cents per copy, 50 cents per dozen, and $3.00 per hundred, postpaid. INSTRUCTION TO GRADERS 1. The correct spelling of a word consists in writing legibly the letters which compose it in their proper order. 2. The first authority is the spelling list, which follows in nearly every case the first spellinc given in the latest edition of Webster's International Dictionary. S. In case any word is misspelled in any edition of the spelling list, that word.is not to be considered in grading the spelling papers. 4. The following faults* in handwriting shall be considered errors: a. An undotted "i" or "j" or an uncrossed "t." (A "Parker" "r" is admissible if i passes legibility test; also "final t.") b. A looped "i" or an unlooped "e" or "l." c. An "n" or "m" not curved at the top. d. A small letter beginning a word which rises as high as the two or three-spaced letters in the word or which rises as much aa one space above the other one-space letters in the word shall be considered a capital. e. An "o" not closed, or looped at the top. f. Furthermore, any malformed lettert or illegible letter, if considered out of its context, is considered a miss. A freakish affectation in writing, such as putting a circle instead of a dot over an "i" is considered a miss. [Note.-To determine whether or not a given letter is illegible, place a blank piece of paper on either side of it, thus separating it from its context, and then see whether or not the character may be identified.] 5. The misuse of an apostrophe or hyphen is considered a miss, and a mistake in capitalization is also considered a miss. 6. Words are to be pronounced in regular order in the lists fur­nished, and any word omitted is a miss. In cases where all papers omit the aame word, it is considered evidence that the pronouncer failed to give this word, so it is not considered a miss. NUMBER SENSE CON'l'EST 1. Divisions and Representation.-There shall be two divisions in this contest, one for grade schools and one for high schools. In grade school meets, each school shall be permitted to enter two contestants. In district meets, each high school shall be permitted to enter two contestants in its appropriate Conference. 2. Eligibility.-Each pupil entered in the Number Sense Contest must be eligible under the rules set forth in Article VIII of this Constitution. *Thia list of faults has been compiled from a study of thouaanda of paper• aubmitted in the State contests in spelling, and insistence by teachers OD stu­dents correcting these faults will do much, it is hoped, to improve the legibill~ of their pupils' writing. For illustration of these faults, see a special circular entitled "Writing Errors:' copy of which is sent free on request. tFor illustration of malformed letters which are conaldered errors, see "WritiDS Errors,'' a circular aent free OD request. The University of Texas Publication 3. Contest Problems.-The contest problems shall be furnished from the State Office to the Director General in a sealed envelope which shall not be opened until the contestants are assembled and ready to begin. The problems shall be of the same general nature u those contained in the League Bulletin entitled "Developing Number Sense." 4. Conducting the Contest.-During the contest, only the Director of Number Sense, and a committee . of three graders appointed by the Director General to grade the papers, shall be permitted to remain in the room. The Director in charge shall number the folded sheet, and keep memoranda of the name, address, and school of each con­testant to correspond to the numbers respectively assigned, so that the papers at the close of the test may be readily identified. The contestants shall be instructed not to unfold the test-sheets until the signal is given for the contest to begin. After exactly ten minut.ea another signal shall be given, and each contestant shall then be re­quired to rise and fold his test-sheet and be ready to deliver it to the person designated to collect the sheets. Each contestant shall be instructed to write his answer down immediately following the problem without attempting to solve the problem on paper, in accord­ance with instruction on the test-sheet. This is a test in .mental arithmetic, and only the results of calculations arrived at without the use of pencil and paper should be accepted. The Director of the contest may disqualify a contestant for violating these instructions. 5. Determining the Winner.-At the Close of the ten-minute pe­riod, all of the papers shall be collected and immediately placed in the hands of the graders, who shall carefully grade the papers, by the key, awarding each contestant five points for each problem solved. The sum of the points thus awarded shall be considered the grosa grade of the contestant. From the gross grade five points shall be deducted for each problem not solved or skipped. Those' problem• occurring after the last problem solved or attempted are not con­sidered skipped and hence no deduction for them is made. Second place goes to the contestant making the next highest net grade, third place to the next highest, and so on. An illegible figure shall be con­sidered an error, and the same test for determining legibility shall be applied as is prescribed in the Spelling Rules. (See "Note" to In­struction No. 4-F, page 56. All fractions in test papers must be reduced to lowest terms. 6. Assistance.-One copy of the bulletin entitled "Developing Num­ber Sense" will be mailed free (upon request) to each member-school. The bulletin contains a thousand or more number sense problems, which may be used in class-room drills. For price of additional copies, see Official List of League Publications, Appendix IV. The League also furnishes practice test-sheets at one cent per sheet, but no order filled for less than 10 sheets of a gi.ven test. . Starred prob­ Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 59 lems on test-sheets require only approximate answers, i.e., they per­mit 5% error; unstarred problems require exact answers. 7. Graders.-A committee of competent and unbiased graders shall be appointed by the Director General to grade the papers produced in the contest and report the grades to the Director of the contest. 8. Qualification.-District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in ac­cordance with 'schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. Competion for the grade-school division closes with the grade-school meet. SLIDE RULE CONTEST 1. Representation.-Each member high school in the University Interscholastic League is permitted to enter three contestants in the district meet slide rule contest in the particular conference to which the school belongs. 2. Eligibility.-In addition to satisfying the eligibility require­ ments for literary contestants as set forth in Article VIII of the Constitution and Rules, only pupils in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades in the eleven-grade school systems and only pupils in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades in the twelve-grade school systems shall be permitted to enter this contest. 3. Contest Problems.-a. All regular . contest and tie-breaking contest problems and corresponding answer-keys shall be provided by the State Office to the Director General in a sealed envelope which shall not be opened until after the contestants are assembled and are ready to begin the contest. b. The contests shall include all manner of problems involving only the following slide rule operations: multiplication, division, squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, and placement of decimals. c. The regular contest shall consist of approximately sixty problems of such difficulty that no individual is expected to complete them in the thirty minutes time allotted for the contest. On a given contest, the problems may be arranged in the order of slightly in­creasing difficulty. As a contestant progresses to the regional and ·state meets, he may expect to encounter an increase in the degree of difficulty of problem. d. The tie-breaking contests shall consist of fifteen problems .similar to those found on the regular contests. The time allotted for these tie-breaking contests is ten minutes. These tie-breaking contest problems automatically accompany the regular contest problem envelopes. ... . 4 . . Slide Rules Permitted.-Any type of standard slide rule is tpermitted· in the contest, whethel' it is straight ur circular, wooden, 'Plastic, qr metallic. If·the contestant desires, he may use more than · one slide rule during the contest provided that each slide rule used is of a standard make with no special accessories, such as additional indicators or special scales or markings. The use of any nonstandard slide rule or nonstandard equipment is prohibited. In the selection of a slide rule, let it be borne in mind that a quality instrument together with proficiency in its operation usually results in a winning com­bination, all other things being equal. 5. Conducting the Contest and Determining the Winners.-All slide rule contests shall be conducted under the following regulations: a. Up to three contest graders shall be secured from competent and unbiased citizens. These should be chosen in advance of the meet to enable the graders to familiarize themselves with the contest rules and method of grading. In advance of the contest, "Instructions for Graders for the Slide Rule Contests" should be obtained from The Universitv Interscholastic League, Bureau of Public School Service, The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas. The sample test and its sample grading are included in these instructions which all graders should study and understand before the contest, in addi­tion to reading the slide rule contest rules appearing in this Consti­tution and Rules. A copy of these instructions will accompany each set of slide rule contest papers to enable the graders to re-read the rules during the contest and have for ready reference during the grading of the contest papers. b. Since the performance of a slide rule contestant depends largely upon his comfort during the contest, care should be taken in the selection of a contest room and its equipment. Subject to their being available, either tables or desks with accompanying armless chairs (not stools) shall be provided for the contestants; these should not be of grade-school size but should comfortably accommodate high­school contestants. Since a very small minority of the contestants prefer classroom armchairs to desks or tables, a few classroom arm­chairs should be provided in addition to the desks or tables. c. Subject to its availability, at a position easily seen by all contestants, an as large as possible electrically-operated clock shall be provided to indicate silently the remaining time in the contest. No oral time warnings or blackboard remaining time notations shall be employed. If all the contestants agree to its absence, this clock may be omitted. ' d. At least thirty minutes before the actual beginning of the contest, the contestants, coaches, and graders shall be gathered to­gether in the contest room, and the rules shall be rehearsed. Free asking of questions shall be permitted to see that all concerned are agreed as to the manner of conducting the contest, the point system of grading, the method of breaking ties, and all other items con­cerning the contest. e. When the contest it about to begin, all individuals with the exception ~f the contestants, the slide rule contest director, and the Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 61 graders shall be excluded from the contest room; throughout the actual contest, only these individuals last mentioned may remain in the contest room. · f. The envelope containing the slide rule contest literature shall be opened and the sheet or sheets for tabulation of results shall be removed. These sheets provide a method of preserving the iden­tity of the contestants. The contest director shall number the folded contest papers on the outside and keep memoranda on above men­tioned result sheets of the name, address, and school of each contes­tant to correspond to the numbers respectively assigned, so that at the close of the contest the papers may be identified readily. g. The contestants orally shall be given the following last-minute instructions : (1) Write your answers in the dotted blanks provided to the right of each problem. (2) No oral time warnings or blackboard time tabulations shall be given; if you desire to see the amount of remain­ing time in the contest, you may refer to the large electric clock or to your own watch. (3) .If you finish the contest before the end of the allotted time, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this time to check your answers if you desire. ( 4) Keep your papers folded at all times except when told to do otherwise; this is particularly important while the contest papers are being distributed but before the signal to begin the contest has been given. (5) If you are in the process of actually writing down an answer when the quitting signal is given, you may com­plete writing down the digits of your answer; however, you will not be permitted to determine the decimal place­ment unless you already know its location before the quitting signal is given. (6) In solving combination problems involving successive steps, it is permissible for you to write down any succes• sive results. In fact, you may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the contest paper with the ex­ception of the dotted line answer spaces which are reserved for answer only. You may not use any additional scratch paper. (7) Use the actual decimal point to indicate decimal place­ment; do not use powers of ten. (8) Remember that if you skip a problem, you will be penalized five points. (9) During the contest proper, no questions may be asked or answered. r. After all papers have been graded and no ties remain in the first three places, completely fill out the remaining blanks on the tabulation of results sheet. Prepare a list of winners and their schools. s. Gather all contestants, graders, coaches, and other interested . parties in the contest room and announce the winners of the contest, ·· that is, the names of the contestants making the first three places and · their net scores. Contestants should be permitted to examine their · papers if they desire, but they are not permitted to retain them. Permit discussion concerning the contest. If it is evident that any errors have been made, correct them and be sure that all contestants are informed of their correction. t. Gather all used contest papers so that none may be retained by the contestants, coaches, or other interested party; these shall be destroyed. u. All unused contest pap.ers and answer keys may be distributed or destroyed by the contest director as he sees fit. v. The instructions for graders shall be retained for future use of the slide rule coaches. w. The tabulation of results sheet and the list of winners and their schools shall be given to the Director General. 6. Grading the Contests.-Adequate time for careful, accurate grading shall be taken. Accuracy shall not be sacrificed for speed. The State Office of The University Interscholastic League will pro­vide the graders with a list of the correct answers; this list shall be included with each regular contestant tie-breaking contest envelope. The grading of all papers and the determination of the net grades shall be double-checked to reduce the possibility of errors. For the sake of uniformity and freedom from argument, all grading shall be done according to the answers written on the answer key, even in the event of an obviously incorrect answer key if such ever is the case. The papers of all contestants in the district, regional, and state slide rule contests and in all tie-breaking contests shall be graded uniformly on the following basis: a. The first significant digit is defined as that digit other than zero which first occurs in the number. The first significant digit of 83.4 is 8. The first significant digit of 0.00428 is 4. b. Three significant digit accuracy shall be required on each problem. If the answer of a problem has just one or two significant digits, the addition of two or one zeros should be used to indicate accuracy to three significant figures. If the answer is 25, to indicate three significant figures it should be written as 25.0. If the answer is 0.04, to indicate three significant figures it should be written as 0.0400. c. The gross grade is the addition of positive points. The nega­tive or subtractive grading system shall not be used except in the two cases mentioned in Paragraphs 6e and 6m below. ) d. The maximum point value for any answer is 25 points; the maximum amount that can be subtracted' for any one answer is 5 points as indicated in Paragraphs 6e and 6m below. ' e. If the first significant digit in the contestant's answer is incorrect according to the range of acceptable answers given in the answer key, no positive credit shall be given for this problem; in this case five points shall be deducted from the contestant's gross grade. See Paragraph 6m below. f. If only the first significant digit in the answer is correct ac­cording to the range of acceptable answers given in the answer key and if the decimal point is placed correctly, a value of 15. points .shall be given for the problem. g. If only the first two significant digits in the answer are correct according to the range of acceptable answers given in the answer key and if the decimal point is placed correctly, a value of 20 points shall be given for the problem. h. If each of the first three significant digits in the answer are correct according to the range of acceptable answers given in the :answer key and if the decimal point is placed correctly, a value of :25 points shall be given for the problem. i. If only the first significant digit in the answer is correct according to range of acceptable answers given in the answer key and if the decimal point is placed incorrectly or pmitted entirely, a value of 5 points shall be given for the problem. j. If the first two significant digits in the answer are correct according to the range of acceptable answers given in the answer key and if the decimal point is placed incorrectly or omitted entirely, a value of 10 points shall be given for the problem. k. If each of the first three significant digits in the answer are correct according to the range of acceptable answers given in the answer key and if the decimal point is placed incorrectly or omitted entirely, a value of 15 points shall be given for the problem. I. An answer must be written in the space provided to the right of the problem before any credit shall be given for the problem; in this case where the answer has been written but in the incorrect place, the problem shall not be counted as having been skipped; see Paragraph 6m below. · m. The sum of the points awarded for each problem shall consti­tute the gross score of the contestant. From the gross score, 5 points shall be deducted for each problem skipped and 5 points shall be deducted for each answer in which the first significant digit is incor­rect according to the range of answers given in the answer key; the latter previously had been mentioned in Paragraph 6e. Those prob­lems occurring after the last problem solved or attempted are not considered skipped; hence no deduction shall be made for them. In the case of Paragraph 6e where a solution has been attempted and the answer has been written down but not in the correct space pro­ vided for answers, no deduction shall be made. A problem shall be counted as skipped if the contestant indicates that he has attempted a solution but has written down no answer; in this case five points shall be deducted for the absence of an answer. n. An illegible figure shall be counted as an incorrect digit. To determine whether or not a figure is illegible, place a blank piece of white paper on either side of it, thus separating it from its context, and then if the grader cannot identify the figure, it shall be counted as an incorrect digit. 7. Qualification.-District winners in each conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meet in accordance with the schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. 8. Graders.-A committee of competent and unbiased graders shall be appointed by the Director General of the meet to grade the papers produced in the contest and to report grades to the contest director. This committee generally should have three members, but in cases of a very small number of slide rule contestants in any one contest, one or two graders may be all that is necessary. The contest director should choose the graders in advance of the meet and should use every effort to induce the graders to familiarize themselves with the rules. See Paragraph 5a. 9. Assistance-a. Approximately fifty slide rule practice tests for use in the teaching of slide rule operations and in preparing the contestants for the slide rule contests are available from The Univer­sity Interscholastic League, Bureau of Public School Service, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Answer keys are available for each practice test. The cost of each test and its answer key is one cent per copy or ten cents per dozen. It is contemplated that each year additional slide rule practice tests will become available. Write the University Interscholastic League for an index of and information concerning these practice tests. b. In addition to the manuals available from the manufacturers of slide rules, the following three publications are recommended for additional aid in slide rule instruction: Dana and Hillyard, "Engineering Problems Manual," fourth edi­tion, 1947. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street, New York 18, New York. Approximately $3.25 per copy. This printed book contains approximately 29 pages of slide rule instruction in addition to approximately 384 additional pages of elementary general engineering problems and tables. Leach and Beakley, "Elementary Problems in Engineering," 1949. Stafford-Lowdon Company, P.O. Box 1658, Fort Worth, Texas. Ap­proximately $2.50 per copy. This lithographed book contains approxi­mately 19 pages of slide rule instruction and 70 pages of slide rule practice problems in addition to approximately 180 pages of ele­mentary general engineering problems and their explanation. The University of Texas Publication Ramsey and Haley, "How to Use a Slide Rule," revised edition, 1947, Bureau of Public School Service, Extension Building 103, The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas. $0.40 per copy, postpaid. This mimeographed publication consists of approximately 50 pages of slide rule instruction and 12 pages of practice problems. c. The use of slides and sound motion pictures is of great as­sistance in giving adequate slide rule instruction. The following two 16mm sound-on-film motion pictures are available from the Visual Instruction Bureau, The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas: SO 1950 "The Slide Rule," 25 minutes showing time, black and white. $2.50 rental charge. ·This film explains the parts and mark­ings of a standard 10-inch straight slide rule as well as the use of the C and D scales for multiplication, division, or a combination of the two. SO 1949 "The Slide Rule," 21 minutes showing time, black and white. $2.00 rental charge. This film explains percentage, propor­tion, squares and square roots in the use of a standard 10 inch straight slide rule. d. Large scale demonstration slide rules frequently are avail­able upon permanent loan or moderate charge from the following manufacturers of slide rules: Kueffel and Esser Company, Hoboken, New Jersey. Pickett and Eckel, Inc., 1111 South Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, California. 10. Additional Information.-Any additional information concern­ing the slide rule contests may be obtained from The University Interscholastic League, Bureau of Public School Service, The Uni­versity of Texas, Austin 12, Texas. TYPING CONTEST The Commercial Teachers Section of the State Teachers Association at its meeting in November, 1925, passed a resolution requesting The University Interscholastic League to undertake district and State typewriting tournaments for high schools in Texas. In cooperation with the College of Business Administration of The university of Texas, the League has conducted a series of county, district, and regional tournaments and a State Tournament each year since 1927. 1. Only Accredited S!!lwols Eligible.-This contest is open only to schools accorded credit in typing, according to the current issue of the State Department of Education bulletin, entitled, "Standards and Activities of the Division of Supervision," and which follow the time-schedule required by the State Department, viz., single-or double-period five days per week for thirty-six weeks during the year. 2. Representation.-Each school entering the contest shall be re­quired to enter two, as a minimum in the district meet. Schools having an enrollment of more than thirty in first year typing on January 1 shall add one additional pupil for every twenty or fraction thereof enrolled in excess of thirty. Pupils having had regular instruc­tion in typing prior to September 1, and pupils who will be graduated at mid-term are not counted on this enrollment. (For "enrollment," see Art. VII, Sec. 19.) 3. Eligibility.-Only those pupils eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution shall be permitted to enter this contest, and only those who have had no regular instruction in typing prior to Sep­tember 1, last. Section 13, Article VIII, does not apply to typing con­testants, provided the contestant is representing the high school nearest to his home accredited in typing. Each teacher entering a contestant must be certain that the contestant has had no typing in­struction before September 1, last. 4. Qualification.-District winners in each Conference qualify for regional meets and regional winners for the State Meets in ac­cordance with schedule provided in Article IX, Sections 1-4. 5. State Meet.-Those individuals qualified as indicated in the foregoing paragraph meet for a state championship tournament dur­ing the State Meet of the League. Contestants must have their machines set up in Waggener Hall 216 by 4 o'clock the afternoon preceding the contest. The director of this tournament is Miss Ruby Barham, of the College of Business Administration, The University of Texas. 6. General Rule.-The International Contest Rules for checking the errors are followed. The important points are herein set down and somewhat clarified to fit our particular requirements. These rules shall govern in all League typing meets. Every word omitted, in­serted, misspelled, or in any way changed from the printed copy shall be penalized. (An error in the printed copy may be corrected or copied as printed.) Only one error shall be charged for any one word except in case of rewritten or transposed matter, when one additionai error shall be charged for the rewriting or transposition, and, of course, one error for each error in the rewritten material. Each error due to faulty machines is to be pe,nalized. 7. Contestants Numbered.-Each contestant shall be given a number and that number placed on his contest-sheet, so that the identity of the individual is withheld from the judges until the awards are made. 8. Length of Test.-All tests must be exactly 15 minutes in length. Typing must cease at the closing signal, even if a word is not completed. If the contestant continues to write, his paper shall be penalized one error. 9. Computation by Strokes and Accuracy.-From the gross num­ber of strokes of the printed test material deduct fifty strokes for each error made. The net number of words will be found by dividing the net number of strokes by 5 (the average number of strokes for each word). Divide the result by 15 (the number of minutes) to get the net rate per minute. Or, divide the gross number of strokes by 5. This will give you the gross number of words written. From this figure deduct the penalty-10 times the number of errors. Divide this result by 15 to get the net words per minute. 10. Final Rating.-The final rating, however, shall be based upon both speed and accuracy. To the net words per minute shall be added the percentage of accuracy for the final score. To find the percentage of accuracy, subtract the penalty from the number of words written and divide the total words written into the total correct words written. Example: The student writes 900 words with 4 errors;-correct words written, 860 (900 minus 40), divided by total words, 900, equals .9555; move the decimal point two places to the right-95.55, which is the percentage of accuracy. In this example the student's speed is 57.33 (860 divided by 15). The speed, 57.33, plus the percentage of ac­curacy, 95.55, equals the student's score, 152.88. The rankings must be based upon this score. 11. Size of Page.-A page 8%x14 inches shall be used. Write only on one side of each page. 12. Spacing.-AII work shall have double spacing. One error shall be counted for every line not properly spaced. 13. Length of Line.-Each line shall contain not less than 61 strokes nor more than 76. Only the last line of a paragraph may be less than 61 strokes. One error shall be counted for each line not qualifying. The five spaces indented at the beginning of a paragraph cannot be counted in measuring the strokes of the line. 14. Paragraphing.-Paragraphs shall be indented five spaces. One error shall be counted for every irregularity. 15. Length of Page.-Each page, except the last, shall contain at least thirty-three lines of writing. Only one error is charged for a "short" page-not one error for each line the page is short. A con­testant may use a warning mark for the bottom of the page. 16. Marking of Errors.-Each error shall be indicated by drawing a circle around the error, but touching no part of it. 17. Spacing after Punctuation.-Two spaces follow all end punc­tuation marks. All other points have one space, except a dash, which has no space either before or after it. (A dash is made by two strokes of the hyphen.) Either one or two spaces may be used after the colon. Any error in punctuation shall be penalized unless the preceding word has already been penalized. 18. Faulty Ski!ting and Cut Letters.-lf only part of a letter is seen, an error shall be charged. A lightly struck letter or character is no error if the entire character is visible. Any letters so near the edge of the paper that the whole letter does not appear on the paper shall be penalized-one error for each word. 19. Strikeovers and Erasures.-A strikeover or an erasure is an error and shall be penalized. 20. Margin.-Any irregularity in the left-hand margin is an error and shall be penalized. 21. Division of Words at the End of a Line.-Any word wrongly divided at the end of a line shall be penalized. Webster's New Inter­national Dictionary, Second Edition, Merriam-Webster, Unabridged. 1945. 22. Crowding and Piling.-lf a word occupies less than its proper number of spaces, it shall be penalized one error. When two char­acters or a space and a character are so crowded that any portion o/ their bodies overlaps or would overlap were a character typed in the adjoining space, one error shall be deducted for this "piling." 23. Equipment.-Standard 11-inch carriage or portable machines may be used. Machine may have elite or pica type. A contestant may furnish his own table if he wishes to do so. 24. Starting Time.-All tests must start at the time set in the Official Program. Warming-up tests may be given, but just one official test may be counted in any meet. Definite signals for the be­ginning and the ending of the official test must be agreed upon and given. 25. Test.-All contestants, regardless of classification of school, should take the same test at the same time. The official material must not be practiced before the test; this material must be opened in the presence of the contestants. 26. Graders.-The director should urge the typewriting teachers to assist in checking the papers. Only those college students who have been especially trained in checking and rating papers according to the "Constitution and Rules of the Interscholastic League" should grade contest papers. All teachers having entries and all contestants shall be permitted to examine all papers before the final scores are announced. If no satisfactory decision can be made on a paper which appears to be ranked among the highest five, no announcement of results should be made until the paper has been sent to the State Director for review. 27. Directors.-No teacher with an entry may serve as director. Directors must follow all rules. They must refrain from exercising their personal opinions. The director of the contest may select as­sistants to help get ready for the tests. While the final warming-up The University of Texas Publication test and the official test are given, only the director or one person appointed by the director (not a teacher with an entry) shall remain in the room. The director of each contest or his appointee shall make a final review of papers before the final results are announced. After frain from exercising their personal opinions. No teacher having entries in the contest shall be allowed to direct the contest or do the dictating; nor are they permitted to remain in the transcription room during the transcribing period. Shorthand and typing contests must be scheduled at different times -at least one hour apart. It is advisable to have the typing contest precede the shorthand contest. Contests must he started at the time scheduled; late contestants forfeit the right to enter. Under no circumstances is a test to be de­ layed for a contestant who is scheduled in other contests at that same time. Before the contest, the director should get the names of all con­ testants entering and should provide adequate space for each con­ test; this place must be a quiet one. Two persons shall be appointed to check the dictator for variations in the printed copy. These may be teachers with entries. After the official announcement of winners has been released, no change can be made in the first five places. Directors will receive contest material from Director General who re­ceives it from League Headquarters, Austin. JOURNALISM CONTEST GENERAL REGULATIONS 1. Divisions. For purposes of the contests and the state conven­tions there shall be two divisions. The first, to be called the Lone Star High School Press Division, will be open to all high schools in the state except those in the four big cities named for the other division, provided these high schools meet the conditions explained herein. The second, to be known as the Four-City High School Press Division, will be open to high schools in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, provided these ,schools have met the conditions ex­plained herein. 2. Journalism Membership.-A dual membership is required of all schools that wish to participate in the League Journalism activities. First, the school must be officially enrolled in the Interscholastic League (see Article III, Section 3, Constitution). Second, the ,school paper must be enrolled in the Interscholastic League Press Conference. Advisers of school papers are urged to enroll in the I.L.P.C. in September in order to take advantage of the critical services and the bulletins issued during the fall months. The deadline for enrollment for the receipt of critical services and journal­ism bulletins shall be January 15. School paper.s which fail to make this deadline may still be entered in the regional contest (for the ·Lone Star Division) and the State Contest (for the Four-City Divi­sion) provided entry is made one month prior to the time of the con­test. Request for enrollment must be made to the Director of Journal­ism, Interscholastic League, The University of T€xas, Austin. 3. Direction.-The Journalism Division of the Interscholastic League shall be under the direction of a Director or State Chairman and an Executive Committee consisting of the State Chairman and two members of the Journalism faculty of The University of Texas. Communications in regard to the Journalism contest should be addressed to the Director of Journalism, Interscholastic League, The University of Texas. 4. Submission of School Papers.-A school enrolling in the Joiir­nalism division shall be required to mail each issue of its school paper, preferably at time of publication, to the Director at Box H, University Station, Austin. 5. Voluntary Fee.-At the time of enrollment in the Interscho­lastic League Press Conference, as the Journalism division of the League is called, a fee of $1 will be requested of each school to defray in part the expenses of mimeographed pamphlets on high-school news­paper production, critical services, convention program, and other spedal services. Any paper, upon request of the adviser, may be en­rolled without payment. of the fee, but will not be entitled to any services other than that of participation in the Journalism contest. FOUR-CITY HIGH SCHOOL PRESS DIVISION 1. Classes.-There shall be only one class in this conference; and all eligible schools shall compete together. 2. Representation.-Any high school in the City Conference may enroll in the Four-City High School Press Conference, provided the school is a member of the Interscholastic League and provided that a high-school paper is published at least five times during the current school year prior to February 1. Each high school which qualifies according to these stipulations is entitled to enter two students in the state journalism contest which will be held as a part of the State Meet for the City Con­ference. Since there is no elimination meet to restrict the number of schools to participate in the State Contest of the Four-City High School Journalism Division, as there are in other contests for the Four-City Conference, journalism delegates will not have the rebate privileges. 3. Eligibility.-Each student entering the state journalism con­tests must fulfill the eligibility requirements set forth in Article VIII of the Constitution. Names of the two students to represent each school, with a certification of their eligibility, must be mailed to the Director of Journalism, Interscholastic League, or to a Regional Contest Director indicated by the Director of Journalism, on or before April 20. 4. State Contest in Journalism.-In the Four-City High School Press Conference there will be no elimination contests prior to the State Meet; all member schools, properly qualified, shall be entitled to enter two students in the State Journalism Contest, without rebate privileges. The contest in Journalism shall consist of five events: 1. News Writing; 2. Copyreading; 3. Headline Writing; 4. Feature Story Writing; and 5. Editorial Writing. Each contestant must engage in each of the five contests. Points shall be awarded on the following basis: First Second Third Fourth Fifth News Writing ------------------------------1.00 85 70 55 40 Copyreading ____ ----------------------------75 63 51 39 27 Headline Writing ----------·-------------60 5{) 40 30 20 Feature Writing ------------------------75 63 51 39 27 Editorial Writing ------------------------100 85 70 55 40 ·· :'The contestant scoring the highest number ·of points shall he 'given first place and a gold medal; the contestant scoring second highest number of points shall be given second place and a silver :meqat; .and-tlie contestant making the next highest iiumber -of points shall be given .third-;place·~and a ~bronze ·. medaL Point· distributi6n in ties for any given place shall be made in accordance with the plan set forth in Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution. A ranking shall also be made according to teams. The school paper whose two contestants score the highest number of points together .shall be given first place and a loving cup; the school paper whose two contestants score the second highest number of points shall be given second place; and the school paper whose two contestants score the third highest number of points shall be given third place. 5. Supervision and Judging of the State Journalism Contest.­The Executive Committee in the school system which will be host to the State Meet shall appoint a Director of Journalism to con­duct and supervise the Journalism Contest. The Journalism Com­mittee of the Interscholastic League will place the contest materials in the hands of this Director prior to the time of the State Meet. It shall be the duty of the Director to recommend a panel of judges for each of the five events in the Journalism Contest to the League Journalism Committee and, upon approval, to make arrangements for the judges to serve. 6. City Meetings and a State Convention.-Recognizing tfle benefits that accrue from an exchange of ideas, from hearing talks by professional journalists, and from coordinated efforts to solve mutual problems, the Journalism Committee of the League en­courages the formation of a city-wide high-school journalism association in each of the four cities; and members of the Committee stand ready to advise with such associations when called upon. In like manner, the League Journalism Committee will encourage the preparation of talks and discussions to be held at the State Meet at times not in conflict with the Journalism Contest. The Journalism Committee recommends that the Director of Journalism of the City Conference be empowered by the Superintendent of Schools in the host city to appoint a Journalism Convention Com­mittee; and the League Journalism Committee stands ready to advise with such a committee in the setting up a convention program. Each year at the convention student officers shall be elected to serve for the following .school year. THE LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL PRESS DIVISION 1. Divisions and Classes.-Journalism competition shall begin at the regional level. There will be no journalism contests on the district level. Schools participating in the Regional Journalism Contest of the Interscholastic League Press Conference shall be divided into three classes as follows: Class AA, Class A, Class B. At the State Meet all classes shall participate together, taking the same contests but being judged in the three classes. 2. Representation.-Each member school which qualifies for journalism representation as specified under "eligibility" below shall be entitled to enter two contestants in its appropriate Conference at the regional meet. 3. Eligibility.-To be eligible for participation in the Journalism Contest a school must have published at least five issues of a school paper during the current school year prior to February 1. The paper may be printed, mimeographed, or published as a part of a local newspaper. (For special requirements, see under General Regu­lations at the beginning of this section.) Certification of eligible schools shall be sent by the League Journalism Committee to the Journalism Director of the region prior to the Regional Meet. Each student entering the Journalism Contest must fulfill the eligibility requirements set forth in Article VIII of the Constitution. 4. Regional Meet.-The Journalism Contest shall be a part of the League Regional Meet, governed by the same regulations that apply to other regional contests. The regional contest in Journalism shall consist of five events. Each contestant must engage in each of the five events. The nature of the events and the scoring shall be the same as that described in Section 4, Four-City High School Press Conference. 5. Supervision and Judging of Regional Journalism Contest.­The Director General of each region shall appoint a Director of Journalism to conduct and supervise the Journalism contest. Materials for this contest will be sent by the League Journalism Committee to the Director prior to the regional meet. Judges for each event in the contest shall be nominated by the Regional Director of Journalism, subject to the approval of the League Journalism Committee. 6. Qualification.-The two students scoring highest and second highest in total points in the respective conferences at the Regional Meet shall qualify to enter the State Journalism Contest to be held at Austin. (See Art. IX, Sec. 4.) Team scores will be tabulated, and the schools whose pairs of contestants make the highest combined totals will be announced as first, second and third place winners in the region in their class. A team victory in any one of the three classes shall not be construed as entitling the winning team to enter the State Contest; only the two individuals scoring highest and second highest shall be entitled to enter. 7. State Meet.-The State Contest in Journalism shall consist of tive events. The nature of the events and the system of scoring is the same as that described in Section 4, Four-City High. School Press Conference. Supervision of these events will be under the League Journalism Committee. The contestant scoring the highest number of points shall be given first place and a gold medal; the contestant scoring the second highest number of points shall be given second place and a silver medal; and the contestant making the third highest score shall be given third place and awarded a bronze medal. The school with the highest total score whether earned by one or two contestants, shall be awarded a permanent trophy. To accompany the Journalism Contest in the State Meet, a convention program shall be arranged of talks and discussions con­cerning the high-school newspaper. Participation in this conven­tion program is open to representatives of any school paper in the State, outside of the City Conference, whether a winner in the regional meet or not. Non-contest delegates shall be responsible for their own transportation to Austin, lodging, and other expenses. Each year at the convention student officers shall be elected for the following school year. RULES FOR PICTURE MEMORY CONTEST 1. Divisions. There is only one division in this contest and it is open to children in the fourth and fifth grades. 2. Representation. Each member-school in the League having two or more pupils in the fourth and fifth grades is permitted to enter a team in picture memory. To the picture memory team of two shall be added one member for each twenty pupils (or fraction thereof) in excess of ten enrolled in the eligible grades on the basis of total enrollment up to February 1. Thus, if the total enrollment in the eligible grades is ten or less than ten, the team is composed of two pupils; if sixteen, three pupils; if thirty-four, four pupils, etc. (Pupils passing from an ineligible grade, third grade, or to an ineligible grade, sixth grade, at mid-term should not be counted in the total enrollment in the fourth.and fifth grades). 3. Eligibility. Only pupils in the fourth and fifth grades who are eligible under Article VIII of the Constitution and Rules may be en­tered in this contest. 4. Conducting the Contest. The Director of Picture Memory shall advise the Director General of the probable number of score-sheets needed in the contest. The Director General shall include this item in his requisition for supplies to the State Office. The test-sheets are numbered serially. The perforated coupon at­ tached is numbered to correspond with the test-sheet. Each contestant receives one test-sheet and is to be instructed to fill out the coupon, oE>tach the same and hand it to the Director of the Contest. These coupons shall be kept for identification of the test-sheets after the test-sheets have been graded. The Director shall appoint two monitors to supervise the contest, and they shall stay in the room while the contest is being hel<'tors should limit the number of soloists one accompanist may assist. 9. A rmrnved Solo Events.­ 1. Pir.eolo 18. Bass Saxophone 2. Flnte 14. Cornet-Trnmpet 8. Oboe 15. French Horn 4. Emrlish Horn 16. Mellophone 6. Bassoon 17. Trombone 6. B-Flat Clarinet 18. Hnrit.one 7. E-Flat Cfarinet 19. Tuha 8. Alto Clarinet 20. Xvlophone-Marlmba 9. BRS• Clarinet 21. Snare Drom 10. E-Flat Alto SRxo1>hone 22. Vihra-Harp-Vlbra-Celeete 11. B-Flat Tenor Saxophone 23. Bell-Lyra 12. Baritone Saxophone 24. E-Flat Alto Horn ORCHESTRA 26. Violin 28. Double Ba"" 26. Viola 29. Piano 27. Violoncello 30. Harp VOCAL 31. Girls High Voice 35. Boys Medium Voice 32. Girls Medium Voice 36. Boys Low Voice 33. Girls Low Voice 37. Boys Unchanged Voice 34. BoYs High Voice MISCELLANEOUS COMPETITION 88. Twirling 39. Student Conductoni SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING ENSEMBLE COMPETITION 1. Definition.-An instrumental ensemble shall consist of from three to eight performers. A vocal ensemble shall consist of from three to sixteen performers. 2. Classification.-Ensemble events shall be gouped in three divi­sions: Band, Orchestra and Vocal. Three classes of competition will be held in each division: Class I competition may be entered by any student. Selections to be performed must be taken from the prescribed list for Class I competition. No other numbers will be permitted. Class II competition may be entered by any student. Selections to be performed must be taken from the prescribed list for Class II com­petition. Winners in this class may not advance further if competi­tion higher than Regional is inaugurated. Class Ill competition may be entered by students from Conference C and CC schools only. Contestants must perform selections pre­scribed for this competition. Winners in this class can advance no further in the event higher ·competition is inaugurated. All students participating in ensemble competition must be mem­bers of a competing organization. (Note: Where there is not an organized group in the school providing places for the particular instruments or voices, those students may enter the competition provided an acceptance card has been filed and all other requirements are met.) 3. Selection.-The required selections to be performed by all classes of ensembles will be published in the early fall preceding the Competition-Festivals. Groups which do not perform numbers . ap­pearing on the prescribed lists will be prohibited from participating in the competition. .~'"· ' 4. Limitation.*-A student may not participate in more than four solo or ensemble events. No more than two of these may be instru­mental and no more than two vocal. Baton twirling and student con­ducting shall be considel'ed as separate events and may be entered in addition to the above limitations. 5. Scores.-Directors shall supply to the judge one conductors score with measures numbered. The judge is instructed not to permit performance to begin until he has been supplied with such score. 6. Time.-Playing or singing time shall not exceed 6 minutes. Judges may stop the performance and judge on the portion rendered. 7. Memory.-Vocal ensembles shall perform their selections from memory. Instrumental ensembles may use scores. 8. Repetition.-An ensemble may not play or sing a selection which has been used as a contest selection by a similar ensemble from the same school in the previous year, unless half the members of the group did not participate in the ensemble the previous year. 9. Direction.-Ensembles shall perform without direction by either an adult or a student director. 10. Accompaniment.-Accompaniment is not required but must be by piano when used. 11. Approved Ensemble Events.­ 1. Woodwind Trio 11. French Horn Quartet• 2. Woodwind Quartet 12. Brass Quartet 3. Flute Quartet 13. Brass Quintet 4. Mixed Clarinet Quartet 14. Brass Sextet 6. B-Flat Clarinet Quartet 16. Trumpet Quartet-Trio 6. Woodwind Quintet• (with or without acc.) 7. Misc. Woodwind Ensemble 16. Misc. Brass Ensemble 8. Saxophone Quartet 17. Xylophone-Marimba 9. Saxophone Sextet 18. Drum Ensemble 10. Trombone Quartet ORCHESTRA 19. String Trio (Violin, 22. String .Sextet Cello and Plano) 28. Mixed-String Trio 20. String Quartet 24. Mixed-String Quartet 21. String Quintet (with or without piano acc.) VOCAL 26. Mixed Ensemble 27. Boys Ensemble 26. Girls Ensemble MISCELLANEOUS ENSEMBLES 28. Baton Twirling • An ensemble composed of the identical personnel may not make two entries in the same ensemble event regardless of class of competition. • Mellopbones or Alto Horns not permitted in these events. SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING ORGANIZATION EVENTS 1. Number of Events.-Competition will be organized at each Regional Competition-Festival in the following organization events: a. Band b. Orchestra c. String Orchestra d. Mixed Chorus e. Boys Chorus f. GirIs Chorus Each organization shall be limited to an enrollment of ninety members. 2. Program.­ a. Band: Each band entering a Competition-Festival shall per­form three numbers consisting of a march of the quick-step variety and two concert selections. Conference AA-1; AA; A and B organ­izations shall be required to sight-read. b. Orchestra: Each orchestra entering a Competition-Festival shall perform three numbers consisting of two numbers taken from a prescribed list; and, one number selected from any source. Con­ference AA-1; AA; A and B organizations shall be required to sight­read. c. Vocal: Each vocal organization entering a Competition-Festi­val shall perform three numbers at least one of which must be per­formed unaccompanied and two which shall be selected from the prescribed lists. Organizations may perform three unaccompanied selections provided two of those numbers appear on the prescribed lists. All numbers must be sung from memory. Conference AA-1, AA, A and B choral groups are required to sight-read one number. This number may be read with accompaniment. The director and accompanist will not be permitted to sing with the groups unless they are eligible under Article VIII of the Co7UJtitution and Rules. 3. Required Music.-Prescribed lists from which required numbers are to be taken will be constructed by appointed committees of music instructors prior to and at called meetings to be held during the summer months. The prescribed lists will be available in the early fall preceding the Competition-Festivals. Organizations which do not conform to music requirements shall be prohibited from participating in Competition-Festivals. 4. Sight Reading.-Conference AA-1; AA; A and B organiza­tions will be required to sight-read. Bands shall perform one march and one selection; orchestra and vocal groups shall perform one selection. 5. Performing Time.-The total performing time for orchestras tlnd bands shall not exceed 3-0 minutes including time required to set up and clear the stage. Choruses shall not consume more than 15 minutes including enter­ing and clearing the stage. 6. Scores.-Directors shall supply each judge with a conductor's score of the numbers to be performed with the measures numbered. Judges are directed to delay the performance until such scores have been supplied. 7. lnstrumentation.-While judges shall be instructed to criticize instrumentation only in so far as it affects the balance and general effect of the performance, schools are encouraged to begin building their organizations to conform as closely as possible with accepted standards of instrumentation. The following patterns are suggested: ORCHESTRA 16 First Violins 14 Second Violins 10 Violas 8 Violoncellos 8 String Basses 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets 2 Bassoons 4 French Horns 2 Trumpets or cornets 8 Trombones 1 Tuba (perferably BB-Flat) <& Percussion (including timpani) 1 Harp (where called for in score) 79 BAND 6 Flutes (one or two interchangeable with piccolo) 1 E-Flat Clarinet (may be replaced by an E-Flat Flute or an additional C-Flute) 24 B-Flat Clarinets 2 Alto Clarinets 2 Bass Clarinets Z Oboes 2 Bassoons 6 Saxophones (including two altos, one tenor and one baritone) 4 Cornela 4 Trumpets 2 Fluegelhorns 6 French Horns 4 Baritones 6 Trombones 2 E-Flat Tubas 4 BB-Flat Tubas (may substitute string bass) 1 Timpani S Other Percussion Harp (if called for In score) 8. Repetition.-An organization shall not repeat a number used by that organization in any Competition-Festival during the previous three years. SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING MISCELLANEOUS CONTESTS SNARE DRUM COMPETITION 1. The required work for this contest shall be based on the first thirteen of the twenty-six essential rudiments of the National Asso­ciation of Rudimental Drummers examination requirements. 2. Required rudiments shall consist of any five of these which may be selected by the judge. 3. Interpretation and execution of solo. 4. Proper positfon of drummer, drum and sticks; and, the proper technique of drumming will be judged. 5. The contestant will be asked to perform a short sight-reading exercise. TWIRLING COMPETITION 1. The time for each performance in this competition shall be limited to six minutes. 2. The contestant shall perform: a. Beating time b. Wrist twirl (both hands) c. Figure eight twirl (wllist .hi~h, both hands) d. Cart wheel e. Finger twirl (both hands, four fingers) f. Two handed twirl g. Pass around the back h. Aerial work i. Special work as selected j. Salute STUDENT CONDUCTOR COMPETITION 1. Student . conductors shall be prepared to conduct all or any part of one number. This number will be selected by a committee and the title published. 2. The conductor shall be prepared to conduct: a. 2-4 Rhythm b. 3-4 Rhythm c. 4-4 Rhythm d. 6-8 Rhythm e. Sub-Divided beats 3. The time, place and manner of conducting this contest will be de­termined by the Regional Contest Chairmen. ' ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AREA MUSIC MEETS As a method of avoiding the confusion which has resulted from sponsoring similar music competition for elementary schools in dif­ferent locations at about the same time of year, the University Interscholastic League has chosen to set up all music competition for elementary schools at an area elementary school music meet. All phases of music competition formerly classified as Conference E at the Regional Music Competition-Festival, band, orchestra, string orchestra, chorus, instrumental and vocal solos and ensembles, and twirling, will be offered in essentially the same form at the area elementary school music meet. Choral Singing and Music Appreciation contests formerly held in conjunction with the county grade school meet will also be offered at the area grade school music meet. Schools will be assigned to areas according to the membership rolls of the University Interscholastic League. Only elementary schools which have registered as members of the League prior to January 15 will be eligible to participate in this music competition. A special bulletin outlining the rules of competition and suggested plan of organization plus the prescribed lists of music for organi­ zation events will be sent to registered schools on request. Address your request to Director of Music Activities, Box H, University Station, Austin 12, Texas. RULES FOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS THE FIRST high-school athletic conteiilt to be held under the supervision of The University of Texas was an invitation track and field meet held on April 29, 1905. Through the leadership of the athletic staff of the University this event became an annual affair. On May 6, 1911, principals and superintendents met in Austin at the annual track and field meet and officially organized the Uni­versity Interscholastic Athletic Association. The purpose of the Asso­ciation as stated in the Constitution was as follows: "The object of the Association shall be the promotion, improvement and regulation of athletic sports in the secondary schools of Texas." On May 3, 1913, the Debating and Declamation League of Texas Schools, a literary organization sponsored by The University of Texas, which had been organized December, 1910, and the University Interscholastic Athletic Association, were merged to form The University Interscholastic League of Texas. The purpose of the athletic program as it is now sponsored by The University of Texas Interscholastic League is as follows: 1. To assist, advise and aid the public schools in organizing and conducting inter-school athletic contests. 2. To devise and prepare eligibility rules that will equalize and stimulate wholesome competition between schools of similar rank, and reinforce the curricular program. 3. To equalize and regulate competition so that the pupils, schools and communities may secure the greatest social, educational and recreational returns from the contests. 4. To help the schools make athletics an integral part of the edu­cational program. 6. To preserve the game for the contestant and not sacrifice the contestant to the game. 6. To promote the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play in all contests. 7. To promote among the players, schools and communities a spirit of friendly rivalry and a respect for the rules of the contests. The League is vitally interested in the welfare of every boy and girl participating in the athletic contests. To protect the physical well-being of the contestants it is being urged that every contestant be given a thorough medical examination by his family physician before participating in the athletic games and contests of the League. THE ATHLETIC BENEFIT PLAN In accordance with the recommendations of the State Meeting of Delegates at the annual meeting on May 4, 1940, the State Executive Committee has incorporated into the athletic section of the Consti­tution and Rules an Athletic Benefit Plan. The purpose of the Benefit Plan is to assist League members, who have athletic teams participating in interscholastic athletics, to meet the costs of injuries incurred by team members injured during practice or games sponsored by the school. It is also believed that the inauguration of the insurance program will lead to the develop­ment of a safer game for the reason that it will cause coaches and administrators to become "safety minded." The Athletic Benefit Plan is available to all member schools on the basis of the provisions and rates incorporated into the insurance contract. Schools purchase the policy from the "Home Office" of the insurance company and not from the Office of the League. The insur­ing company has set up the general regulations governing the settle­ment of claims and payment of benefits. These provisions are a part of the instlrance policy and schools insuring with the company should familiarize themselves with all details of the contract. The State Executive Committee examined the several contracts submitted by insurance companies, and after careful investigation selected the policy prepared by Security Life and Accident Company of Denver, Colorado. The schedule of benefits in the policy was prepared by a committee of Texas public school men. The committee of Texas school men studied the various state plans in operation throughout the Nation and finally adopted the accident fee schedule outlined in the policy. The benefits of the League plan are as liberal as those of other states and in line with the fees that are necessary to meet the costs of injuries in Texas. In connection with this plan for insurance against injuries in­ curred during practice or participation in athletic sports and games, the following items should be noted: 1. A school must be a member of the University Interscholastic League, and dues for the current year be paid in accordance with Article III, Section 2. 2. In order to be eligible for the Athletic Accident Benefits a pupil must be regularly enrolled in a school which is a member of the League. 3. All benefit checks will be paid in accordance with the provisions in the insurance contract. 4. The Benefit Plan is entirely voluntary. 5. Each pupil insured under the Plan should have a thorough physical examination before participating in a practice or a game. 6. It must be clearly understood by pupils, parents or guardians and member schools that participation in the Athletic Benefit Plan shall not be construed as an acknowledgment by schools themselves or the University Interscholastic League of liability for injuries incurred in athletic competition by pupils participating in the Plan. 7. A sample copy of the insurance policy may be secured by writin1 to the Security Life and Accident Company, Denver, Colorado. FOOTBALL PLAN The Football Code.-The football code means to play the game in the spirit of fairness and clean sportsmanship; to observe all rulea and not attempt to hold, "beat the ball," or coach from the side linee because it can be done without the knowledge of the referee, or t.o resort to trickery in equipping or preparing players. It means to accept decisions of officials without protest; to see that officials are extended protection and courtesy by players, school personnel, and laymen; to treat your opponents as your guests, and to put clean play and real sportsmanship above victories. It means the ability to win without boasting and to lose without grudge. "Victory is no great matter. The important thing in sport is the manly striving to excel and the good feeling it fosters between those who play fair and have no excuse when they lose." The development and recreative aspects of football should be strongly emphasized in all contests. It shall be considered dishonor­able and contrary to good sportsmanship to withhold evidence against any player or school without presenting the same to the proper committee or to the school administration concerned. 1. Eligible Schools.-Only Senior High Schools are eligible in football. No school shall participate in League football unless its acceptance of this plan is on file in the State Office by September 15. A school which does not participate in football after signing the acceptance card may be suspended in this activity for ~-period of one year, unless sufficient justification is shown for not entering a team. A non-participating school the preceding year desiring to partici­pate shall so notify the State Office one year in advance. 2. Employment of Football Coaches.-A school is not eligible for Interscholastic League football competition, (1) Whose head coach or whose assistant coach is not a full-time employee* of the school board of the school which the team repre­sents; or (2) Which contracts to pay its football coach out of gate-receipts, or which draws its contract with its coach in such a way as to make it to the immediate financial advantage of a coach to win games. (See Interpretation in Appendix III, under "Rule 2, Football Plan," p. 130.) 3. Conferences.-Participating high schools shall be divided into conferences as provided in Article VI, Sections 8 and 9, with the following options, to-wit: •This rule shall not affect the statua of a coach on a leave o! absence attendinw eolleiie. Schools with an enrollment of 75-100 may be admitted to Con­ference B by request to the State Executive Committee. A high school with less than 100 may enter a team in Six-Man Football. 4. Districts.-The State shall be divided into sixteen districts :for Conference AA, and competition shall include a State Championship. The State shall be divided into thirty-two districts :for Con­ference A, and competition shall extend to a State Championship. Announcement concerning the arrangement of Conference A State Championship run-off will be issued during the season. Conference B and Six-man football districts will be arranged for a regional play-off but competition shall not extend further than a regional championship. The City Conference shall be divided into four districts, and competition will include a, State Championship. Usually five to eight schools compose a district. Schools are as­. signed to districts by the State Office. The list of district chairmen, their addresses and district numbers, will be mailed out to member schools during the early part of September each year. 5. District Organization (City Conference, AA, A, and B and Six-man Football*) .-The Chairman of the old District Executive Committee shall serve as temporary chairman for the district and he shall call a meeting of all participating schools in the district, preferably in the sprint:" but in any case not later than Saturday following the third Monday in September. (The State Executive Committee urges the District Chairman to call his organization meeting in the spring.) At this meeting a district executive com­mittee shall be created composed of superintendents or principals from participating schools. Each participating school present shall have one vote. At least two alternates should be elected to serve in case members of the committee are disqualified. If only one member is disqualified the first-named alternate should serve. A member of the committee shall be disqualified to act in a case in which his school is one of the two involved. In each new district, and in case of vacancies, a temporary chair­man shall be appointed by the State Office. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to call the organization meeting. 6. Duties of D'iatrict Executive Committee.-It shall be the duty of the District Executive Committee: •It shrul be the duty of the superintendent, pr incipal. or coach in each school competing under this plan, to inform himself regarding the district chairman, time of meeting, etc. If the chairman · m<>ves from the district without calling a meeting, each school in the district has a responsibiliy t<> notify the State Office &'!" tp~~ ~-no~her .. ~airm~,n may... be named ... a. To enforce all rules and regulations, to settle all disput.ee and all questions of eligibility arising inside the district. There shall be no appeal from any decision rendered by this committee. b. To certify to the State Office an eligible district champion not later than the date prescribed on the League Calendar for such certification, after which the Com­mittee's functions cease. In case of dispute, certification to the State Office shall be in the form of a written notice naming the eligible school and must be signed by a majority of the members of the District Executive Com­mittee; provided the State Committee shall have the authority to reject for inter-district competition any foot­ball team whose district committee has adopted any rule or regulation limiting the eligibility of players beyond the requirements set forth in the Constitution and Rules and the Football Plan. e. To arrange a round-robin schedule in the district to close not later than the Saturday following the last Thursday in November, except in Conferences A and Six-man football, which are to close not later than November 18. In districts that have more than ten participating schools sub-districts shall be created, in which case round-robin schedules shall be arranged in the sub-districts to close in sufficient time to schedule ~n elimination game or .series so that the district championship may be deter­mined by the proper time.. Districts with fewer than ten schools may be subdivided. ' The subdivisions of a district shall contain an equal number of teams, or as nearly equal as can be; e.g., a district having seven teams shall be divided on a 3-4 basis. d. To investigate and check the eligibility of players in the district and to furnish to member-schools in the district a list of eligible players submitted by each school and to in­vestigate transfers with a view to determining whether or not transfers are bona fide. In case the transfer is not considered bona fide by the District Committee, it shall have the power to declare the contestant in question in­eligible for football. e. To uphold the principle that high-school football is worth while in the school as an educational force when properly controlled. Efforts on the part of any school official or local "fan" to recruit players shall be considered a viola­tion of this principle and shall subject the school at fault to disqualification. Disqualification may be made by the committee after the school concerned has been given an opportunity to be heard in its own defense. When a school is disqualified it shall remain on the disqualified list until the superintendent has convinced the committee that the errors complained of have been removed and that he, the superintendent, can guarantee the proper conduct of football in his school. 7. Expenses of District Committee.-The District Executive Com­mittee has authority to outline and put into operation a plan fo1 financing its meetings under the following restrict.ion: If the assess­ment plan is used the assessment for any school shall not exceed one­half of its regular League membership fee. The failure of a school promptly to pay its assessment, after having been notified, shall sub­ject it to a penalty of elimination from consideratioP for district honors. If a school refuses or fails to pay its assessment aftn the close of the season, it may be debarred from participation the follow­ing year or until the amount is paid. At the close of the season the District Executive Committee shall furnish each participating school in the district a financial statement showing all receipts and disbursements for the season. 8. District Disqualification.-A district shall be disqualified in the Regional or State race, if its Committee certifies to the State Office a team which has used an ineligible player in any game that connted on League standing, such disqualification to be made only upon pres­entation of evidence to the State Executive Committee. (See Ap­pendix III, Rule 8.) 9. Eliminations.-Conference AA, A and City Conference district champions are bracketed for elimination play to a Sate Champion­ship on a weekly schedule beginning the first week-end after dis­ ,trict championships are determined. Conference B district champions are bracketed for a regional championship to be concluded not later than the second week-end after district championships are deter­mined. Six-man district champions are bracketed for a regional champion­ship to be concluded not later than the second week-end after dis­trict championships are determined. 10. Jurisdiction of Inter-district Disputes.-The State Executive Committee shall have jurisdiction in all disputes arising between district winners that have been duly certified. 11. Number of Games.-Between the opening day of school and the Saturday following the last Thursday in November, inclusive, in Conferences City, AA and B, no boy shall participate in more than ten games and, in addition, he shall not be permitted to take part in more than one game during any given period of five days. Between August 15 and November 18, inclusive, in Conferences A and Six­man football, no boy shall participate in more than ten games and, in addition, he shall not be permitted to take part in more than one game during any given period of five days. The five-days period is considered as being within five calendar days. (For definition of "high-schocl team" see Article VII, Section 23.) 12. Games That Count on Percentage.-Interconference or inter­district games between participating schools shall not count on a team's percentage. A defeat by a non-participating Texas high school, except by a junior high school or dormitory school,• regardless of size or date, shall flliminate from the·District, State, or Regional race. A defeat by a school not eligible to membership in the League shall not count. 13. A Practice Scrimmage.-A scrimmage or practice period to which no admission is charged, which is not on an announced sched­ule and which is not regularly conducted by an official or officials shall not count as a game. 14. Tie Games.-In inter-district elimination contests a team shall receive one point for .each time it penetrates its opponent's 20-yard line. In the meaning of this provision, .a team has penetrated its OP­ponent's 20-yard line when the ball has been declared dead legally in its possession inside the opponent's 20-yard line. It is understood that only one penetration may be counted during one continuous posiiession of the ball. A play from outside the 20-yard line which results in a touchdown shall count one penetration. If this plan shall fail to determine a winner, the team that has made the greater number of first downs shall proceed in the race. A first down shall be counted when the required distance has been made. If the two teams are still tied after counting first downs, the one that has gained the most yardage from scrimmage shall be declared winner. The 20-yard penetration rule merely shortens the field and creates a second goal line. Whenever a ball is declared dead, legally in the, possession of a team behind the goal line, that team is awarded points~ The same principle should be followed in awarding points for pene­trating the 20-yard line. Whenever a team has penetrated its opponent's 20-yard goal line and the ball has been declared dead, legally in its possession inside the 20-yard line, that team is entitled to one point. A penetration on the fourth down shall be counted pro~ vided the team has legal possession of the ball at the time it is declared dead by the referee inside the 20-yard line. It shall be the duty ef the referee of the game to interpret and enforce this rule and his decision is final. The game officials are to keep a record of the number of penetrations, first downs, and yardage from scrimmage and make a report to each school in case of a tie. Points thus made are, of course, not considered unless the game ·results in a tie. It is simply a method of ·breaking a tie, not in any 8enae a new method of scoring. · · · . •For definition. of "dormitory school," see Article VII, S~ctlon .20, . · . . ·' Unless mutually agreeable otherwise in advance of the game, this rule shall apply in the Regional and State Championship games. 15. Breaking Contracts.-A game cancelled after contract has been signed, unless both :parties agree to the cancellation, shall be forfeited to the team not at fault. The District Executive Committee may recommend to the State Ex­ecutive Committee the suspension of a school for cancelling regularly scheduled conference games for the purpose of playing non-conference or out,of-district games, and the State Committee may suspend a school fot such cancellation. · 16. Reports.-Each team shall make.a complete report (forms fur­nished by the League) ·of every game in duplicate immediately after the game. One report shall be sent to the State Office and one to the Chairman of the District Committee. The District Committee may disqualify a team for its failure promptly to report its games.• 17. Observe Rules.-Only male students satisfying all the require­ments of Article VIII of this Constitution are eligible in football. In case an ineligible m.an is used in any League game, knowingly OT unknowingly, the minimum penalty shall be forfeiture of the game. 18. Football Code.-By accepting this plan, the coach and other officials of each school pledge themselves to act in the spirit of the "Football Code" and to foster this spirit among the players. 19. Eligibility Blanks and Seq.son Report.-E~ch school shall fill out an eligibility blank in duplicate furnished by the League, these blanks to be signed by superintendent or principal, one mailed to the State Office, and one filed with the Chairman of the District Executive Committee, before the school is allowed to take part in any game. Failure to furnish correct and complete information shall constitute grounds for suspension. At the end of the season the superintendent or principal of each school shall send to the State Office a list of all players who have participated in football during the season as representatives of the school. Failure to .submit a correct and complete list shall constitute grounds for suspension. 20. Guarantees.-The visiting team always has the right to de­mand a guarantee sufficient to cover all expenses and in addition 50 per cent of the net gate receipts of the contest.t A demand of a fiat guarantee which is clearly in excess of expenses, shall upon action of the State or District Executive Committee, disqualify offending team from further participation. •It wlll be noticed that this rule 1rh·e1 the district committee autborlt7 to Ill· · terpret the word upromi-tly." tProceede from the eale ·of eeaeon tickets are considered a part of the receipts of the game. [Note.-In this connection, expenses of visiting teams, officials, ad­vertising, labor, services, and printing incident to the contest, shall be considered as expenses of the game. These expenses shall be itemized with supporting bills, properly receipted. Number of men allowed upon expense account shall be agr~ upon by coaches or managers of teams involved. Unless mutually agreeable otherwise, the home team shall furnish a playing field without cost to the visit­ing school.] 21. Officials.-All officials must be satisfactory to both parties and agreed upon in advance. Teams are urged always to secure outside officials. The visiting team should insist upon an agreement on offi­cials prior to the day of the game. A school that refuses to play a game because the officials agreed upon have not been secured shall not be considered as breaking its contract. The responsibility to engage satisfactory officials is upon the home school. Beginning a game with an official constitutes agreement. 22. Place of Game.-Unless mutually agreeable otherwise, the place for playing a game within the district shall be determined on the "home and home" basis for the past six years, except in a state or regional elimination game the place shall be determined on the basis of the Ia.st game (within six years) between the two schools which counted on League standing. The team that was the visiting team the last time the two teams met on a home field may insist upon the game being played upon i'ts home field, except as provided above. The home team may designate the day for the game. Starting time of the game shall be by mutual consent, or in case of disagreement by the decision of the Di.strict Executive Committee. In case of disagreement between two teams that have had no foot-, ball relations during the past six years, the place shall be decided by tossing a coin. (See Appendix III, Rule 22.) 23. Five Per Cent Inter-district Receipts.-Five per cent of the gross receipts of inter-district games in the State Championship races shall be paid to the State Office to maintain a fund for investigating eligibility questions and to supplement printing, salary, office appropriations relating to football, rebates to State Meets and for the purchase of medals, trophies and awards in Inter­scholastic League State Meets. The radio broadcast receipts and the telecasting receipts are to be considered a part of the game receipts in all inter-district games. 24. Protests.-All protests must be made to the proper committee within twenty-four hours after the game is played, except that a protest based on the alleged ineligibility of a player may be made at any time; provided, it is made immediately upon discovery of the facts on which the protest is based. Protests must be made in writ­ing and signed by superintendent or principal. A protest based on an official's decision will not be considered. In passing upon eligibility of players the district committee acts in a judicial capacity. A proper judicial approach involves rea­sonable notice (i.e., sufficient to permit an answer to charges made or issues raised), an opportunity for a fair hearing, and an unbiased decision· based-upon the evidence presented. 25. School Authorities Responsible.-Responsibility for the proper conduct of football in a school system shall rest with 'the superin­tendent. All contracts and arrangements for games shall be made between superintendents and principal~. The control and manage­ment of all games shall be under the supervision of the superin­tendent or principal. 26. Trophy for State Champion.-A regulation-size silver foot­ball will be awarded to the school that wins the State Championship under this plan; and a smaller trophy for the runner-up. 27. No Inter-school Spring Scrimmage or Football Games.-No member-school ·shall play any football game, practice, or scrimmage with another high school after February 1. The penalty for viola­tfon of this rule shall be assessed by the State Executive Committee. 28. Schedule of Maximum Fees for Officials.-The following are the maximum amounts that may be paid to any one official as a fee for officiating in a League game: Receipts* Fee If up to $100_______________________________________________________________$ 7.50 If $100 to $200----------------------------------------------------------------10.00 If $200 to $500-------------------------------------------------------------15.00 If $500 to $1,000 -------------------------------------------------------20.00 If $1,000 to $2,000_____________________________________________________ 25.00 If $2,000 to $3,000_ ________________________________________________________ 30.00 . If $3,000 to $4,000______________________________________________________ 35.00 If $4,000 to $5,000.------------------------------------------------------40.00 If $5,000 to $1Q,OOO___________________________________________ ___________ 45.00 If $10,000 or above____________ ________________ _______________________________ 50.00 The district executive committee may modify the provisions of this section for application inside its district. ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM EXPENSES FOR OFFICIATING For one official 5c a mile for total mileage; for two officials traveling together by automobile 61h c a mile; for three officials traveling to­gether by automobile .Sc a mile. Expenses for local entertainment, defined as follows: Taxi fare to and from ball field, if used; local ineals as agreed upon and as arranged for by school authorities; hotel room, if required, to be secured and paid for by loc·a1 school authorities. No other items are to be included in an expense account •Federal tax on admisaions is not considered as a part of the gate receipts. of officials, and neither fees nor expenses for officials shall be SUP­plemented from any source whatsoever. Violation of the rules governing the employment and pay of foo~ ball officials shall carry the same penalty as the violation of any eligibility rule; that is, forfeiture of the game. In emergency cases, if the rules in regard to fees of officials are violated by a member-school, the facts shall be reported to the District Executive Committee at a meeting to be called as soon as possible after the game to decide on the merits of the case and to apply the penalty; or, if an emergency is proved, to waive the penalty. The District Committee may declare that, in its judgment, an emergency arose, and, therefore, waive the penalty. 29. Playing Rules.-"The National Collegiate Athletic Associa­tion Football Ruies" govern all League football games. 30. Football Practice Periods.-In Conferences AA, City and B, spring football practice or training shall be limited to one calendar month, and there shall be no football practice or training, and no football equipment i.ssued, from the close of the spring training period until September 1. In Conferences A and Six-man, there shall be no football practice or training, and no football equipment issued, from the close of the football season to August 15. Football practice or training is interpreted to mean any organized instruction, drills in calisthenics, or conditioning periods conducted prior to the opening date for fall practice. Football equipment is interpreted to mean the issuing of football shoulder pads, shoes, headgear, football trousers, or any other equiP­ment used primarily for organized football practice. · 31. Post-season games.-No school may engage in any post-season game other than in regular inter-district play-offs scheduled by the League. A post-season football game in Conferences City, AA and B is one played between two schools after Saturday following the last Thurs­day in November. A post-season game in Conferences A and Six­man football is one played between two schools after November 18. The penalty for infraction of this rule shall be assessed by the State Executive Committee. 32. Radwbroadcasting and Telecasting.-A Radio Committee ap­pointed in 1939 worked out the plan for broadcasting quarter-final, semi-final and final games. Since that time a yearly contract has been negotiated by the State Committee for the broadcasting of these games on the basis of competitive bids. The money received from the broadcasting rights shall be dis­tributed to the eligible participating schools on the following basis: 40 per cent of the total amount is to be distributed equally among the eight teams in quarter-finals; 40 per cent of the total amount to be distributed equally among the four teams in semi-finals; 20 per cent of the total amount to be distributed equally between the two teams in the final game. In the City Conference 80% of the total amount shall be dis­tributed equally among the four teams in the semi-final, and 20% of the total amount equally between the two teams in the final. Telecasting receipts shall be distributed to participating teams on a per-game basis on the same plan as is used for distributing broad­casting receipts. 33. Location of Training Camps.-The football training period shall be held on the campus of the local .school or on a site controlled by the school board and lying within the boundaries of the school district. (In the judgment of the State Executive Committee it was not the purpose of this rule to prevent occasional scrimmages between neighboring teams which do not involve overnight housing for either team outside its own school district.) BOYS' BASKETBALL PLAN The Basketball Code.-The basketball code means to play the game in the spirit of fairness and clean sportsmanship; to observe all rules and not attempt to hold, "beat the ball," or coach fro.m the side lines because it can be done without the knowledge of the referee, or to resort to trickery in equipping or preparing players. It means to accept decisions of officials without protest and to .see that proper pre­cautions are taken for their protection and safety; to treat your op­ponents as your guests, and to put clean play and real sportsmanship above victories. It means the ability to win without boasting and to lose without grudge. "Victory is no great matter. The important thing in· sport is the manly striving to excel and the good feeling it. fosters between those who play fair and have no excuse when they lose." 1. Eligible Schools.-No school shall participate in League basket­ball unless its acceptance of this plan is on file in the State Office by November 15 and fees are paid by January 15. A school which does not participate in basketball after signing the acceptance card may be suspended in this activity for a period of one year, unless sufficient justification is shown for not entering a team. A non-participating school the preceding ye11.r desiring to partici­pate shall so notify the State Office one year in advance. 2. Employment of Basketball Coaches.-A school is not eligible for Interscholastic League basketball competition, (1) Whose head coach or whose assistant coach is not a full-time employee* of the school board of the school which the team repre­sents; or •Thia rule shall not affect the atatua of a coach oo a leave of absence attendlnir colleire. (2) Which contracts to pay its basketball coach out of gate-receipts, or which draws its contract with its coach in such a way as to make it to the immediate financial advantage of a coach to win games. (See Interpretation in Appendix III, under "Rule 2, Football Plan," p. 130. 3. Conferences.-Participating high schools shall be divided into conferences as provided in Article VI, Sections 8 and 9. 4. Districts.-The State shall be divided into sixteen districts for Conference AA, and competition shall include a State Championship. Announcement concerning the arrangement of Conference AA elim­inations will be issued during the season. Usually five to eight schools compose a district. Schools are as­signed to districts by the State Office. The state shall be divided into thirty-two districts for Conference A, and competition shall extend to a State Championship. Announce­ment concerning the arrangement of Conference A elimination will be issued during the season. Conference B districts will be arranged and competition shall extend to a State Championship. A school that has won its district championship is eligible to enter the Regional Tournament which will be held under the direction of the regional athletic director not later than one week prior to the State Tournament. The regional cham­pions are eligible to compete in the State Championship Conference B Basketball Tournament at Austin. City Conference districts will be arranged and competition shall extend to a State Championship. The district champion and the runner-up team in each district shall be eligible to participate in the City Conference State Tournament. Any conference champion that engages in basketball competition with another high school after winning the State Championship shall be suspended from the League for the next basketball season. 5. District Organization. •-The temporary chairman for the dis­trict shall call a meeting of all participating schools in the district, preferably in the early part of September, but in any case not later than Saturday following the third Monday in October. At this meeting a district executive committee shall be created composed of school superintendents or principals from participating schools. Each participating school present shall have one vote. At least two alternates should be elected to serve in case members of the committee are disqualified. If only one member is disqualified the first-named alternate should serve. A member of the committee *It shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal, or coach In each school competing under this plan, to Inform himself regarding the district chairman, time of meeting, etc. If the chairman moves from the district without calllnir a meeting, each school In the district hBA a responsibility to notify the State Otllca 10 that another chairman may be named. shall be disqualified to act in a case in which his school is one of the two involved. In each new district, and in case of vacancies, a temporary chair­man shall be appointed by the State Office. It shall be the duty of the chairman to call the organization meeting. 6. Duties of District Executive Committee.-It shall be the duty of the District Executive Committee: a. To enforce all rules and regulations, to settle all disputes and all questions of eligibility arising inside the district. There shall be no appeal from any decision rendered by this com­mittee. b. To certify to the State Office an eligible district championt on the date set for each respective conference, after which the committee's functions cease. In case of dispute, certifica­tion to the State Office shall be in the form of a written notice naming the eligible school and must be signed by a majority of the members of the District Executive Committee; pro­vided the State Committee shall have the authority to reject for inter-district competition any basketball team whose dis­trict committee has adopted any rule or regulation limiting the eligibility of players beyond the requirements set forth in the Constitution and Rules and the Basketball Plan. c. To arrange a schedule in the district to close not later than the date set for a conference champion to be certified. It is recommended that when feasible the district schedule be set up on a double round-robin basis. In districts that have more than ten participating schools sub-districts shall be created, in which case schedules shall be arranged in the sub-districts to close in sufficient time to schedule an elimination game or series so that the district championship may be determined by the proper time. Districts with fewer than ten schools may be subdivided. The subdivisions of a district shall contain an equal number of teams, or as nearly equal as can be; e.g., a district having seven teams shall be divided on a 3-4 basis. d. To investigate and check the eligibility of players in the dis­trict and to furnish to member schools in the district a list of eligible players submitted by each school and to investigate transfers with a view to determining whether or not transfers are bona fide. In case the transfer is not considered bona fide by the District Committee, it shall have the power to declare the contestant in question ineligible for basketball. e. To uphold the principle that high-school basketball is worth while in the school as an educational force when properly controlled. Efforts on the part of any school official or local tin the City Conference district both the champion and runner-up are certified. "fan" to recruit players shall be considered a violation of this principle and shall subject the school at fault to disqualifica­tion. Disqualification may be made by the Committ.ee after the school concerned has been given an opportunity to be heard in its own defense. When a school is disqualified it shall remain on the disqualified list until the superintendent has convinced the Committee that the errors complained of have been removed and that he, the superintendent, can guarantee the proper conduct of basketball in his school. 7. Ex-penses of District Committee.-The District Executive Com­mittee has authority to outline and put into operation a plan for financing its meetings under the following restriction: If the assess­ment plan is used the assessment for any school shall not exceed one-half of its regular League membership fee. The failure of a school promptly to pay its assessment, after having been notified, shall subject it to a penalty of elimination from consideration for district honors. If a school refuses or fails to pay its assessment after the close of the season, it may be debarred from participation the following year or until the amount is paid. At the close of the season the District Executive Committee shall furnish each participating school in the district a financial statement showing all receipts and disbursements for the season. 8. District Disqualification.-A district shall be disqualified in the State race, if its Committee certifies to the State Office a team which has used an ineligible player in any game that counted on League standing, such disqualification to be made only upon presentation of evidence to the State Executive Committee. 9. Eliminations.-District championships in the respective confer­ences shall be determined by the following dates: Conference AA ________________________________________ February 17 Conference A -------------------___ _________________February 17 Conference B __________________ ________ ______ _________ February 17 City Conference ____ ___________________________________March 3 Conference AA shall determine the bi-district championship by February 24. Conferences A and B shall determine a regional winner by February 24. The eight regional champions in each con­ference are eligible to compete in the State Championship AA, A, and B Basketball Tournament, March 1, 2, and 3. The City Conference State Championship Tournament shall be held on March 9 and 10. A double elimination tournament shall not be used in any League meet except by unanimous consent of participating schools. 10. Jurisdiction of Inter-district DisputBB.-The State Executive Committee shall have jurisdiction in all disputes arising between district winners that have been duly certified. 11. Number of Tournaments.-No high-school team shall .be eligible for district honors that has participated in .more than three inVitation basketball tournaments prior to the last day for certification of a district champion. (For definition of a "high-school team" see Article VII, Section 23.) 12. Games That Count on Percentage.-Inter-conference or inter­district games between participating schools shall not count on a team's percentage. A defeat by a nqn-participating Texas high school, except by a junior high school or dormitory school,* regardless of size or date, shall eliminate from the District, State or Regional race. A defeat by a school not eligible to. membership in the League shall not count. 13. A Practice Scrimmage.-A scrimmage or practice period to which no admission is charged, which is not on an announced schedule .and which is not regularly conducted by an official or officials shall not count as a game. 14. Inter-district Elimination Contests.-In inter-district elimi­nation contests unless mutually agreeable otherwise, one game shall be played and the place of the game shall be determined by the flip ·of the coin. Before agreeing on the time and place of the game schools should decide on the officials to be used and the expenses that are to be allowed each team in putting on the game. All bi-district games leading to the state series shall be played on a regulation size indoor court. 15. Breaking Contracts.-A game cancelled after contract has been signed, unless both parties agree to the cancellation, shall be forfeited to the team not at fault. 16. Observe Rules.-Each school shall observe faithfully all rules contained in Article VIII of the Constitution and Rules. In case an ineligible man is used in any League gamuJ, knowingly or unknow­ingly, the minimum penalty shall be forfeiture of the game. 17. Basketball Code.-By accepting this plan, the coach and other officials of each school pledge themselves to act in the spirit of the "Basketball Code" and to foster this spirit among the players. 18. Eligibility Blanks and Season Report.-Each school shall fill out an eligibility blank in duplicate furnished by the League, these blanks to be signed by superintendent or principal, one mailed to the State Office, and one filed with the Chairman of the District Executive Committee, before the school is allowed to take part in any ·game. Failure to furnish correct and complete information shall constitute grounds for suspension. At the end of the season the superintendent or principal of each school shall send to the State Office a list of all players who have participated in basketball during the season as representatives of •For definition o! "dormitory school" see Article VII. Section 20. the school. Failure to submit a correct and complete list shall con­stitute grounds for suspension. 19. Guarantees.-The visiting team always has the right to demand a guarantee sufficient to cover all expenses and in· addition 50 per cent of the net gate receipts of the contest. A demand of a fiat guarantee which is clearly in excess of expenses, shall upon action of the State or District Executive Committee, disqualify offending team from further participation. [Note.-In this connection, expenses of visiting teams, officials, advertising, labor, services, and printing incident to the contest, shall be considered as expenses of the game. Number of men allowed upon expense account shall be agreed upon by coaches or managers of teams involved. Unless mutually agreeable otherwise, the home team shall furnis~ a playing court without cost to the visiting school.] 20. Offi,cials.-All officials must be satisfactory to both parties and agreed upon in advance. Teams are urged always to secure outside officials. The visiting team should insist upon an agreement on officials prior to the day of the game. A school that refuses to play a game because the officials agreed upon have not been secured shall not be considered as breaking its contract. The responsibility to engage satisfactory officials is upon the home school. Beginning a game with an official constitutes agreement. 21. Place of Game.-The District Executive Committee in arrang­ing a schedule within the district shall determine the place of games in case of disagreement between two teams. Unless mutually agree­able otherwise, the place of the bi-district game shall be decided by the toss of a coin. 22. Protests.-All protests must be made to the proper committee within twenty.four hours after the game is played, except that a protest based on the alleged ineligibility of a player may be made at any time; provided, it is made immediately upon discovery of the facts on which the protest is based. Protests must be made in writing and signed by superintendent or principal. A protest based on an official's decision will not be considered. In passing upon eligibility of players the district committee acts in a judicial capacity. A proper judicial approach involves rea­sonable notice (i.e., sufficient to permit an answer to charges made or issues raised), an opportunity for a fair hearing, and an unbiased decision based upon the evidence presented. 23. School Authorities ResponsibZe . .,-Responsibility for the proper conduct of basketball in a school system shall rest with .the superin­tendent. All contracts and arrangements for games shall be made between superintendents and principals. The control and management of all games shall be under the supervision of the superintendent or principal. · 24. Awards for State Tournament.-In the State Tournament a silver trophy is provided for the winning team, a cup for the runner-up, and a shield for the third place team, as well as medals as follows : ten gold medals for the winning team, ten silver medals for the runner-up and ten bronze medals for the third place team. 25. Rebate to the Regional and State Tournaments.-All funds collected from concessions and admissions at the Regional and State Tournaments in excess of the amount necessary to defray the in­cidental expenses of the meet shall be prorated up to 100 per cent to the contesting ·teams on the basis of 10 cents per mile, both ways. If after rebate on expenses there is a balance in the fund received from gate receipts and concessions, this balance shall be equally divided among the schools participating in the tournament. 26. State Tournament.-The "draw" for the State Tournament shall be made by the Athletic Director of the League in the presence of witnesses, as soon as the regional champions have been determined and reported to the State Office. 27. Breach of Contract.-Any school which qualifies for a regional or state tournament in basketball and fails to participate or com­plete the official schedule of games, unless excused for valid reasons by the State Executive Committee, shall be guilty of a breach of con­tract. Schools violating the provisions mthis rule shall lose all rebate privileges for said tournament and shall be suspended from basketball f<'r a period of not to exceed one calendar year. 28. Nwmber of Games.-No high school t;eam shall be eligible for district honors which during any basketball season has competed in more than 24 basketball games, exclusive of games allowed in three invitation basketball tournaments and games that count on League standing. Effective 1950-51. 29. Playing Rules.-The National Basketball Committee "Official Rasketball Rules" govern League basketball. GIRLS' BASKETBALL PLAN The Basketball Code.-The basketball code means to play the game in the spirit of fairness and clean sportsmanship; to observe all rules and not attempt to hold, "beat the ball," or coach from the side lines because it can be done without the knowledge of the referee, or to resort to trickery in equipping or preparing players. It means to accept decisions of officials without protest·and to see that proper pre­ cautions are taken for their protection and safety; to treat your op­ ponents as your guests, and to put clean play and real sportsmanship above victories. It means the ability to win without boasting and to ,los~ wit~out grudg.e. "Victol'y is no great matter. The important thing in sport is the striving . to excel and the ·good feeling it fosters between those who play fair and have no excuse when they lose." 1. Eligible Schools.-No school shall participate in League basket­ball unless its acceptance of this plan is on file in the State Office by November 15 and fees are paid by January 15. A school which does not participate in basketball after signing the acceptance card may be suspended in this activity for a period of one year unless sufficient justification is shown for not entering a team. A non-participating school the preceding year desiring to partici­pate shall so notify the State Office one year in advance. 2. Employment of Basketball Coaches.-A school is not eligible for Interscholastic League basketball competition, (1) Whose head coach or whose assistant coach is not a full-time employee* of the school board of the school which the team repre­sents; or (2) Which contracts to pay its basketball coach out of gate-receipts, or which draws its contract with its coach in such a way as to make it to the immediate financial advantage of a coach to win games. (See Interpretation in Appendix III, under "Rule 2, Football Plan," p. 130. 3. Conferences.-Participating high schools shall be divided into Conferences as provided in Article VI, Sections 8 and 9. · 4. Districts-Conferences A and B districts will be arranged and competition shall extend to a State Championship. A school that has won its district championship is eligible to enter the Regional Tourna­ment which will be held under the direction of the regional athletic director not later than one week prior to the State Tournament. The regional champions are eligible to compete in the State Championship Basketball Tournament at Austin. Any conference champion that engages in basketball competition with another high school after winning the State Championship shall be suspended from the League for the, next basketball season. 5. Di.~f.rict Organization.t-The temporary chairman for the dis­trict shall call a meeting of all participating schools in the district, preferably in the early part of September, but in any case not later than Saturdl'!y following the third Monday in October. At this meeting a district executive committee shall be created composed of school superintendents or principals from participating schools. •This rule shall not affect the status of a coach on a leave of absence attending college. tit shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal. or coach in each school competing under this plan, to inform himself regarding the district chairman, time of meeting, etc. If the chairman moves from the district without calling a m•eting, each school in the district has a responsibility to notify the State Oftlca •o that another chairman may be named. Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 115 Each participating school present shall have one vote. At least two alternates should be elected to serve in case members of the committee are disqualified. If only one member is disqualified the first-named alternate should serve. A member of the committee shall be disqualified to act in a case in which his school is one of the two involved. In each new district, and in case of vacancies a temporary chair­man shall be appointed by the State Office. It shall be the duty of the chairman to call the organization meeting. 6. Duties of District E xecutive Committee.-It shall be the duty of the District Executive Committee: a. To enforce all rules and regulations to settle all disputes and all questions of eligibility arising inside the district. There shall be no appeal from any decision rendered by this com­mittee. b. To certify to the State Office an eligible district champion on the date set for each respective conference, after which the committee's functions cease. In case of dispute, certifica­tion to the State Office shall be in the form of a written notice naming the eligible school and must be signed by a majority of the members of the District Executive Committee; pro­vided the State Committee shall have the authority to reject · for inter-district competition any basketball team whose dis­trict committee has adopted any rule or regulation limiting the eligibility of players beyond the requirements set forth in the Constitution and Rules and the Basketball Plan. c. To arrange a schedule in the district to close not later than the date set for a conference champion to be certified. It is recommended that when feasible the district schedule be set up on a double round-robin basis. In districts that have more than ten participating schools sub-distri~ts shall be created, in which case schedules shall be arranged in the sub-districts to close in sufficient ti~e to schedule an elimination game or series so that the district championship may be determined by the proper time. Districts with fewer than ten schools may be subdivided. The subdivision of a district shall contain an equal number of teams, or as nearly equal as can be; e.g., a district having seven teams shall be divided on a 3-4 basis. d. To investigate and check the eligibility of players in the dis­trict and to furnish to member-schools in the district a: list of eligible players submitted .by each school and to investigate tram;fers with a view to determining whether or not transfers are bona fide. In case the tl'.ansfer is not considered bona fi& by the District Committee,. it shall have the power to declare the contestant in question fo.eligible for basketball. The University of Texas Publication e. To uphold the principle that high-school basketball is worth while in the school as an educational force when properly controlled. Efforts on the part of any school official or local "fan" to recruit players shall be considered a violation of this principle and shall subject the school at fault to disqualifica­tion. Disqualification may be made by the Committee after the school concerned has been given an opportunity to be heard in its own defense. When a school is disqualified it shall remain on the disqualified list until the superintendent has convinced the Committee that the errors complained of have been removed and that he, the superintendent, can guarantee the proper conduct of basketball in his school. 7. Expenses of District Committee.-The District Executive Com­mittee has authority to outline and put into operatipn a plan for financing its meetings under the following restriction: If the assess­ment plan is used the assessment for any school shall not exceed one-half of its regular League membership fee. The failure of a school promptly to pay its assessment, after having been notified, shall subject it to a penalty of elimination from consideration for disti;ict honors. If a school refuses.or fails to pay its assessment after the close of the season, it may be debarred from participation the following year or until the amount is paid. At the close of the season the District Executive Committee shall furnish each participating school in the district a financial statement ~howing all receipts and disbursements for the season. 8. District Disqualification.-A district shall be disqualified in the State race, if its Committee certifies to the State Office a team which has used an ineligible player in any game that counted on League standing, such disqualification to be made only upon presentation of evidence to the State Executive Committee. 9. Eli1ninations.-District championships in the respective confer­ences shall be determined by the following dates: Conference A _____________________________ ______________February 24 Conference B _____________________________________ ____ _February 24 Conferences A and B shall determine a regional winner by March 3. The ~egional champions in each conference arE\ eligible to compete ln the State .Championship Basketball Tournament, March 8, 9, and 10. A double elimination tournament shall not be used in any League meet except by unanimous consent of participating schools. ,10. Jurisdiction of Inter-district Disputes.-The State Executive Committee shall have jurisdiction in all disputes arising b{iltween district winners that have been duly certified. Constitution and Rules; Interscholastic League 117 11. Number of G111mes and Tournaments.-No high school team shall be eligible for district honors that has violated any portion of this rule. (For definition of a "high-school team" see Article VII, Section 23.) · (1) No member school competing for League honors shall play more than 36 games in a season up to the certifying of the district champion. This shall be all-inclusive and shall include non-district games, invitational tournaments and district games both matched and tournament. (2) No team shall play more than two matched (as distinguished from tournament) games per week al_ld no team shall be allowed to enter more than three invitational tournaments per season. (3) No teamshall play more than two games per day with at least six hours between the end of the first game and the beginning of the se<'ond game. 12. Games That Count on Percentage.-lnter-conference or inter­district games between participating schools shall not count on a team's percentage. A defeat by a non-participating Texas high school, except by a junior high school or dormitory school,* regardless of size or date, shall eliminate from the District, State or Regional race. A defeat by a school not eligible to membership in the League shall not count. 13. A Practice Scrimmage.-A scrimmage or practice period to which no admission is charged, which.is not on an announced schedule and which is not regularly conducted by an official or officials shall shall not count as a game. 14. Inter-district Elimination Contests.-In inter-district elimi­nation contests unless mutually agreeable otherwise one game shall be played and the place of the game shall be determined by the flip of the coin. Before agreeing on the time and place of the game schools should decide on the officials to be ·used and the expenses that are to be allowed each team in putting on the game. All bi-district games leading to the state series shall be played · on a regulation size indoor court. 15. Breaking Contracts.-A game cancelled after contract has been signed unless both parties agree to the cancellation, shall be forfeited _to the team not at fault. 16. Observe Rules.-Each school shall observe faithfully all rules cont"15ned in Article VIII of the Constitution and Rules. In cn8e an ineligible man is used in any League game, knowingly or unknow­ingly, the minimum penalty shall be forfeiture of the game. 17. Basketball Code.-By accepting this. plan, the coach and other officials of each school pledge themselves to act in the spirit of the "Basketball Code" and to foster this spirit among the players. •For definition of "dormitory school" see Article VII, Section 20. 18. Eligibility Blanks and Season Report.-Each school shall fill out an eligibility blank in duplicate furnished by the League, tliese blanks to be signed by superintendent or principal, one mailed to the State Office, and one filed with the Chairman of the District Executive Committee, before the school is allowed to take part in any game. Failure to furnish correct and complete information shall constitute grounds for suspension. At the end of the season the superintendent or principal of each school shall send to the State Office a list of all players who have participated in basketball during the season as representatives of the school. Failure to submit a correct and complete list shall con­stitute grounds for suspension. 19. Guarantees.-The visiting team always has the right to de­mand a guarantee sufficient to cover all expenses and in addition 50 per cent of the·net gate receipts of the contest. A demand of a fiat guarantee which is clearly in excess of expenses, shall upon action of the State or District Executive Committee, disqualify offending team from further participation. [Note.-In this connection, expenses of visiting teams, officials, advertising, labor, services, and printing incident to the contest, shall be.considered as expenses of the game. Number of men ·allowed upon expense account shall be agreed upon by coaches or managers of teams involved. Unless mutually.agreeable otherwise, the home team shall furnish a playing court without cost to the visiting school.] 20. Officials.-;--All officials must be satisfactory to ooth parties and agreed upon in advance. Teams are urged always to secure outside officials. The visiting team should insist upon an agreement on officials prior·to the day of the game. A school that refuses to play a game because the officials agreed upon have not been secured shall not be considered as breaking it~ contract. The responsibility to engage satisfactory officials is upon the home school. Beginning a game with an official constitutes agreement. 21. Place of Game.-The District Executive Committee in arrang­ing a schedule within the district shall determine the place of games in case of disagreement between two teams. Unless mutually agree­able otherwise, the place of the bi-district game shall be decided by the toss of a coin. 22. Protests.-All protests·must be made to the proper committee within twenty-four hours after the game is played, except that a protest based on the alleged ineligibility of a player may be made at any time; provided, it is made immediately upon discovery of tl).e facts on which the protest is based. Protests must be made in writing and .signed by the superintendent or princip.al. A protest based .on an . official's decision will not be considered. In passing upon eligibility of .players the district committee acts in a judicial capacity. A proper judicial approach involves rea­sonable notice (i.e., sufficient to permit an answer to charges made or issues raised), an opportunity for a fair hearing, and an unbiased decision based upon the evidence presented. 23. School Authorities Responsible.-Responsibility for the proper conduct of basketball in a school system shall rest with the superin­tendent. All contracts and arrangements for games shall be made between superintendents and principals. The control and management of all games shall be under the supervision of the superintendent or . principal. 24. Awards for State Tournament.-In the State Tournament a silver trophy is provided for the winning team, a cup for the runner-up and a shield for the third place team as well as medals as follows : ten gold medals for the winning team ten silver medals for the runner-up and ten bronze medals for the third place team. 25. Reba.te to the Regional and State Tournaments.-All funds collected from concessions and admissions at the Regional and State Tournaments in excess of the amount necessary; to defray the in­cidental expenses of the meet shall be prorated up to 100 per cent to the contesting teams on the basis of 10 cents per mile, both ways. If after rebate on expenses there is a balance in the fund received from gate receipts and concessions, this balance shall be equally divided among the schools participating in the tournament. 26. State Tournament.-The "draw" for the State Tournament shall be made by the Athletic Director of the League in the presence of witnesses, as soon as the regional champions have been determined and reported to the State Office. 27. Breach of Contract.-Any school which qualifies for a regional or state tournament in basketball and fails to participate or com­plete the official schedule of games, unless excused for valid reasons by the State Executive Committee, shall be guilty of a breach of c6n­tract. Schools violating the provisions of this rule shall lose all rebate privileges for said tournament and shall be suspended from basketball for a perio 5-4 4--3 3-2 2-6 [Note.-In using this scheme in debate, choice of sides may be determined for the first round by prescribing that teams drawing odd numbers take the negative and teams drawing even numbers take the affirmative.] After the draw in a round-robin the announcement of the matches and dates should be furnished the newspapers. Determining Percentage After each contest, the "Standing of Teams" should be computed in the usual manner, and given proper publicity. The formula for determining percentage follows: Let ~ equal "Games Won" and y equal "Ga~es Played"; then -~ X 1000 =Percentage. y "DRAWING A TOURNAMENT"~ If the number of teams entered is a power of two, no byes are drawn, as in four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, etc. Brackets are ar­ranged, as follows: First Round Semifinal Final Winner L l 2. -----Jl --------) 3. -----­ ··---i_ 4, ___ J 5. }-----1 I I J :: ----l J---I 8. -------------· j----­ Directions /or filling brackets: Put names of the teams in a hat and have someone draw them one at a time, and as each name is drawn, write it into the bracket, beginning aV'l" and continuing until the name of each of the eight teams is written into the "first round" in the order drawn. In debate, odd numbers are assigned the negative for the first round, and even numbers assigned the affirmative for the first round. The winner of the 1-2 match is written into the first line of the "semifinal column" ;-the winner of the 3-4 match is *The principle of "seeding" may be adopted by any League committee. written into the second line for semifinal competition. The lower bracket is filled in with the winners of the 5-6 and 7-8 matches, respectively. Winners of the semifinals then compete for the cham­pionship of the tournament. In case, however, the number of teams entered is not a power of two, another arrangement is necessary. If, for example, seven teams are entered, subtract seven from the next power of two, which is eight, and you have the number of byes, namely, one. Place "1" at the head of the semifinal column, as a "bye" and bracket the remaining numbers for the "first round." Number 1 then competes in the semi­final with the winner of the 2-3 match of the "first round," while the lower bracket is brought out in identically the same way as the lower bracket in the illustration given for an eight-team tournament. If there are nine teams entered, subtract nine from the next power of two (16) and you have seven byes. Divide the byes between the top and the bottom of the bracket, thus : First Round Second Round Semifinal Final Winner 1. 2. } 3. } } '· 6. } 6. 7. } 8. I J­ 9. t I APPENDIX III OFFICIAL INTERPRETATIONS Article VII, Section 1, High School.-a. In .order to determine the "teaching time" in a given school per teacher, simply add up the num­ber of minutes that the school teaches as a whole, divide by the number of teachers in the school, and you will thus arrive at the num­ber of minutes which should be considered "the time of one teacher" in that school. Then determine the number of minutes that are de­voted to teaching above the eighth grade. If that equals or exceeds "the time of two teachers," you should classify the school as a double­unit school, having a high-school department and a grammar grade department. b. In a few schools, we find more than four teachers with a few pupils taking high-school work, and still not devoting the time of two teachers to instruction in high-school grades. For competitive pur­poses, the high-school pupils enter high-school divisions in the League meets and participate in Conference B. Fee is on conference basis. The State Committee passed and made the following interpreta­tions affecting elementary grades in schools on a twelve-grade basis: 1. In an eleven-grade school system (with four-year high school) the first seven grades are considered the "grade" school; in a twelve­grade system (with a four-year high school), the first eight grades. 2. Schools maintaining four-year high schools going from eleven to twelve-grade basis automatically advance their elementary grades one year in so far as the eligibility for participation in the so-called "grade-contests" of the Interscholastic League is concerned. Sec. 3, The State Executive Committee ruled that unless a school has at least one high-school grade, that is, at least one grade in high school, it shall be classified for League purposes as a ward school. Sec. 11, Junior and Senior Divisions.-The terms "junior" and "senior" do not apply to contests not so designated in this bulletin. Notice that basketball, volleyball, debate, extemporaneous speech, etc., are not in junior and senior divisions. There is junior track and field, but no "senior" track and field meet. Outside junior track and field, there are Conferences. Sec. 19, Enrollment.-a. It appears that a pupil changed from one high school to another, registered and went through a skeleton pro­gram on one day consisting of 15-minute class periods and returned the next day to his original high school. The question arises as to whether the pupil enrolled in the other school. The Committee, basing its conclusion on a similar case in 1931, declared that this does not constitute enrollment, since it is necessary for the pupil to attend a full class period before he is considered enrolled. Art. VIII, Sec. 1, Age Rule.-Earliest documentary evidence shall be final in deciding disputes arising under this rule. Records in family Bibles are not accepted as evidence if the entry offered shows any sign of alteration. Moreover, entries which were not made at or near the time of birth are considered valueless as evidence. Recent affida­vits of date of birth are not acceptable as evidence of date of birth. Note that date of filing of birth certificate determines the date of the document. Sec. 2, Undergraduates Only.-a. The State Committee has ruled that partidpation as a graduate in graduation exercises constitutes "graduation" within the meaning of this rule. A pupil receiving a "dummy diploma" is considered a graduate, and no revocation of a diploma, for any reason, restores undergraduate status in so far as this rule is concerned. b. A school earlier in the year was classified as a three-year high school and so accepted by the State. Recently, this school was re­classified by the county board as a four-year high school for local purposes. As the State retains its three-year classification, are we to accept the State or county classification? , The classification in force at the time the school opened for the current year governs. This seems the fairest interpretation, since otherwise, the action of the county board one way or another might render eligible or ineligible pupils who have already made choice of schools for the year. c. The question was whether or not a pupil who is eligible for a diploma under one curriculum and changes to another will be eligible under the Graduate Rule until he satisfies the requirement of the curriculum to which he changes. The Committee ruled that a pupil who has sufficient credits to entitle him to a diploma from the school is ineligible ~or participation under the Graduate Rule. d. The State Executive Committee, on October 9, 1946, interpreted this rule as follows: "Anyone who has 'sufficient credits to entitle him to a diploma' means any diploma based on the minimum number of credits, irrespective of other requirements not involving credits, shall be considered as meeting the graduate requirements of Article VIII, Section 2." e. The State Executive Committee, on February 19, 1947, inter­preted "graduation requirements" as follows: "That the gradua­tion requirements effective at the beginning of the school year governs in the application of this rule." Sec. 3, Scholarship Requirement.-a. The scholarship rule requires three courses taken in the high school. Work taken in any institution outside of the high school which the contestant seeks to represent may not be counted in order to make up the required amount of work. b. Seven days prior to the date of a contest (in Regional music contests, twenty-one days) is the date which determines the eligibility of a contestant under this requirement. If at this time (seven days before the contest), the nature of the con­testant's work, taken as a whole from the beginning of the semester, would not entitle him to promotion if it were promotion time, in at least three subjects, he is not eligible and he remains ineligible until the time when his work taken as a whole from the beginning of the semester would entitle him to promotion. See definition of ~meste:r in Section 15, Article VII. c. A course of less .than one-half unit per semester cannot be counted. For illustration, two one-fourth unit courses cannot be counted as one half-unit course. Sec. 4, College Contestants Barred.-The State Executive Com­mittee on July 5, 1945, interpreted this rule as follows: "No course is considered a college .course within the meaning of this rule for which only high-school credit is given, although such course may be administered by a college." Sec. 6, Attendance.-Absence for not over two weeks on account of sickness or other unavoidable cause shall not bar a pupil if a written certificate of such cause for absence is presented, signed by the parent or guardian; provided, that such absence cannot be computed on time prior to the student's actual entry in a given school, or. after his withdrawal. Sec. 7, Competitions Outside League.-a. The State Executive Com­mittee considered the question of enforcement of Article VIII, Sec­tion 7, as affecting B squads. It was decided that the Committee not attempt to enforce Article VIII, Section 7, as affecting B squads or scrub teams of participating schools. b. On October 26, 1949, the State Executive Committee ruled that no member school's scrub team, "A" or "B" team may schedule a contest in a sport in which the other school is suspended. Sec. 8, Amateurs Only.-lnterpretation of this rule by the State Executive Committee, October ·19, 1923, follows: "Money or other valuable consideration accepted by a contestant after a contest ren­ders the contestant ineligible for further participation in Inter­scholastic League contests, irrespective of whether or not there was any agreement with regard to remuneration previous to the contest, all subject to the provisions of the rules of which this is merely an interpretation." Sec. 19, Changing Schools.-a. Example: The school of the school district in which contestant resides has less than fifteen accredited units. He is therefore eligible in School A, which is the nearest higher class school to his home or the nearest one in the county. But last ·session he attended School B, a higher class school, but not, of course, the nearest one to his home. This year he returns home and enters School A. Is he eligible to represent School A this session? The 4om­mittee is of the opinion that he is eligible for participation in League contests this session, since the School A district is his "home district" in so far as League rules are concerned. Notice, however, Section 14, Article VIII. b. In order to avail himself of the residence of his guardian to be­come eligible .i.nder this rule, the guardianship must be legal, re­corded in its regular ord~r in the office of the County Clerk, and of at least one year's ,standing. If no legal guardianship has been taken out, three years' residence with and support '>f a contestant estal:r lishes guardianship within the meaning of this rule, except in case both parents of the contestant are living no guardianship is possible in the meaning of this rule. c. On March 26, 1928, the State Executive Committee directed that a contestant, both of whose parents are dead, is eligible his first year in the school district wherein a grandparent, uncle, aunt, or older brother or sister resides, with whom he lives and by whom he is sup­ported. Notice, however, Section 14, Article VIII. d. This rule applies only to pupils in high school. e. If the parents of a contestant move from the district before he has been in attendance for one year he loses his eligibility in the school district from which his parents move, and remains ineligible there until his year is up. f. In unaccredited schools, a contestant is eligible his first year only in the one located nearest his home or the nearest one in hi11 county. If he has finished the grades offered in the nearest school, he automatically becomes eligible in the nearest school offering work in a higher grade. After an enrollment of three weeks, or longer, in an accredited school, the contestant cannot reestablish eligibility (un­der one year) in the unaccredited school unless there has been a cor­responding change of residence on the part 'of his parents, or unless the contestant's home school has been raised in rank by adding at least one grade. g. Note that "bus" transfers are on the same basis as individual transfers except that bus transfers assigned by the County Board are not affected by Article VIII, Section 13. h. This rule applies also within a city having two or more senior high schools, but does not apply to ward schools or grammar grades. Neither does it apply to junior high-school graduates who change to the senior high school designated for such junior high-school grad­uates. Districts outlined by the local school board shall govern. A pupil living in an "overlapping" district is eligible his first year under this rulei in the school of his choice so long as he is living in the district of that high school. After a pupil under these conditions makes a choice of a high school, he will lose his eligibility for one year if he changes to another high school even in the same school system, unless a corresponding change of residence by his parents has been made. If there is a change of residence on the part of the parents from District A in a city system to District B in the same system, the pupil may choose the high school of District B .:>r the central voca­tional high school whose district includes all the other districts. In ruling on the transfer of contestants from high schools in a city system of schools to a central vocational school under Article VIII, Section 13, the "overlapping district" interpretation con­tained in paragraph "h" applies; that is, the voc1,1tional high­school district including all the other districts is considered as an overlapping district. i. In case of discontinuance of the school this section does not apply. j. After a pupil in a lower class school makes a choice of a higher class school within 15 miles of his home he will lose his eligibility for one year if he changes to another higher class school located within 15 miles of his home; unless (1) there is a corresponding change of residence by his parents, or (2) the County Board of Education has or.dered the change of schools and the tuition and bus money has been transferred in accordance with the law providing for transfers from one district to another. Sec. 14, One-Year Rule.-a. To be ineligible under this rule the pupil must have represented in football or basketball another high school having as many as 15 accredited units. The number of units held by the former school when the pupil enrolls in the new school govetns this point. b. A pupil is not ineligible under this rule who enrolls the first year of a newly created school located nearer his home (where he has resided for at least one year) than a school which he formerly attended. c. In the meaning of this rule the one-year provision has been satisfied when the pupil has been in attendance in the new school for two semesters even though the semeste_rs may not be two consecutive semesters provided the pupil has not, in the meantime, enrolled in another school. d. In case of discontinuance of the school which a contestant has represented in basketball or football, this section does not apply. e. The State Executive Committee at its meeting January 7, 1937, directed that the following be added: "Furthermore, Article VIII, Section 14, shall not operate to render pupils ineligible in a school to which they are changed by order of the County Board and to which their tuition money and bus money has been transferred, in accordance with the law providing for trans­fers from one district to another." Sec. 16, Passing Grade Preceding Semester.-a. Question arose as to whether a contestant was eligible to compete in a basketball rame the Saturday night following the Friday which was the last school day of the fall semester. The contestant had failed to pass in three credit courses during the spring semester of the preceding school year, but had passed in three credit courses dur­ing the fall semester. At the time of the game, it was a question of which was the "last semester," the fall or the spring semester. The committee ruled that the contestant was ineligible since the fall semester does not close until the new semester has begun, and the new semester does not begin until school is in session again after the last school day of the fall semester. For definition of a "semester" see Section 19, Article VII. b. A student changing schools is ineligible under this section if the school to which he changes refuses to allow credit for work completed the preceding se~ester in the former school. c. A year's credit in a subject granted on the basis of grades made during both semesters may be counted as one of the three half units required regardless of the particular grade for either semester. d. No exceptions are made to this rule for any reason. If the con­testant was sick, or had to quit school for other good reasons, he simply is not eligible if he failed to get credit for three half-unit credit courses during the preceding semester. Summer school work or any work handed in after the close of the semester cannot be c~unted. A centestant who has been out of school a full year or more is eligible provided he attended a major portion of, and made three half units, the last semester he was in school. The fact that he was passing at the time of his withdrawal does not satisfy this rule. If he did not earn the prescribed credit he is not eligible. If the con­testant was enrolled less than three weeks his last semester he is not considered as having "attended" that semester. e. In case the session is not divided in a given school into semesters, the pupil must have been promoted at the last promotion period. Sec. 19, Eight Semester Rule.-The State Executive Committee at the meeting March 30, 1949, interpreted the Eight-Semester Rule, Article VIII, Section 19, as follows: "A pupil's enrollment starts when he has accumulated .enrollments in as many as three one-half unit credit courses, irrespective of when the first one or two credit courses were taken." Article x.:....a. Only the events listed in this section may be counted towards all-round championship. b. Attempt to change schedule. of points in confere~ce meets has caused more dissatisfaction than any other one thing in the past. Conference committees which arbitrarily change the schedule are uni­formly overruled by the State Committee on appeal by any dissatisfied school. Sec. 2, "De/cult" and "Forfeit."-A winner by "default" is one against whom no opposition is entered; a winner by "forfeit" is one whose opponent has entered but, for one reason or another, fails or refuses to continue the contest. A winner by default is awarded first place points. Breaking Ties in Declama.tion.-Note that the "sum of the ranks" is not resorted to for determination of first place if any con. testant has been awarded first place by a majority of the judges. Similarly (with first place already decided) the "sum of the ranks" is not reso:Pted to to determine second place if one contestant has been given second or higher rank by a majority of the judges. However, if any two contestants receive a majority of seconds or better, then the "sum of the ranks" shall be resorted to, provided, of course that first place has already been determined, as it should always be before attempting to settle second place. In short, always go by "majority decision" if possible; if there is no majority decision, then resort to the "sum of the ranks." With first and second places out of the way, then proceed by the saine process to settle third place. When two contestants are tied for any place by virtue of each receiving identical sums of the ranks and when the procedure out­lined above fails to break the tie, the following plan known as "judges' preference" shall be used. Compare the ranking of the speakers as follows : Example: First speaker: 2-5-3 Second speaker: ~2--4 It will be noted that the first judge ranks first speaker above second speaker; second judge ranks second speaker above first speaker; third judge ranks first speaker above second speaker. This gives the following: Example: First speaker: 1-2-1 Second speaker: 2-1-2 and so breaks the tie in favor of the first speaker. Grade Contests.-The Committee interpreted the so-called "primer grade" to read "first grade" in all schools, the question having arisen whether or not a school might have a primer grade and then a first grade. This interpretation was map.e for the clarification of rules governing "grade contests" such as spelling and arithmetic. Article XIII, Section 5.-The State Executive C01pmittee, on October 9, 1946, defined the Awards Rule as follows: "Article XIII, Section 5, applies only to awards given by ·the school, or awards received by a . pupil from any source whatsoever for participating in interschool contests. Awards, rewards, gifts or other valuable consideration received for participating in athletic contests ·other than interschool events are to be governed by the provisions of the Amateur Rule.'' The State Executive Committee has ruled that the giving of .special awards to individuals by a district executive committee in football is a violation of Article XIII, Section 5 of the League Rules. In a further interpretation of this Section, the Committee ruled that a school could not accept an award for an individual player and hold it until his eligibility is completed and then give it to the player. Rule 2, Football Plan: The following excerpt from the minutes will serve as a key in interpretation of this rule: "Per Cent of Gate-Receipts-A general discussion in the Com­mittee ensued concerning the interpretation of the rule recently adopted to prohibit coaches from being paid from gate-receipts. The Secretary was instructed to prepare a circular letter outlining the general policy which the Committee will adopt in·interpreting this rule. He was directed to incorporate at least the following points: a. That it would be against the rule for a contract to be based upon a percentage of the gate-receipts. b. It would be desirable for the salary to be fixed at the beginning of the year, and to include no provision for bonus. c. The Committee was of the opinion that the salary of the coach should be paid from funds under the complete control of the school board, and disbursed to the coach in the regular way in which the other salaries are disbursed. d. As a general guide, the Committee took the position that any contract which made it to the immediate financial interest of a coach to win a game would be in violation at least of the spirit of the rule which has been adopted." In "(1)" under Rule 2, "Full time" means full-time for the whole scholastic or calendar year. Rule 8, Football Plan: The State Executive Committee discussed the wording of Rule 8 and adopted the following interpretation: "If a football team is certified as a district champion which has used a contestant not eligible under Interscholastic League rules the State Executive Committee has jurisdiction under Rule 8 of the Football Plan to re-determine questions of eligibility, Rule 6a of the Football Plan having applicability only to intradistrict com­petition." Rule 22, Football Plan: a. The Committee discussed the wording of Rule 22, and it appearing that the word "years" as used in this rule causes some difficulty and misunderstanding, the Committee, by motion in December, 1940, ruled that the word "years" in this rule should be taken to mean football sea-sons. In other words, games are to be settled on a home and home basis within the past six "football seasons." For illustration: any game played prior to the 1935 season has no bearing upon this rule since it is outside of the last six football seasons. Seasons are counted as follows: 1940-1, 1939-2, 1938-8, 1937-4, 1936-5, 1935-6. b. The Committee considered the question of the location of a bi-district football game under the following conditions: In 1935 Team A and Team B were fo the same football dis­trict. Team A played Team B on Team B's home field. The following year Team A and Team B were placed in separate districts. In 1940 Team A and Team B won their respective district championships. The Committee ruled that next game should be played on Team A's field. APPENDIX IV CURRENT PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE Those ordering bulletins should read carefully the description of the bulletin given below and the terms upon which it is ·distributed. Stamps are not accepted in payment for bulletins, and bulletins are not sent C.O.D. or on account. Cash in the for1n of money order, express order, currency, or personal check must accompany order. Do not expect the bulletins to travel as rapidly as first-class mail. Wait a reasonable ti1ne before sending in an inquiry concerning an order previously given. · If it is necessary to telegraph an order, the money should be tele­graphed also, as otherwise the order must surely be held up awaiting remittance. When the term "League School" is used in this list it is meamt to refer to a school which is a member of The University Interscholastic League. Reduced prices do not apply on cumulative orders. For instance, a f'.chool ordering 50 copies one time and 50 at another time does not recr,ive these at the rate given on 100 lots. Bulletins ordered are not subject to exchange, nor will money be refunded for same. Constitution and Rules of the lntersc'holastic League (1950), No. 5018, 160 pages, 25 ce•nts per copy; for 10 or more, 20 cents per copy. Contains rules and regulations governing all contests of The University Inter­scholastic League. Free copy is sent to the person remitting the fee for· a school. The lnteracholaatic Leaguer. Monthly publication official organ of the League, mailed free on request to any teacher in Texas who is coaching or training pupils for participation in League contests. DEBATE Debate Question: Resolved, That social welfare benefits to the people should be extended by the Federal Government. Official debate handbook for 1950-51. Volume I, 75 cents per copy. Volume II (Supplement) 75 cents per copy. Volume I contains about 220 pages of specially prepared articles, analysis of the question, and bibliography. Volume II contains 220 pages of articles chosen for reprint from books and magazhies and supplemental bibliography material. Every debater should have a copy of each volume. The University of Texas Publication 146 Medical Care. Official debate handbook for 1946-47 scholastic year. Volume I, 75 cents per copy. Supplement 75 cents per copy. The official Debate Handbook has more than two hundred pages and contains arguments pro and con on the d~bate-question adopted by the League as the official question for 1946-47. Although there is much material on both sides of this ques­tion available, this bulletin is considered basic and every debater should have a copy. Recommended for practice debates. Compulsory Military Training. Official debate handbook for 1945-46 scholastic year, 75 cents per copy<. This bulletin of more than two hundred pages contains arguments pro and con on the debate-question adopted by the League as the official question for 1945-46. Recommended for practice debates. Equalization of Educational Opportunity (1941 ). No. 4138, 250 pages, single copies 35 cents, four copies for $1.00. This bulletin contains arguments pro and con on the Interscholastic League debate query for the school year 1941-42. I t also contains affirmative, negative and general briefs, as well as an exhaustive analysis of the question a nd a classified bibliography. It was prepared by Dr. Joseph Ray, Professor of Government in the North Texas State Teachers College. On this same subject, there are available two handbooks, Vol. I and Vol. II, entitled, "'Equalizing Educational Opportunity," at 25 cents per volume. These bulletins are both good-sized volumes of 200 or 250 pages each. The Natural Resource Tax (1940), No. 4038, 250 pages, single copies 25 cents. The debate question for the school year 1940-41 proposed an increase in taxes on natural resourcei:i and this bulletin contains a wealth of material, both negative and atlirmative. It also contains suggestive ·briefs. It was prepared under the direction of Professor Thomas A. Rousse, of the Public Speakin g Department, The University of Texas. The Sales Tax, No. 3838, 250 pages, single copies 25 cents. This was the League handbook on the debate query for the school year 1938-39. It ccntains suggestive briefs, selected arguments, bibliography, etc., all bearing on t he debate query: "Resolved That Texas Should Adopt a Uniform Retail Sales Tax." It was prepared by Professor George Hester and Professor Thomas A. Rousse. Texas Legislature: One House or Two? No. 3738. 250 pages, single copies 35 cents, four copies for $1.00. This was the League handbook on the debate query for the school year 1937-38. It contains suggestive briefs, selected arguments, bibliography; etc., all bearing on . the debate query, "Resolved, That Texas Should Adopt the One-House Legislature." It was prepared by Dr. Joe M. Ray, Associate Professor of Government in the North Texas ,State T eachers College. "Nationalization of Munitions" (1936), No. 3638, 225 pages, 10 cents. The question for debate in all Interscholastic League matched debates for the 1936-37 school year was: "Resolved, That the Manufacture of Munitions of War Should Be a Government Monopoly." Professor Thomas A. Rousse, Debate Coach at The University af Texas, prepared this bulletin coverin g practically every phase of the query. The bulletin contains general negative, and affirmative briefs, bibliography, selected arguments, etc., using, of course, only the most eminent authorities in the field. Single copies, 10 cents. Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 147 ''Eqaalizing Educational Opp11>rtunity," two V'Olumes, 1934, Vol. I, 220 pages; Vol. II, 224 pages, 25 cents per volume. These two bulletins were prepared by Mr. Bower Aly for debates in the League during the school year of 1934-35. This is an excellent debate .question, especially so since the question has become very much alive during tpe past session of Congress. Debate classes, literary societies, and debate clubs will find a discussion of ·this questio~ very stimulating. "Limiting Taxes on Tangible Property" (1932), No. 3228, 10 cents. Contains briefs, selected arguments and authorities statistics on the following debate query: "Resolved, That at least one-half of all State and local revenues in Texas should be derived from sources other than taxes on tangible property." This bulletin was prepared by C. A. Duval, Ph.D., Instructotr in Economics, The Uni­versity of Texas. "Required }, ~·';ifration of Labor Disputes," No. 4737, 50 cents per copy. Contains briefs and arguments pro and con on the following query : "Resolved, That the Federal Government should require arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries." This question was debated in the League debating contests during the scholastic year 1947-48. Severance Tax (1948-49). No. 4819, 75 cents per copy. More than two hundred pages of arguments pro and con, briefs, reprints, and bibliography on the question : Resolved, that the State of Texas should increase the severance tax ori its natural resources. DECLAMATION A Prescribed List of Junior Declamations, No. 4735. Price 10 cents. A list of 3,000 titles of poems for use in L eague contests, revised in 1947-48. Listed alphabetically according to title, author, and the books in which each poem is found. Contains bibliography of 63 books of poetry. Senior Declamation .Bibliography. A list of books and publications containing Senior Declamations. Some contain both Senior and Junior Declamations. This bibliography is sent free. MATHEMATICS "Developing Number Sense" (1945), No. 4526, 32 pages, 10 cents. Written by J ohn W . Calhoun, Professor of Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas. This bulletin is a revision of the bulletin issued by the League under th<> same title in 1925. It contains directions to t he teacher and to the student for developing "number sense," that is, an aSility to solve quickly arithmetical problems with a fair deg•ee of accuracy without the use of pencil or paper. It is old-fashioned "mental" arithmetic systematically presented. This bulletin is used as a basis for conference contests in arithmetic. It contains· more than a thousand problems. One free copy for each member school expecting to enter the arithmetic contest. Single copies, 10 cents apiece, $1.00 per dozen, $7.50 per 100. "Slide Rule" Test Sheets. For practice tests in Slide Rule. One cent per sheet. Key for grading problems is sent with each order. No order filled for less than ten copies of a given test. Be careful in ordering to call for Slide Rule tests. The University of Texas Publication "Number Sense" Test Sheets. For practice tests in "number sense." One cent per sheet. Key for grading problems is se:Jt with each order. No order filled for less than ten copies of a given test. Be careful in ordering to call for "Number Sense" tests. Make Algebra Talk. •By Dr. John W. Calhoun, late Professor of Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas. No. 4623, 20 pages, 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen or $1.00 per 100. Practical methods of teaching algebra which appeared as a series of articles in The Interscholastic Leaguer. How to Use a Slide Rule, 40 cents per copy; Bulletin of 60 pages giving detailed instruction in use of slide rule and many illustrations. Also tests are available at 1 cent per copy, 10. cents per dozen. MUSIC The Role of Music in General Education (1948). No. 4801. By Dr. Hobart H. Sommers, Principal, Austin High School, Chicago, Ill. "Making Friends in Music Land," Book II (1926). No. 2637, 75 pages, 10 cents. This bulletin was prepared by Dr. Lota Spell for use in the Music Memory contests in the League a number of years ago. It is an excellent supplementary reader and may be correlated with music appreciation work. Twenty classical selections are treated. Five cents per copy in quantities of ten or. more. Sing)~ copies 10 cents. "Making Friends in Music Land," Book VI (1935). No. 3540, 80 pages, 10 cents. Same description as Book II, except that different selections are treated. Single copies 10 cents; twelve copies for $1.00. "Making Friends in Music Land," Book VIII (1941). No. 4140, 100 pages, price 15 cents per copy. Each of the selections contained in the 1942-43 music memory list receives attention in this bulletin. Also there are suggestions to teachers and pupils which assist in the study of the various requirements of the Interscholastic League contest in Music Appreciation. Teachers find ·this little book quite a help in enlisting the interest of pupils and in systematizing the study of the selections. · Prescribed Music for 1950-51. Price SO cents per copy. This bulletin contains the complete lists of Prescribed Music to be used in 1949-50 Regional Music Competition-Festival. Sing We all Noel, Christmas and Twelfth Night Suggestions for Home, School, Church, Recreation Center, Club and Community, by Augustus Delafield Zanzig. No. 4147, 42 pages. Price 15 cents per copy.. Now is the time to begi,; preparation for a big Christmas celebration in school and community. Music is the soul of the Christmas celebration, and here in this bulletin you will find many suggestions, not only for music but for various cer~ m~nials. Lists of suitable plays, festivals, pageants, and lists of carols are appended. Very valuable for reference. Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 149 PLAYS A Prescribed List of Plays, 20 pages. A list of 350 One-Act Play titles for use in League contests. Listed according to title, author, number of characters, type, royalty, and publisher. SHORTHAND Shorthand Tests. Seventy-word, eighty-word and ninety-word shorthand tests, of the same nature as tests used in Interscholastic League Shorthand Tournaments. One cent per test. TYPEWRITING Typewriting. Tests. Fifteen-minute typing tests, of the same nature as tests used in Interscholastic League Typewriting Tournaments, spaces counted. Two cents per copy, fifteen cents per dozen. SPELLING Word List for Interscholastic League Spelling Contest (1950-51), No. 5019. 5 cents per copy. The word lists for the three divisions in this contest are published in this bulletin, making a supplementary list for those appearing in the State adopted texts. Both the texts .and the word lists are necessary for preparing pupils to engage in this contest. In quantities, 50 cents per dozen or $3.00 per hundred, postpaid. ART APPRECIATION Favorite Pictures (1941 ), No. 4136. 15 cents per copy. 10 copies for $1.00. This bulletin is the one being used in the 1950-51 contests. A collection of stories concerning the pictures and the artists included in · the 1942-43 picture memory lists is. here presented in quite attractive form. The author is Mrs. Florence Lowe Phillips who has prepared other numbers of this series in the past. The bulletin is J'rinted in large type and in a manner suitable for study by children. Each pupil in the picture memory class should have an individual copy of this publication. Art Appreciation Studies (1943), No. 4336, 62 pages. 15 cents per '•py, 10 copies for $1.00. By Waldine Hunter. This bulletin describes briefly pictures selected for · their suitability in illustrating various phases of the "art appreciationu part of the curriculum in art for inter­mediate grades approved by the State Department of Education. They are excellent artext prints, 8x10 reproducing pictures af the great classical artists. "Picture Study in Elementary Grades" (1936), No. 3634, 50 pages. 10 cents per copy. This is a collection of articles published in the Interscholastic Leaguer under the title, "Picture Appreciation," by Miss Florence Lowe, Head, Art Departmerit. Sam Houston State Te..chers College. The article contains many helpful hints to teachers who have charge of picture appreciation study in the fourth and fifth grades, as well as a great deal of general· information concerning the Jess technical aspects of painting, sculpture, and architecture. 150 The University of Texas Publication MISCELLANEOUS Athletics-For Better or Worse. By Dr. Chas. W. Flint, formerly Chancellor, Syracuse University, 30 pages. Dr. Flint is a recognized authority on athletics. His analysis of the evils of athletics is ke high-school pupils through auditorium talks and on other <>ecasions. Sent only in case legal-sized stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with request. Speech Teaching. A Vital Problem in Public Education, by Harry G. Barnes, Ph.D. · The Interscholastic League Breakfast and Section Meeting, November 27, 1936, voted unanimously to request the League to issue Dr. Barnes' addr~s in ·phamphlet form. This was accordingly done and it is now available for anyone in terested who will enclose with request a legal-sized stamped and addressed envelope. The Speech Teacher and Competition (1941), No. 4142, 75 pages, 25 cents per copy. Part I of this bulletin, the use <>f competiti<>ns as a method <>f teaching, is discussed from a historical and theoretical standpoint by Roy Bedichek, former Director of The University Interscholastic League. Part II is written by F . L. Winship, former Dire~t<>r of Speech Activities in the Interscholastic League. It is designed t<> be of practical assistance to teachers who have Undertaken the work Of sponsoring dramatic, extemporaneous speech or declamation contests in their res~ective sch@O]a. Even experienced teachers will find Part II quite worthy of study; those assigned contest duties bu~ inexperienced in this field, will find it invaluable. All orders for bulletins or other League publications should be addressed to THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE University Station, Box H Austin 12, Texas APPENDIX V SCHOLARSHIPS Four of the institutions of higher learning in Texas off er scholar­ships to iuinners of certain Interscholastic League contests, some of them applying to iuinners in Regional Meets, and some to iuinners in the State Meet. Terms and conditions of these scholarships are given in the f olloiuing announcements: B AYLOR UNIVERSITY, Waco, offers a scholarship to the two first place winners in Ccnferences AA and City in Extempora­neous Speech. One scholarship going to the winning girl and one to the winning boy i~ each conference. Each of these scholarships is worth in money $180 and applies toward tuition for three courses in the academic department for one year only. A scholarship will be good only for the year following its award. T HE COLLEGE GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION of the Texas State College for Women, Denton, has undertaken to supply funds for scholarships to Interscholastic League State Meet winners. Scholarships which provide for payment of the $50. tuition charge in the Texas State College for Women are offered by the stu­dent body of ·the Institution, through its College Government Asso­ciation, for the winning girl contestants at The University Inter­scholastic League State Meet in the following contests: 1. Journalism (any girl winning first place in any of the five con­test sections) . 2. ·Debate (any girl on winning team or on runner-up team in each conference). 3. Extemporaneous Speech (first place winner, girls' division in each conference). 4. Declamation (first place winner, girls' division in each con­ference). · 5. Dramatics (girls placed on all-star cast in each conference). 6. Ready Writers (any girl winning first place in any conference). 7. Tennis Doubles (winning team, girls' division). 8. Tennis Singles (winner, girls' division). These scholarships are offered under the following conditions, to wit: 1. No individual is eligible to more than one scholarship. 2. No individual is eligible who is not in the upper quartile of her class in scholarship during her senior year. Girls who are not seniors at time of winning League honors will be eligible for schol­arship following graduation provided a B average is maintained throughout the remaining high-school years. 3. The scholarship is valid only for the individual who registers in the college before the end of the first semester following her graduation from high school. 4. The scholarship is good for only one year. APPENDIX VI RESULTS 1950 State Meets of The University Interscholastic Lea;gue DEBATE Conference B-Ray Hill and Calvin Adkins. Keller. Runner-up, Mary Sparks ancr Elizabeth Porter, Mathis. Conference A-Boys: William Croom and Calvin Cilley, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Pharr). Runner-up, Gale Ripley and W. J. Minica, Lampasas. Girls: Joan Talley and Shirley Bradham, Atlanta. Runner-up, Ann Barnett and Pauline Pierce, Hill­crest (Dallas). Conference AA-Boys: Tom Hall and George Fremin, Beaumont. Runner-up, Bruce Carruth and Melvin Ledbetter, Waco. Girls: Joanne Sheehy and Ann Willis. Waco. Runner-up, Cora Maria Richert and Jo Ann Thomas, Beaumont. City Conference-Boyg: Jonathan Malev and Bernie Dow, San Jacinto (Houston) . Runner-up. Bill Bullen and John Bagslay, Lamar (Houston). Girls: Mary Patter­son and Anne Bolster, Reagan (Houston). Runner-up, Lavona Cone and Lee Etta Durham, W. H. Adamson (Dallas). GIRLS' DECLAMATION Conference B-(1) Mary A. Lore!, Bloomington; (2) Mary Byrd, Mertzon; (3) Barbara Benedich, Keller. Conference A-(1) Gayle Donegan, DeLeon; (2) Hope Worthington, Hearne; (3) Shannon Rutherford, Levelland. Conference AA-(1) Patti Slessinger, Austin (El Paso); (2) Geraldean Brown, McAllen ; (3) Mike Flynn, Amarillo. City Conference-(l) Jem Bentz, Lamar (Houston); (2) Dahlyn Tollette, Alamo Heights (San Antonio) ; (3) Charlene Morton, Austin (Houston). BOYS' DECLAMATION Conference B-(1) Richard Massart, Warren; (2) Maurice Herring, Hebbronville ; (3) Glen Lemon, Booker. Conference A-(1) Joe Cannon, Mexia; (2) Bob Newman, Cuero; (3) Harvey Reeves, Shamrock. Conference AA-(1) Gregory Criswell, Kilgore; (2) David Minton, Denton; (3) Dale Gore, Corpus Christi. City CO'nference-(l) Harrell Moore, Austin (Houston); (2) Brad Thompson, Lamar (Houston); (3) Charles Nerretig, Reagan (Houston). GIRLS' EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH Conference B-(1) Martha Renfroe, Sonora; (2) Rosemary Rizzo, Liberty; (3)Wanda Jordan, Lindale. Conference A-(1) Beverly Tony, Hillcrest (Dallas); (2) Jean Browning, Car­thage; (3) Mary Henderson, Raymondville. Conference AA-(1) Norma Smith, Lubbock ; (2) Helen Surratt, Austin, (El Paso) ; City Sunset (3) Dana Hieronymus, Temple. ConferencQ-(1) Evelyn Boyd, Reagan (Houston) ; (Dallas); (3) Jean Biggers, Lamar (Houston) . (2) Martha Logan, BOYS' EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH Conference B-(1) Jackie Ratliff, Sonora; (2) Jay Mack Adams, Fabens; (3)Thomas Nichols, Burleson. Conference A-(1) Monty Horne, Lockhart; (2) C. A. Maas, San Saba; (3) Harris Green, Mt. Pleasant. Conference AA-(1) Barney Young, Ama.rillo; (2.) Winston Miller, Waco; (3)Weyland Pilcher, Corpus Christi. City Conference-(l) Joe Ratcliffe, Sunset (Dallas); (2) .Bernie Burrus, Reagan(Houston); (i) Jerry Gilmore, Adamson (Dallas). BOYS' INTERPRETATIVE READING City Conference-(!) Monte Hancock, Sunset (Dallas) ; (2) Paul McRae, Reagan (Houston); (3) Jimmy Bock, Austin (Houston). GIRLS' INTERPRETATIVE READING City Conference-(1) Ann Ogle, W. H. Adamson (Dallas); (2) Anna LaltayPetty, Sunset (Dallas) ; (3) Martha Flack, Alamo Heights( San Antonio) . BOYS' RADIO NEWSCASTING City Conference-(!) Dow Lawrence, Lamar (Houston); (2) Billy Harding, San Jacinto (Houston) ; (3) Jimmy Mullin, W. H. Adamson (Dallas). GIRLS' RADIO NEWSCASTING City Conference-(1) Sally Stuebing, Lamar (Houston) ; (2) Leah Ray Solomon, Jefferson (San Antonio); (3) Wilma Morris, Forest· Avenue (Dallas). BOYS' ORIGINAL ORATION City Conference-(1) Kent Bendall, Lamar (Houston) ; (2) John Brannan, J<'orest Avenue (Dallas); (3) Bill Merwin, W. H . Adamson (Dallas). GIRLS' ORIGINAL ORATION City Co>tference-(1) Annice Blatt, Lamar (Houston) ; (2) Lanelle Lutz, Alamo Heights (San Antonio); (3) Wanda Ragland, Milby (Houston). READY WRITERS Conference B-(1) Marion Mayo, Austwell-Tivoli (Austwell) ; (2) Estelle Mc­Fadden, Lindale; (3) Anna Jackson, Masonic Home (Fort Worth). Conference A-(1) Betty Beaufford, Irving; (2) Patricia Woods, Taylor; (3) Steve Salmon, Mt. Pleasant. Conference AA-(1) Jimmy Webb, El Paso ; (2) Pat Brice, Gainsville; (3) Roger Faulkner, Breckenridge. City Conference-(!) Jean Biggers, Lamar (Houston) ; (2.) Mary Jeanes, North Dallas (Dallas); (3) Robert Mann Austin, (Houston). SLIDE RULE Conference B-(1) Gordon Scott, Liberty; (2) Jim Bob Roper, Liberty; (3) Ronald Klein, Alpine. Conference A-(1) Ernest Reynolds, Merkel; (2) Dudley Farr, Merkel; (3) Douglas Obermiller, Cameron. Conference AA-(1) Mike O'Connell, Freeport; (2) Alvin Gregg, Plainview; (3) S. A. Richardson, Freeport. NUMBER SENSE Conference B-(1) Gene Hodges, Miami; (2) Cyrus Reeder, Hughes Springs; (S) Joe Menn, Yorktown. Conference A-(1) Jerry Michel, Marble Falls; (2) Daniel Bowker, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Pharr) ; (3) Florence R. Boecker, Cameron. Conference AA-(1) Nancy Wilbanks, El Paso; (2) Alvin Gregg, Plainview; (3) Lowell Gregg, Plainview. TYPING Conference B-(1) Vera Anne Jones, Friona-score 155.02; (2) Velora Ann Williams, Higgins-score 146.33; (3) Ann Trager, Dayton-score 132.71. Conference A-(1) James Davis, Winters-score 152.38; (2) Diane Hall, Little­field-score 147.84; (3) Walter Thormeyer, Winters-score 146.35. Conference AA-(1) Mary Lou Murphy, San Angelo--score 154.36; (2) Dorothy Taylor, McKinny-score 151.51; (3) Gayle Fultz, Graham-score 146.99. SHORTHAND Conference B-(1) Barbara Lowry, White Oak (Longview) , 98. ; ( 2) Nellie Ruth Gandy, Angleton, 96.4; (3) Iris Brite, Pleasanton, 96.4. Conference A-(1) Bettie Cypert, Merkel, 98.6; (2) Morelle McCoy, Merkel, 97.8; (3) Minnie Merle Meinke, La Grange, 97. Conference AA-(1) Lee Ann Brown, Amarillo, 98; (2) Jeanne Fannin, Brown­wood, 96 ; (3) Mary Louise Baker, Breckenridge, 93. The University of Texas Publication JOURNALISM Conference B-lndividual winners: (1) Bernice Winkler, Schulenburg; (2) Norris Loeffler, Sonora; (3) J . David Gavenda, Rio Hondo. Winning schools: (1) Rio Hcndo; (2) Marfa; (3) Sonora. Conference A-Individual winners: (1) Phyllis Reininger, New Braunfels; (2) Jimmy Suggs, Gaston (Joinerville) ; (3) Mike Pool, Dumas. Winning schools: (1) New Braunfels; (2) Gaston (Joinerville); (3) Dumas._ Conference AA-Individual winners: (1) Martha Harlan, Highland Park (Dallas) ; (2) Jerry Burks, Tyler; (3) Ruth Breazeale, Lubbock. Winning schools: (1) Highland Park (Dallas) ; (2) Tyler; (3) Lubbock. . City Conference-Individual winners : (1) Jack Walker, Edison (San Antomo); (2) Tie: Robert Cooper, Sunset (Dallas) and Glenda Anderson, Technical (Fort Worth) . Winning schools: (1) Technical (Fort Worth) ; (2) Sunset (Dallas) ; (3) Arlington Heights (Fort Worth). ONE-ACT PLAY Conference B-Winning schools: (1) Schulenburg; (2) White Deer; (3) White Oak (Longview). All-star cast: Elsie Haas, Schulenburg; Julianne Oden, Fort Hancock; Jeanette Winters, Schulenburg; Bobby Semmler, Schulenburg; Ronnie McChessney, White Oak (Lcngview); Pat Hazel, White Oak (Longview). Best actress: Elsie Haas, Schulenburg. Best actor. Bobby Semmler, Schulenburg. Conference A-Winning schools: (1) Cuero; (2) Carthage; (3) Cotulla. All­ star cast: Lillian Hansen, Cuero; Joline Sager, Cuero; Lavenda Latham, Carthage; Vernon Breitkreutz, Cuero; Walter Harris, Carthage; Lonnie Martin, Cotulla. Best actress: Lillian Hansen, Cuero. Best actor: Vernon Breitkreutz, Cureo. Conference AA-Winning schools: (ll. Abilene; (2) Austin; (3) Denton. ~ll­star cast: Kathryn Young, Abilene ; Ernestine Mulholland, Austin; Judy Galbraith, Abilene ; Wayne Thomas, Abilene ; Frank Cass, Austin; Clay Newton, Jr., Denton. Best actr....::::::::::~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::Jg ~~~~." --~-~-l~~~:':~~r.>____::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::i~%. Conference, A 120-Yard High Hurdles-1. Richard Hampton (Brady), 2. Don R. Floyd (Andrews), 8. Ronald Michalec {Boling), 4. Burl McCoy (Merkel), 5. Joe Grace (New London), 6. Jack Smith (Andrews). Time: 15.0. · 100-Yard Dash-1. Charles Thmnas (Cleveland), 2. W. M. Turner (Brady), 3. Eddie Halford (Luling), 4. James Heflin (Mart) , 5. Max Blansit (Hamilton), 6. Kirby Jett (Wharton) . Time: 9.7. 440-Yard Dash-Tommy Moore (Phillips), 2. Bobby Crooks (Memphis), 3. Ronnie Koss (La Grange), 4. James Heflin (Mart), 5. Bobby Lofton (Carlisle, Price), 6. Robert Fernandez (Mercedes). Time: 50.9. ' 200-Yard Low Hurdles-1. Charles Thomas (Cleveland), 2. W. M, Turner (Brady), 8. Thomas Earl Taylor (Uvalde), 4. Jimmy L. Smith (Carlisle, Price) , 5. Raymond McLean (Karnes City), 6. Burl McCoy (Merkel). Time: 22.0. 440-Yard Relay-1. Brady (Bob Eklund, W. M. Turner, Billy Joe Taylor, Willie R. Fields). 2. Brenham (William Gaskamp, Kiel Landua, Johnie Modrzejewski, Wilmer Morgan),' 3. Pecos (George Christian, Jerry Fairley, Billy Patterson, Thomas Langham), 4. Overton (Bobby Bynum, R. H. Bedair, Ronald Barner, Bobby Byrd), 5. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Hector Hinojosa, Bobby Kristek, Eloy Trevino, H omero Trevino), 6. Wharton (Kirby Jett, Albert Faetche, Louie Matula, Marvin Felder). Time: 44.5. 8~0-Yard Run-1. Paul Senff (Brenham), 2. Victor Rodriguez (Edna), 3. Dan Reyna (Raymondville), J. G. Goodwin (Coleman) , 5. Homer T. Bond (Teagne), 6. Bill Baker (McCamey) . Time : 1 :59.4. 220-Yard Dash-1. Charles Thomas (.Cleveland), 2. Eddie Halford (LulinlJ'. ), 3. George Christian (Pecos), 4. James Heflin (M.art), 5. Harris Teel (Atlanta) , 6. Tommy Cox (Belton). Time : 20.9. 1-Mile Relay-1. Brenham (John Val Dietz, Allen Hohlt, James Peters, Paul Senff), 2. Phillips (Stanley Alexander, Arthur Lee Cantrell, Jim Riley, Tommy Moore) , 3. Carlisle af Price (Bobby Lofton, Ramon Macauley, Jimmy L. Smith, Donald Hayes) ; 4. Brady (Richard Hampton, Bob Eklund, Billy Joe Taylor, Gene Bratton), 5. Falfurrias (Joe Foster, Frank Norris, James Smith, Rumaldo Vela), ~·La Marque (Leon Smith, Kenneth Jones, Kenneth Brown, Henry Bullock). Time: li :31.0. 1-Mile Run-1. Lenroy Lowe (Mart), 2. Jerry Tarbutton (Rio Grande City), 3. Roland Smith (Albany), 4. Gerald Lloyd Cheney (Crockett), 5. Mickey Hubbard (Monahans), 6. Busby Taylor (Dalhart). Time: 4:37.4. Pole Vault-1. and 2. Tie: Tommy Carter (Vidor), and J.C. Wright (New London), 3. ,Landon Barrett (Canyon), 4. 5. 6. Tie: James Ray Hardin (Brady), Donald Barron ((,eorgetown), Kenneth Wheeler (Holliday), Ernest Shiflett (New London), Jimmy Mnure (McGregor), Bill Graves (Uvalde) and Marshall Wortham (Weslaco) . 12' l',4". Running High Jump-1. Garland Coalson (Hamilton), 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Tie: Richard Hampton (Brady), ~url Walters (Cedar ~ayou), Robert Tennison (Hamilton), Laban Walton (Mason), Jim Boothe (Overton), Billy Langford (Seymour) . Height : 6' 1%". The University of Texas Publication 12-Pound Shot Put-1. Jimmy Samuelson (Brady), 2. Dean Groves (Mercedes), S. Billy McCurry (Birdville, Fort Worth) , 4. Stanley Carney (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo), 5. Billy Roy Thomas (Lampasas), 6. J ohn Gibbons (Uvalde). Distance : 53' 1%". Running Broad Jump-1. Bobby Lofton (Carlisle, Price), 2. Laban Walton (Mason), 3. William Gaskamp (Brenham) , 4. Melvin Eldridge (Phillips). 5. 6. Tie: Curtis Williams (Nederland) , Ronnie Koss (La Grange). Distance: 21' 5')(,". Discus Throw-1. Jimmy Samuelson (Brady) , 2. Horace Moore (Memphis). 3. Wayne Graham (Andrews), 4. Jahn Porter (Weslaco), 5. Buford Sheffield (Brady), 6. Jesse Bishop (Cedar Bayou). Distance: 157' 10". Point Standing Brady ···-----··········-----------------------···-···-------------···-·· 72'h Brenham ····--·······----------------------------42 Cleveland -----··-···-------------------··-··------.:.__ _____ 30 Phillips -----···········-----·---------------24 Carlisle (Price) -------------------22 Mart ----·------···-·-··-22 Memphis --··--····--------·--------···--··-·--------16 Conference AA 120-yard High Hurdles-1. Harry Smith (Midland), 2. Buddy Hamilton (Ysleta), 3. David Weakley (Highland Park), 4. Tommy Dollahite (Ysleta), 5. Lee Stroman (Corpus Christi), 6. Glenn Peavy (Corpus Christi). Time: 15.0. 100-Yard Dash-1. J oe Childress (Odessa) , 2. Dean Smith (Graham), 3. SammyMcWhirter (Texas City) , 4. Eugene Helpert (Robstown), 5. James Beavers (Robert E. Lee, Baytown), 6. Horace Goode (San Angelo). Time: 9.8. 440-Yard Dash-1. Charles Petrousek (Beaumont), 2. Galen Fawler (Amarillo), 3. Bill Chiles (Alice) , 4. Raul Moreno (Bowie, El Paso), 5. Bill Averitt (Lubbock), 6. Billy Don Thomas (Corpus Christi). Time: 49.8. · ~00-Yard Low Hurdles-1. Reid Netterville (Beaumont), 2. Eugene Houck (Wa.co), 3..John Edd Giles (Odessa), 4. Lynn Mullen (Austin, El Paso), 5. Carl Light (Beau­mont), 6. Buddy Hamilton (Ysleta). Time : 22.1. 440-Yard -Relay-1. Odessa (Joe Childress, Howard Dye, Jim Gerron, Tammy Salmon) , 2. Robert E. Lee of Baytown (James Beavers, Tommy Brundrett, Eugene Fayle, David Jolmson), 3. Ball of Galveston (Jerry Boyd, Bill Erhard,_Neil Goodman, Clifford Quinn), 4. Corpus Christi (Shirley Green, Robert Hines, Jimmy Roddy, Billy Schroeder), 5. San Angelo (Pat Hall, Horace Goode, Holmes Mills, Clifford Roland), 6. Austin of El Paso (Jerry Baker, George Clark, Noel McCormick, Lynn Mullen) . Time: 42.9. 880-Yard Run-1. Bobby Hawkins (Lamesa), 2. George Hawkins (Beaumont), 3. Bob Dirmeyer (Austin, El Paso), 4. Cruz Tamayo (Childress), 5. Ray Bingham (Amarillo) 6. Pasco Parker (Jacksonville). Time : 2 :01.4. 220-Yard Dash-1. Joe Childress (Odessa), 2. Dean Smith (Graham). 3. Jerry Be.yd (Ball, Galveston), 4. Horace Goode (San Angelo), 5. James Beavers (Robert E. Lee, Baytown), 6. Pat Hall (San Angelo) . Time 21.1. !-Mile Relay-1. Ball of Galveston (Jerry Boyd, Bill Erhard, Neil Goodman, Clifford Quinn), 2. Beaumont (Carl Light, Charles Petrousek, Bill Graber, Lloyd Riggs), 3. Amarillo (Galen Fowler, Tommy Donnell, Bob Byrd, Stanley Bull), 4. Corpus Christi (Manuel Gonzales, Howard Grunwald, Billy Don Thomas, Joe Tillman), 5. Waco (Eugene Houck, Kenneth Pearce, Leslie White, Edward Travis), 6. Odessa (Jimmy Babb, Howard Dye, John Edd Giles, T. W. Harvey). Time 3 :25.8. 1-Mile Run-1. Doyle Brunson (Sweetwater), 2. Joe Sparkman (Childress), S. Alberto Estrada (Bowie, El Paso), 4. Jamie Monroe (Gainesville), 5. James Spivey (Jacksonville), . 6. Manuel Reyna (Robstown) . Time: 4 :38.1. Pole Vault--1. 2. 3. 4. Tie: Glen Peavy (Corpus Christi), Dick Bernett (Highland Park), Tommy Majors (Galena Park), Jack Hollister (Beaumont), 5. Ted Wilson ((hlena Park), 6. Tie : Ike Lozano (Alice), Marvin Swink (Amarillo), Billy Wayne King (Big Spring), Raymond Young (Graham), John Prescott (Laredo), Bill Davis (Lubbock), W. H. Black (Midland), Virgil Hurst (Robstown), Eugene Houck (Waco).Height: 11' 6". Running High Jump--1. 2. Tie: Tomie Ward (Ball, Galveston), Robert Whiddon (Amarillo) , 3. 4. 5. 6. Tie: George 'Ard (Austin), Glenn Peavy (Corpus Christi), l:Slph Brooks (Midland), Charles Wilson (Thomas Jefferson, Port Arthur) . Height 6' l l/z". 12-Pound Shot Put-1. Art Alderson (Ball, Galveston), 2. Tomie Ward (Ball, Galveston) , 3. J. T. Seaholm (Austin), 4: John Stewart (Edinburg), 5. Howard Childers (Amarillo), 6. Robert Whiddon (Amarillo). Distance: 53' 'h". Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 157 Running Broad .Jump_:l. John Cavileer (Austin), 2. Ja mes Beavers (Robert E. Lee, Baytown), 3. Jack Munson (Beaumont), 4. Roy Morris (Odessa), 5. Shirley Green (Corpus Christi). 6. Tie: Gwynn Teague (Brownwood), Tommy Dollahite (Ysleta). Distance: 22' 3". Discus Throw-1. Roy Morris (Odessa), 2. Robert Whiddon (Amarillo), 3. Lester Barton (Freeport), 4. Howard Childers (Amarillo). 5. Earl Keller (Mineral Wells ), 6. O. T. Cox (Weatherford). Distance: 149'1". Point Standing Odessa ···---------------------------·---·-------·-------·--------·---····--------------------57 Ball (Galveston) --------------------------------------------------------------------55 Beaumont ------------------------------------------------------------------------53 Amarillo .--------------------------------------·-··--······------·-·-------------------------------40 1I9 Corpus Christi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------25 Robert E. Lee (Baytown) ------------------------------------------------------22 City Con/ ere nee 12()-Yard High Hurdles-1. Larry Graham (Lamar, Houston), 2. Lyman Cole­man (Sunset, Dallas), 3. Toppy Ponder (North Side, Fort Worth), 4. Van Williams (Arlington Heights, Fort Worth), 5. Jack Wentworth (Polytechnic, Fort Worth), 6. Wesley Hight (Burbank, San Antonio). Time: 14.7. 100-Yard Dash-1. Warren Anderson (Brackenridge, S. A.). 2. Jim Brownhill (Stephen F. Austin, Houston), 3. Larry Schwartz (Forest Avenue, Dallas). 4. James Weaver (Paschal, F. W.) 5. Dennis Murphy (Alamo Heights, S. A.), 6. George Armstrong (A11stin, Heuston). Time 10.0. 44()-Yard Dash-1. Robert Carson (Arlington Heights, F. W.), 2. J. W. Mont­gomery (North Side, F. W.), 3. Samuel Gilbert (Paschal, F. W.), 4. Curtis Duty !Sunset, Dallas), 5. Jack Chubb (Brackenridge, S. A.), 6. Rodney Charlton (Lamar, Houston). Time: 49.4. 200-Yard Low Hurdles-1. "Melvin Schmidt (Reagan, H ouston), 2. Wesley Hight (Burbank, S. A.), 3. Roy Jones (Thomas Jefferson, S. A.). 4. Joe Hollier (San Jacinto, Houston), 5. Jack Wentworth (Polytechnic, F. W.), 6. Van Williams (Ar­lington Heights, F. W.). Time: 23.0. 440-¥ard Relay-1. Lamar (Stuart Lawrence, Tom Biggs, Billy Word, Lury Graham), 2. Reagan (Robert Easley, Melvin Schmidt, Joe Summerlin, Don Curson), S. Arlington Heights (Robert Nation, Ronald Clinkscale, Bill Huff, Robert Carson), 4. Brackenridge (Johnny Hurst, Jack Brown, Jack Rodgers, Warren Anderson) , 5. Stephen F. Austin (Ben Rentzell, Billy Mitchell, George Armstron·•, Jim Brown­hilJ), 6. Alamo Heights (Tommy Fuller, Bob Thornton, Dennis Murphy, Budge McDonald). Time: 44.2. 88()-Yard Run-1. Joe ViUa.rreal (Reagan). 2. Don Kitcher (Milby, Houston), 8. Robert Gathright (Carter-Riverside, F . W.), 4. Humberto Martinez (San An­tonio Technical), 5. Jimmy Carlton (Lamar), 6. Harlan White (Polytechnic).Time: 2 :00.4. 220-Yard Dash-1. Warren Anderson (Brackenridge), 2. Robert Carson (Arlington Heights), 3. Jim Brownhi!I (Stephen F. Austin). 4. J . W. Mont ft. 6 % in. ; 1948. Conference A 120-Yard High Hurdles: Val Joe Walker (Seminole); 14.5 sec.; 1948. 100-Yard Dash: Charles Thomas (Cleveland); 9.7 sec,; 1950. 440-Yard Dash: Tommy Moore (Phillips); 5(}.9 sec.; 1950. 200-Yard Low Hurdles: Charles Thomas (Cleveland) ; 22 •ec. ; 1950. 440-Yard Relay: Mexia (Billy Hurley, Billy Harriker, Claude Nussbaum, Byron Tolson) ; 44 sec. ; 1948. •U.I.L. Record-33.5 Max Minor (Tahoka) 1940. (220-Yd. Low Hurdles). uu.I.L Record-154 ft. 6% in, (Old discus weight, 4 pounds, 6.4 ez.)-J , C. Petty; Kaufman-1931. Javelin Throw was retired in 1940-41. Constitution and Rules, Interscholastic League 159 880-Yard Run: Pa.ul Senff (Brenham) ; 1 min. 59.4 sec.; 1950. 220-Ya.rd Da.sh: Charles Thomas (Cleveland); 20.9 sec. ; 1950. 1-Mile Run: S. B. Escoto (Alice) ; 4 min. 37 sec. ; 1948. 1-Mile Relay: Falfurrias (Gilberto Munoz, Ernesto Munoz, J a.ck Wilkins, Domingo Rantlrez) ; 3 min. 29.0 sec.; 1949. Pole Vault: Tie: Tommy Carter (Vidor), J. C. Wright (New London); 12 ft. 1% in.; 1950. . . Running High Jump: Ga.rla.nd Coalson (Hamilton) ; 6 ft. 11(2 m.; 1950. 12-Pound Shot Put: Jimmy Samuelson (Brady); 53 ft. 1% m.; 1950. Running Broad Jump: Norman Mullins, Carlisle (Price) ; 22 ft. 4 in.; 1948. Discus Throw: Jimmy Samuelson (Brady) ; 157 ft. 10 in.; 195*. Conference AA 120-Yard High Hurdles: Paul Leming (Beaumont); 14.2. sec.; 1948. 100-Ya.rd Dash: Joe Childress (Odessa) ; 9.8 sec.; 1950. 440-Yard Dash: Billy Ed Daniels (Kerrville) ; 49.2 sec.; 1949. 200-Yard Low Hurdles : Paul Leming (Beaumont) ; 21.4 sec.; 1948. 440-Yard Relay: Austin (John Cavileer, Morris Johnson, Bill Milburn, Floyd Rogers); 42.9 sec.; 1948. Tied: Odessa (Joe Childress, Howard Dye, Jim Gerron, Tommy Salmon) ; 1950. · 880-Yard Run: Leon Lepard (Big Spring) ; 1 min. 59.1 sec.; 1948. 220-Yard Dash: Joe Childress (Odessa) ; 21.1 sec.; 1950. 1-Mile Run: Javier Montes, Bowie (El Paso) ; 4 min. 28.8 sec.; 1948. 1-Mile Relay: Galveston (Jerry Boyd, Bill Erhard, Neil Goodman, Clifford Quinn); 3 min. 25.8 sec.; 1950. Pole Vault: Mike Michon (Kerrville) ; 14 ft. ; 1948. Running High Jump: Charles Holding (Wa.co ) ; 6 ft. 2 in.; 1948. 12-Pound Shot Put: Reed Quinn (Austin); 55 ft.; 1h in. ; 1948. Running Broad Jump: John Cavileer (Austin) ; 2& ft. 61h in.; 1949. Discus Throw: Byron Townsend (Odessa) ; 155 ft. 81h in.; 1948. City Con! erence 120-Yard High Hurdles: Jack Schleuning, Brackenridge (San Antonio) ; 14.2 sec.; 1948. 100-Yard Dash: Gary Anderson, Brackenridge (San Antonio) ; 9.8 sec.; 1950. 440-Ya.rd Dash: Robert Carson, Arlington Hts. (Ft. Worth) ; 49.4 sec.; 1950. 200-Y.a.rd Low Hurdles: Billy Bles.'l, Thomas Jefferson (San Antnoio); 21.8 sec.; 1948. 440-Ya.rd Relay: Brackenridge, San Antonio (Gary Anderson, Jack Schleuning, Dick Sha.w, Dick WeinE;rt) ; 43.4 sec.; 1948. 88().Yard Run: Joe Villarreal, Reagan (Houston) ; 2 min. 00.4 sec.; 1950. 220-Yard Dash: Gary Anderson, Brackenridge (San Antonio) ; 21.4 sec.; 1948. 1-Mile Run: James Stewart (Ft. Worth Technical) ; 4 min. 35.9 sec.; 1950. 1-Mile Relay: Lamar, Houston (Joe Russo, Dick Mayor, Ralph Carson John Joiner) ; 3 min. 30 sec.; 1950. ' Pole Vault: Paul Faulkner, Paschal (Ft. Worth) ; 12 ft.; 1948. Running High Jump: John Jeannes, Milby (Houston) ; 6 ft. 2% in. ; 1949. 19~t-Pound Shot Put: Darrow Hooper, North Side (Ft. Worth); 59 ft. 10 in.; Running Broad Jump: S. M. Meeks, Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio) ; 22 ft. 3% in.; 1949. Discus Throw: Darrow Hooper, North Side (Ft. Worth) ; 1n ft. 101.6 in.; 1949. TENNIS WINNERS &tate Meet Conferences A and B Boys' Doubles-Pharr-San Juan-Ala.mo: Charles Lee Gordon and · Melvin Eugene O'Meaeley. Boys' Singles-Benavides: Manuel Hinojosa. Girls' Dc.ubles-Smithville: Ima. Grace Keller and Genelle Fiebig Girls' Singles-Garland: Carolyn Owens. · Conference AA Boys' Doubles-El Paso: Tommy Springer and Teddy Pye. Boys' Singles-Highland Park (Dallas): Walton Miller. Girls' Doubles-Highland Park (Dallas): Nancy Quinn and Shirley Martin. Girls' Singles-El Paso: Peggy Robertson. City Conference Boya' Singles-Thomas J efferson (S. A .) ; J ohnny Hernandez Boys' Doubles-Thomas Jefferson (S. A.): Ronnie Wolf and Dale Miller. Girls' Doubles-San Jacinto (Houston) : Dorothy Taylor and Carol Choate. Girls' Singles-Thoinas Jefferson (S. A.): Mary Margaret Schmitz. The University of Texas Publication GOLF 1950 Conference AA Individual­ 1. Lee Pinkston, Abilene. 2. Floyd Addington, Highland Park (Dallas). 3. Tommy Cruse, Jacksonville. Team­ 1. Highland Park (Kirby Edwards, Floyd Addington, Jim Hjelmseth, Stewart Carroll). · 2. Abilene (Don Winters, Lee Pinkston, E. G. Cockrel, Bill Collier). 3. Palestine (Bob Bell, Tommy Willison, John Darington, Charles Palmer. City Conference Individual­ 1. Pete Hessemer, J elf Davis (Houston). 2. Kenneth Edwards, Paschal (Ft. ·worth). 3. Jimmie Powell, Sunset (Dallas). Team­ 1. Alamo Height (Pat Symonds, John Thornton, Ken Ed Hulen, Urrutia Aureliano). 2. Sunset (Glen Gray, Tommie Towry, Jimmie Po.well, Bert Franks). S. John H. Rea·gan (Don Parks, Arthur Hodde, Carrol Graham, Milton McCul­lough). FOOTBALL City Conference Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio); runner-up, Sunset (Dallas). Conference AA Wichita Falls: runner-up, Austin. Conference A Littlefield ; runner-up, Mexia. BASKETBALL City Conference Milby (Houston) ; runner-up, Cr<>zier Technical (Dallas). Conference AA Corpus Christi ; runner-up, Vernon. Conference A Canyan : runner-up, South San Antonio. Conference B Gruver; runner-up, Waelder. BASEBALL City Conference Paschal (Ft. Worth); runner-up, Arlington Heights (Ft. Worth). Conferen.ce AA Odessa; runner-up, Abilene.