DEPARTMENT 0)1-, EXTENSION. 
The DepartmPnt of Extension of the University of Texas was es­tablished for thE' purpose of rendering service to the people of the State generally, and especially to those who are unable to attend the University. The work of this department is carried on under the following five divisions: 
Public Discn~sion Division. 
This division has immediate enan;e of "The University Inter­scholastic League." This is an organization of the schools of Texas for the purpose of promoting contests in debate, declamation, spell­ing, essay-writing, and athletics. The imiversity is desirous of aid­ing the schools in the matter of training their students for citizen­ship; and also to aid tearhers in developing, controlling, and stand­ardizing athletic actiYities in the schools. Every school in Texas, no matter how small, should become a member of this organization. 
This division is also engaged in the preparation of reference lists and material on various subjects of general interest, and the col­lection of "package" libraries for loaning to citizens of Texas upon application. Books and pP.mphlets thus loaned may be kept not longer than two weeks. The person to whom material is loaned pays the postage both ways. UniYersity bulletins need not be re­turned unless specially requestf'd. Loan libraries are now ready on the following subjects: .Agriculturl:'; Airships; Alcohol; Arbitra­tion; Athletics; Banks and Banking; Birds; Boy Problem; Boy Scouts; Canning Clubs; C.2pital Punishment; Child Labor; Child 8tudy; Child Welfare: Christmas; Cigarette Habit; Civil Service; Co-education; Commission Governnwnt; Compulsory Education; Conservation of Resources; Contagion and Contagious Diseases; Con­vict Labor; Co-operative Marketing; Corn; Cost of Living; Cotton; Crime and Criminals; Disarmament; Domestic Science; Drama; European \Var; Flies; Games; Germany; Government Ownership of Public Utilities; Hogs; Hours of Labor; Immigration; Income Tax; Ind.ians; Industrial Education; Initiative and Referendum; Irri­gation; Journalism; Juvenile Courts; Kindergarten; Labor Unions; Land Tenantry; l\Ianual Training; :Merchant Marine; Mexico; Mili­tary Education; Milk; Minimum \Vage; Mo:!lopolies; Monroe Doc­trine; Monessori Teaching; MothNs Clubs; Moving Pictures; Municipal Improvem('nt; l\1 uniripal Ownership; Nature Study; Negro; Nutrition; Old AgP Pensions; Open and Closed Shop; Panama Canal; Panam::i-Paeiftc Exposition; Parcel Post; Peace; Pecan Cul­ture; Philippines : Playgrounds; Poultry ; residential Term; Prison Reform; Prohibition: Public Health; Railroads; Recall: Recita­tions and Read\ngs; Red Cross; Religious Education; Roads: Rural Credit; Rural Lift•; Rural Schools; Russia; Sanitation; School Gardens; Schoolhouses; School Hygiene; School Libraries; School Lunches; Sewage; Short Story; Single Tax; Socialism; South America; Story Telling; Submarine Warfare; Suffrage­Educational Qualification; Tariff; United States Army; United States Navy; \Voman Labor; Woman Suffrage; ·women's Clubs. 
Clippings and miscellRneous material have also been collected on ni.rlons other snhjects. Correspondenre is invited. Address Loan Librarian, University, Austin. 
Public I,ecturf' Division. 
Provision has been made to allow members of the staff of instruc­
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B101-6U-,m-827S 
BULLETIN 
OF THE 

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 
1915: No. 29 
MAY20 1915 


The University Interscholastic League 

Constitution and Rules for County, District 
and State Contests in Debate, Declamation, 
Spelling, Essay-Writing and Athletics 

Published by the University six times a month and entered as second class matter at the postoftice at Austin, Texas 
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free govern­ment. 
Sam Houston. 
Cultivated mind is the guardian ~cnius of democracy. It is the only dictator that freemen ac­knowledge and the only security that freemen desire. 
President Mirabeau B. !Jamar. 
It is only out of the contest of facts and brains that the right can ever be evolved--only on the anvil of discus. sion can the spark ot truth be struck 
out. Joseph H. Choate. 
INDEX OF CONTENTS 

Page 
Age limit of contestants ............................9, 14, 16 
Athletic rules .......................................41 ff. 
Baseball, rules in.......................................41 
Basket ball, rules in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........42 
Championship, all-round.................................25 
City schools, classification of .............................10 
City schools : when they may send separate representatives to 
district cont~sts ............ . .........................14 
Class A division ........................................15 
Class B division ........................................15 
Constitution of the League .............................9-26 
Contests held by the League ...........................12-13 
Contests, who may enter..............................14-15 
Contests, relations between county, district, and State....18-20 
County contests ....................... , .............12-13 
Debate, rules in......................................29-31 
Declamation, rules in.................................33-35 
Disputes ...............................................25 
District contests .......... ...... .....................12-14 
Districts and district directors .......................... 20-23 
Divisions: Junior, Senior, Class A, Class B ..........14-15 
Eligibility rules for all contests ........................15-18 
Essay-writing, rules in...............................37-38 
Expenses and rebates for final State meeting ............23-24 
Football, rules in.......................................41 
Girls: Contests for ..................................12-13 
Declamation for ....·.............................38 
Track and field events for .........................45 
Judges: Selection of ....................................30 
Instructions to judges in debate.................. ."30 
Instructions to judges in declamation........ ~ .....35 
Instructions to judges in spelling..................39 
Instructions to judges in essay-writing..............37 

Index 
Page 
Junior contests: Eligibility to ..........................9, 14 
Junior declamation......................33 
Junior division in track and field events . .45-47 
Membership in League...................................10 
Officers, and duties of same ............................11-12 
Officials for athletic contests ....................41, 42-45, 53 
Prizes for State contests ..............................55-57 
Records in State contests ..............................62-71 
Reports and press notices ................................24 
Rural school, definition of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 
Senior division .........................................15 
Spelling, rules in....................................39-40 
State contests ..........................................13 
Tennis, rules in........................................43 
Track, rules in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................45 ff. 
Track meet, junior division...........................45-49 
Track meet, Class A and Class B divisions ..............49 ff. 
Track representation to final meet .....................19-20 
Track, rules for State meet...........................49 ff. 
Ward sehool, definition of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

INTRODUCTION. 
What is now known as the University Interscholastic League was organized in December, 1910, at the State Teachers Meeting at Abilene. For the first year the League's activities were con­fined to debates among high sehools affiliated with the University. The following year contests in declamation were added and mem­bership in the League was thrown open to all the schools of the State below college rank. Subsequently there were also added contests in spelling, essay writing, and athletics. 
The purpose of the Interscholastic League is to organize and direct desirable school activities, and thereby assist in preparing pupils for citizenship. The organization should have the active co-operation of every school teaeher in Texas, and even.J school in Texas, no matter how small, should become an active member. 
In 1911 a total of 28 schools paid the $1.00 annual member­ship fee; 128 schools joined the League in 1912; 248 in 1913; 503 in 1914; and 810 in 1915. It is hoped and expected that during the coming year fully 1000 schools will join for partici­pation in one or more of the various contests in debate, declama­tion, spelling, essay writing, and athletics. Will your school be one of the members Y Surely it will-if you are a live teacher. 
The prineipal changes in the former rnles are as follows: 
1. 
State contests in senior declamation for girls, and spelling and e~ay writing for both girls and boys, are adJed to the former contests; also, a district contest in girls junior declama­tion. 

2. 
The selections in senior declamation for both boys and g-irls must be on the subject of Peace. In the girls junior dec­lamation contest selections must be drawn from the standard poets. The appropriations from the University do not permit us to issue these declamations in the form of bulletins. They are therefore published separately by the Texas Publishing Com­pany, Dallas and Austin, and may be secured from that eom­pany at 50 cents per copy each, postpaid. The booklets referred to are: (1) "Selected Addresses on Peace" (for the boys and girls senior declamation) , ( 2) ' 'Junior Declamations'' (for 


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boys in the junior contests), and (3) ''Poems Worth Memoriz­ing'' (for the girls junior declamation contest). 
3. 
The rule governing rebate for track contestants· in the final meeting has been changed. (See Section 4 of Article VIII.) 

4. 
Cities of over 25,000 population are not eligible to eompete in the county contests but under certain conditions may send separate representatives to the district contests. (See Section 6 of Article V.) 

5. 
The complete athletic rufos are not printed in this bulle­tin, but will be found in Bulletin No. 33, Series of 1915. 

6. 
On aooount of the great distance in some cases, the dis­tricts have been inereased from sixteen to twenty in number. (See Article IX.) 

7. 
As the membership of the League increases, emphasis should more and more be placed on county meetings. The main thing to work for is to get a good live county organization, and the subsequent district and state contests will ta.ke care of them­selves. Such an organization should be perfeeted at the County Institute, and an hour or more set aside in the program for the discussion of the work and plans for the year. 

8. 
An adjourned meeting of the League will be held during the session of the State Teachers .Association during Thanks­giving week. 

9. 
Bear in mind that these contests are only a means to an end-the preparation of students for citizenship. The mere fact of winning should therefore not be taken too seriously. Teach­ers as well as pupils should learn how to lose as well as how to win. 


Let us hear from you regarding the conditions in your locality and whenever any question arises regarding the following rules. However, please first look through the rules carefully to see if questions that you might wish to ask are not answered herein. 

CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF THE UNIVERSITY 
INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE 

DEFINITIONS. 
1. 
Rural School.-By the term ''rural school'' wherever used in the Constitution and Rules of the League, is meant a school with not over four teachers and not located in an incorporated town. 

2. 
Ward School-A ward school shall constitute a separate member of the League if such school comprises the first six or the first seven grades, or grades from the fifth to the seventh inclusive, and is under a separate principal and in a separate building from the high school. 

3. 
Junior a;n,d, Sewior-The age limit for junior boys is 15 and the age limit for junior girls is 14. No one over the age limits on the first day of the preceding September shall enter the junior contests in any event. Furthermore, the f'ollowing are also prohibited from entering the junior contests, except in athletics: 


(a) 
Pupils in all schools except rural schools who have been promoted to the Tenth Grade. 

(b) 
Pupils in a high school in a city having one or more complete ward sehools. (See definition 2 above.) 


.ARTICLE I. 
Na;me. 
This organization shall be known as The University Inter­scholastic League. .ARTICLE II. 
Object. 
The object of this League is to foster in the schools of Texas the study and practice of public speaking and debate as an aid in tho preparation for citizenship; to assist in organizing, smnd­ardizi ng, and controlling athletics in the schools of the S1 ata ; 
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and to promote county, district, and State interscholastic con­tests in debate, declamation, spelling, essay writing, and athletics. 
ARTICLE III. 
Mernhership. 
SECTION 1. Any public or private school in Texas that is below collegiate rank is eligible to membership in this League, except: 
(a) 
No private school is eligible to membership if it calls itself a college, or conf.ers a degree, or is ranked as a college by the University of Texas authorities. 

(b) 
No school of oratory or preparatory department of a college is eligible to membership. 


SEC. 2. To become a member of this League, a school shall pay an annual membership fee of $1.00 to E. D. Shurter, Chair­man, University, Austin, Texas. (When sending the fee-which may be by check, P. 0. order, or a dollar bill-state the school, the principal, the post.office, county; and district.) 
SEC. 3. The $1.00 membership fee must be paid by every school in order to entitle it to enter the county, district, or :final contests in either debate, declamation, essay writing, spelling, or athletics. The single payment of a membership fee, however, shall entitle all the pupils of any school to enter any one or all of said contests, including those of the county, district, and finals. This membership fee shall be the only charge for admis­sion to the contests except such entry f.ees as may be required in the athletic events. 
SEC. 4. In a city system of schools, each high school, each junior high school, and each ward or elem.entary school where the latter is under a separate principal, is in a separate building from the high school and comprises the :first six or :first seven grades, or grades from the fifth to the seventh inclusive, shall constitute a separate member of the League and shall pay a separate membership fee. No pupil in one such school unit shall :r.epresent another in any contest, but the eligibility rule governing attendance shall not require attendance at one such school unit longer than one day, provided such pupil has been regularly transferred to that unit and has attended the city 
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schools for the time specified in Eligibility Rule No. 7 of this constitution. 
SEC. 5. Any school that enters a.ny of the contests of this League without having paid its membership fee shall be disqual­ified for further contests for that year, unless a satisfactory ex­cuse for such failure is presented to the State Executive Com­mittee. The State Executive Committee shall certify to each county director the schools in each county that have qualified for membership, and likewise on demand saiJ committee shall certify to a district director the League members in his district. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Officers. 
SECTION 1. The officers of this League shall consist of a State 
Executive Committee, and an ex·ecutive committee for each dis­
trict and for each county. 
SEC. 2. The State Executive Committee shall consist of the 
Head of the Public Discussion Division of the University De­
partment of Ex.tension as Chairman, the first Assistant in the 
Public Discussion Division, the University Directors of Physical 
Training, and the Director of the University Extension Depart­
ment. It shall be the duty of this Executive Committee t<> 
have administrative charg.e of the affairs of the League, to pre­
pare and distribute bulletins and other literature pertaining 
to its work, to co-operate with county and district officers, and 
to decide disputes that may arise in county, district, and final 
contests, except in regard to the selection of judges. 
(Note.-The members of the State Executive Committee are:: 
E. D. Shurter (chairman), A Caswell Ellis, R. G. Bressler, L. Theo. Bellmont, and Miss Eunice Aden.) 
SEC. 3. Each district of this organization as hereinafter des­ignated shall be under the general charge of a District Ex­ecutive Committee to be appointed by the State Executive Com­mittee and consisting of a Director General as Chairman, a Director of Debate and Declamation, and a Director of Athletics. It shall be the duty of such district committee 1Jo have imm€diate charge of the district contests in a given district; to organize 
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and promote county contests; and to arrange for a final ·district contest not later than April 24. 
SEC. 4. The contests in each county shall be under the imme­diate charge of a County Executive Committee to be elected an­nually during the county teachers' institute, or in the event of failure so to elect, the County Executive Committee shall be ap­pointed by the State Executive Committee. Such County Ex­ecutive Committee shall consist of a Director General as chair­man, a Director of Debate and Declamation, a Director of Spell­ing, a Di:reetor of Essay Writing, and a Director of Athletics. It shall be the duty of such county executive committee to have immediate charge of county contests in debate, declamation, spelling, essay writing, and athletics; to canvas schools for en­tries in such contests; to see that membership fees are pa.id before admjssion to such contests is allowed; to eo-op.erate with the county superintendent in effecting and promoting a county organization; to see that the University Interscholastic League is listed on the institute program and that a period is set aside for discussion of the work and the election of officers; to correspond with the State Chairman with regard to the in­terests of the work in the counties; to co-operate with adjoin­ing counties in arranging a series of county contests that will permit representatives from the University to visit such con­tests; and in general to work toward making the county contests worth while in and by themselves, regardless of the district and final contests. 
ARTICLE V. 
Con.tests. 
SECTION 1. This League shall hold, annually, the .following contests: 
(a) 
City Contests as provided in Section 6 of this Article. 

(b) 
County Contests in: Debate for boys, tennis doubles for boys, spelling for boys and girls, junior and senior declama­tion for boys, junior and senior declamation for girls, essay­writing, basket ball, baseball, and track and field events. 

(c) 
District Contests in: Debate for boys, tennis doubles for boys, spelling, junior and senior declamation for boys, junior and senior declamation for girls, and essay-writ.ing. 


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(d) State Contests in: Debate for boys, tennis doubles for boys, junior and senior declamation for boys, senior declamation for girls, spelling, essay-writing, and track and field events. (The junior track meet is confined to the county, or to the dis­trict. No state track meet for juniors is held.) 
(Note.-Where considered advisable, the County Executive Committee may hold both junior and senior contests in basket ball and baseball, and a1so in spelling.) 
SEC. 2. Time of Holding tke Contests.-FinaI county contests shall be held between March 1 and April 9; district contests between April 14 and 24, and the final state contest on the first Friday and Saturday after the :first Monday in :May. (For 1916 this will place the final contest on May 6th and 7th.) 
SEC. 3. Sub-County Contests.-In counties where the League membership is expected to be large, it is well to provide for sub-county contests. The county executive committee should divide the county into districts (four or six will be found a con­venient number), fix the time and place for the sub-county con­tests, and appoint a director for each. All such matters an·J any special rules that may be made for sub-county contests shall be announced to all the schools in the county at least one month before the time set for holding such contests. 
The sub-county contests are for the purpose of practice, arous­
ing local interest and furnishing a means of developing com­
munity spirit, and not for the purpose of eliminating contest­
ants for the·county finals. The final county contests must be 
open to all schools irrespective of the results of sub-county con­
tests; except upon the following condition: Provided the county 
is divided into at least fou:r districts and each district has four 
paid memberships in the League by February 1st, then the 
committee may eliminate all but the three highest ranking schools 
m each event except spelling and track events; provided, how­
ever, that in basket ball, when sub-eounty contests are held, 
only the two highest ranking teams in each division are allowed 
to play at the final county meeting. 
SEC. 4. County Contests.-The County Executiv~ Committee shall fix the time (see Section 2 above) and place of the county contests and announce the same to all the schools in the county at least one month before the time specified for holding the same. 
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(It is well for the county teachers' institute to elect the County Committee several days before the institut~ adjourns, so that the Committee can organize and decide upon plans for the county contests for announcement during the session of the institute.) 
SEC. 5. District Contests.-It shall be the duty of the Dis­trict Executive Committee to announce the time and place of the district contests at least one month before the time set for holding the same and to communicate with and assist county officers of the League in regard to matters pertaining to the county and district contests. Only the winners in the different events in the county contests shall be eligible to participate in the district contests in debate, declamation, tennis, spelling, and essay-writing, except; the winners in these events in each city of 25,000 inhabitants by the last U. S. Census may enter the dis­trict contests under the condition specified in the following section. 
SEc. 6.-City Schools.-Cities having a population of 25,000 according to the last United States Census, are not eligible to the county contests. Each such city may send one debating team, one tennis team, one senior boy declaimer, one senior girl declaimer, and two contestants in spelling to the district contests; and such a city having at least five ward schools enrolled in the League and participating in the city contest in Junior declama­tion for boys and Junior declamation for girls, may also send one representative in each of these events to the district contest. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Who May Enter the Different Contests. 
SECTION 1. The Junior Division.-The Junior division is open only to boys under 15 and to girls under 14. Furthermore, ex­cept in athletics, the Junior division is not open to any pupils who have been regularly promoted to the Tenth Grade in schools other than rural schools, nor to .any pupils in a high school where there is one or more comple~ ward or elem·entary schools under a separate principal and in a separate building from the high school. Boys under 15 .and girls under 14 who, on account of the restrictions stated in the p~eceding sentence, are ineligible to the junior contests, may enter the senior contests. 
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SEC. 2. Tke Senior Dfogion.-Any pupil who satisfies the eligibility rules contained in Article VII may enter the Senior or Class A High School Division in athletics, debate, declama­tion, spelling, or essay-writing, except that a pupil eligible to the Junior declamation contest is not eligible to the Senior declamation contest, and also excepting the cases mentioned in the two following sections. 
SEC. 3. State Winn.ers Barred.-The winner of the State championship (that is, first place) in either debate, declamation, spelling, tennis, or essay-writing shall not be eligible to that event again. 
SEC. 4. The same contestant shall not be eligible to represent his school in both debate and declamation in the same year. 
SEc. 5. Class A and Class B Divigions.-Excepting in tennis, for athletic purposes high schools shall be divided into tvw di­visions, as follows: Class B, to include schools not in cities having a scholastic population of 600 or over, and Class A, to include all other high schools. A Class A school may not enter a contestant in Class B division, but a Class B school may entei­either Class B or Class A division, or both at the same time, provided, that the total number of events in both divisions which a contestant may enter shall be countrd in determining· whether such contestant has exceeded the maximum of five (5) track and fi.eld events which any contestant is permitted to enter (see No. 9 of ''Rules in Track,'' p. 52. 
SEc. 6. Age Limit.-The age limits as prescribed in this ar­ticle and elsewhere in this c-0nstitution shall be determined by the age of a pupil on the first day of the pr·eceding September. (If a student had reached his or her twenty-first birthday on the first of the preceding September, 5Uch student is ineligible to any contest. A boy who had reach·~d his fifteenth birthday or a girl who had r.eached her fourteenth birthday b~' that timf' is ineligible to the junior contests.) 
ARTICLE VII. 
Eligibility Rules for AU Contests. 
With the exception of Rules 4 and 8, the following eligibility rules shall apply to every contest held under the auspices of this 
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League, whether such contest be one in debate, declamatrnn, :sv1~iJ.­ing, essay-writing, or athletics. Rules 4 and 8 are meant to apply to athletic contests only. School principals and superintendent'!l should see that these rules are strictly observed in each and every contest in which their pupils engage. 
RULE 1. Age Limit.-No one shall take part in any c·ontest in this League who, on the first day of the preceding September: has passed his or her twenty-first birthday. 
RULE 2. Undergraduates Only.-No one shall take part in any contest in this League who has graduated from his school or other school of equal or higher rank, except; a contestant shall not be barred by this rule who graduated from a third class or second class high school, according to the classification of the State Department of E<lucation, and returns the next year to take the advanced work in a high school of a higher class; provided, that such pupil is an undergraduate in the school to which he or she has transferred. 
RULE 3. Scholarship Requfrement.-No one shall take part in 
any contest in this Le.ague who, at the time of the contest, is not 
taking at least four studies, each of which requires 180 minutes 
devoted to recitation each week, and who is not making a passing 
grade in at least three such studies. Provided, that a pupil in a 
grade below the high school shall be considered as fulfilling the 
scholarship requirement if he is taking a total of 720 minutes 
of recitation work each week and is passing in at least three­
fourths of such work, and provided f 1trther, 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. 
Note.-A contestant must pass in his work up to the time of 
the particular contest in each case. The last report of a pupil 
shall be taken as determining his eligibility under this rule. 
RULE 4. Previous Scholarship.-No one shall take part in any 
athletic contest in this League who did not pass in at least three 
regular studies during the last term in which he or she attended 
school. 
(NO'l'E.-By ''term'' is meant a division of the school session. 
Where a school session is not divided into terms, the average 
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record for the past three months shall count in determining a pupil's eligibility under this rule. A pupil who attends a sum­mer session and obtains credit for courses in which he failed in the spring term, may be permitted to count such work upon his spring term's work.) 
RULE 5. 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. 
RuLE 6. Day Students Only.-The studies required to be taken according to Rule 3 above shall be taken during the day session of school. 
RuLE 7. 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 at his or hE;r school since the begin­ning of the third week of the school session or for thirty calendar days immediately ·preceding the contest. 
(Note.-Absence for not over one week on ac~ount of sickness 
or other unavoidable cause shall not bar a pupil if a written cer­
tificate of such ea.use for absence is presented signed by the parent 
or guardian.) 
RULE 8. F'our-Year Rule.-No one shall take part in any ath­
letic contest in this League who has participated in either acad­
emy or high school athletics, or both, for four years. 
RULE 9. Amateurs Only.-No one shall take part in any con­
test in this League who has ever compewd for money or other 
valuable consideration, or who has ever been engaged as a speaker 
or as an athlete for money or other valuable consideration, or 
who has ever taught or assisted in teaching public speaking or 
athletics for money or other valuable consideration. 
RULE 10. Contestants Below High Sch.ool.-A student in a 
grade below the high school may not represent the high school in 
athletics unless he or she is under eighteen years of age. In case 
a grammar school pupil plays on a high school team, the number 
of years such pupil plays as a grammar school pupil shall be 
taken as part of the maximum of four years in which a contestant 
may represent a high school. 
RULE 11. Certificate of Eligibility.-Before each game or 
contest in this League, each school shall file with the director in 
eharge and upon demand shall furnish to the manager of an op­
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posing team a list of the contestants representing that school, with the eligibility of such contestants certified to by the prin­cipal or superintendent. 
RULE 12. Suspension for Infraction.-Any school that vio­lates any of the eligibility rules of this League shall be suspended from further competition that year in the contest under con­sideration. Should the director consider the offense to be of su.ch character as to merit further punishment, he shall lay the facts before the State Executive Committee, who shall assess such ad­ditional punishment as may seem just. 
RULE 13. J.lf ay not Play Suspended .Teams.-No school in this League shall allow its team to engage in a contest with the mem­bers ·or team of any school suspended for infractjon of the eligibil­ity rules of the League, and any school violating this rule shaU be subjected to the same punishment as was assessed against the school with which it contested. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Relations Between Cou.nty, District, and .State Contests. 
SECTION 1. The Junior Track and Field Meet and the Junior declamation for girls shall be confined to the county and the district contests. Contestants from cities of 25,000 population are barred from county contests but may enter the district contest direct, subject to the provisions off Article V, Section 6. 
SEc. 2. In the district contest, the following from each county shall be eligible to compete: The winning team in debate, the winning team in tennis doubles, the first and second ranking contestants in spelling, the first, second, and third ranking con­testants in essay writing, the winners in junior and senior decla­mation for girls and also for boys, and each boy who won first or second place in any event in the junior track meet, in the county contests. Also, each city of 25,000 population by the last 
U. S. census shall be allowed separate representation in the events mentioned the same as if it were a county by itself, sub­jeet to the conditions specified in Article V, Section 6. 
JEc. 3. In the final State contest, the following shall be eligible to compete: The winners in the district contests in de­bate for boys, tennis doubles for boys~ junior and senior decla-· 
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mation for boys, senior declamation for girls, the winner of first place in spelling, and the first, second and third rank­ing contestants in the essay contest. In the final track and field meet any school in good standing in the League may enter a team of not more than eight contestants. No final State junior track meet shall be held. 
SEC. 4. Track Representation to Finn), Meet.-Any scho\'l in good standing in the League may enter a team of not more than eight men in the final track meet. But only those track contestants who qualify under the following rule shall receive any rebate on railroad fare: 
The State Executive Committee shall, not later than .l\.larch 15, 
announce a maximum total of track contestants for whorn rebate 
will be allowed. The following, preference being given in the 
order named, shall be entitled to rebate: 
(a) 
The winner of first place in any event where there is competition, in each county meet having 25 individual contestants in the high school divisions. 

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b) The winner of first place in any event where there is competition in a county meet with fewer than 25 contestants but with at least 3 schools represented. 

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c) The winner of first place in any event in a district meet, in case a given school did not have competition in a county meet. 

(d) 
A school that has no competition in a county meet and does not enter a district meet, may qualify contestants for rebate to a maximum of five, upon certification by the principal that such contestants have practiced at l~ast three weeks and have made the specified minimum standards in at least two of the following events: 100-yard dash, 11 sec., 220-yard dash, 25 sec., 120-yard hurdles, 16 sec., 220-yard hurdles, 30 sec., 440-yard dash, 57 sec., 880-yard run, 2 min., 18 sec., mile run, 5 min., pole vault, 9 ft., 4 in., broad jump, 19 ft., high jump, 5 ft., 2 in., 12-pound shot put, 38 ft., 12-pound hammer throw, 120 ft., discus throw, 94 ft. 

(e) 
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meets shall be allowed rebate in the order of application, until the maximum is reached. 
SEc. 5. Those entitled to rebate on railroad fare and to lodg­ing during the State meeting at Austin are: The winning debat­ing team, tennis team, junior boy declaimer, senior boy declaimer: senior girl declaimer, winner of first place in spelling in each district contest, each track contestant who qualifies under Sec­tion 4 of this article, and one faculty representative from each school having one or more contestants entitled to rebate. 
SEC. 6. The State Executive Committee will undertake to provide lodging for all delegate,s and contestants at f':e final meeting of the League. In many cases board will also be fur­nished free by private parties but the Committee has found it impracticable to assume responsibility for meals. 
ARTICLE IX. 
Districts and District Directors. 
For the purpGse of district contests among the county winners, the State shall be divided into twenty ditsricts designated by the following c>ities as centers, and comprising the counties named in alphabetical order under the respective district centers. The District Executive Committee is also named in each case, the Director General having immediate charge of the essay and spelling contests. 
1. 
AMARILLO. Professor W. A. Mcintosh, Amarillo, Direc­tor General; Superintendent J. D. Clay, Hartley, Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor D. A. Shirley, Canyon, Di­rector of Athletics. Ooiinties: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lips­comb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Rob­erts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler. 

2. 
WIOHITA FALLS. Superintendent Lee Clark, Wichita Falls, Director General; Superintendent Ross Compton, Nocona, Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor H. D. Woods, Wichita Falls, Director of Athletics. Counties: Archer, Bay­lor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. 


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3. 
BONHAM. Superintendent H. D. Fillers, Bonham, Director General; Professor S. R. Terry, Detroit, Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor 0. R. Anderson, Gainesville, Director of Athletics. Counties: Bowie, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, La­mar, Red River. 

4. 
LUBBOCK. Superintendent M. M. Dupree, Lubbock, Di­rector General; Superintendent Prin. P. B. Webb, Plainview, Director of Debate and Declamation; Miss Margaret McGillivray, Plainview, Director of Athletics. Counties: Bailey, Bordent Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Kent, Lamb, Lynn, Lubbock, Scurry, Terry, Throck­morton, Yoakum. 

5. 
SWEETWATER. Superintendent J. H. Bright, Sweetwater, Director General; Superintendent J. W. Hale, Roby, Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor N. E. Keen, Stamford, Director of Athletics. Counties: Andrews, Callahan, Coke, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Shackelford, Stephens, Stone­wall, Sterling, Taylor. 

6. 
EL PASO. Principal A. H. Hughey, El Paso~ Director General; Professor A. G. Alexander, El Paso, Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor M. H. Griffith, El Paso, Director of .Athletics. Counties: Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Loving,.. Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Ward, Winkler. 

7. 
SAN ANGELO. Professor V. J. Smith, San .Angelo, Di­rector General; Superintendent J. E. Hickman, Coleman, Di­rector of Debate and Declamation; Superintendent W. S. Flem­ing, Ballinger, Director of .Athletics. Counties: Brown, Cole­man, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, McCullought Menard, Mills, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Upton. 

8. 
WACO. Professor T. S. Montgomery, Waco High School, Director General; Superintendent L. H. Hubbard, Belton, Di­rector of Debate and Declamation ; Principal M. L. Caldwell, Marlin, Director of .Athletics. Counties: Bell, Bosque, Coman­che, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mason, McLennan, San Saba. 

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FORT WORTH. Principal R. L. Pascal, Fort Worth High School, Director General; Professor Grover C. Good, Jacksboro, 


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Director of Debate and Declamation; Professor J. H. Heller, Fort Worth Masonic Home, Director of Athletics. Counties: Denton, Erath, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somer­ville, Tarrant, Wise. 
10. 
GREENVILLE. Superintendent L. C. Gee, Greenville, Di­rector General; Superintendent A. M. Blackman, Plano, Direc­tor of Debate and Declamation; Principal B. E. Masters, Green­ville, Director of Athletics. Counties: Collin, Dallas, Delta, Frank1in, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt. 

11. 
MARSHALL. Principal A. J. Robinson, Marshall, Di­rector General; Superintendent I. A. Coston, Gilmer, Director of Debate and Declamation : Superintendent L. I. Smith, J effer­son, Director of Athletics. Counties: Camp, CBBS, Gregg, Har­rison, Marion, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood. 

12. 
TIMPSON. Superintendent Grover Hartt, Timpson, Di­rector General; Superintendent W. H. Rushing, San Augus­tine, Director of Debate and Declamation; Principal Earl Huf­for, Nacogdoches, Director of Athletics. Counties: Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby. 

13. 
JACKSONVILLE. Superintendent B. J. Albritton, Jack­sonville, Director General; Principal R. D. Bryan, Tyler, Direc­tor of Debate and Declamation; Superintendent H. H. Pfarr, Rusk, Director of Athletics. Counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Leon, Smith, Trinity. 

14. 
CORSICANA. Principal G. 0. Clough, Corsicana, Director General; Superintendent S. B. Foster, Hubbard, Dir.ector of Debate and Declamation; Professor A. A. Scott, Waxahachie, Director of Athletics. Counties: Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill, Kaufman, Limestone, Navarro. 

15. 
GEORGETOWN. Principal Thos. E. Lee, Georgetown, Di­rector General; Superintendent J. F. 0 'Shea, Taylor, Director of Debate and Declamation, Professor H . F. Saunders, Cameron, Dir.ector of Athletics. Counties: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Gillespie, Hays, Lee, Llano, Mason, Milam, Travis, Williamson. 

16. 
NAVASOTA. Superintendent W. S. Barron, Anderson, Director General; Superintendent Geo. A. Odam, Huntsville, Director of Debate and Declamation; Superintendent C. G. Dot­son, Hearne, Director of Athletics. Counties: Austin, Bra­


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zoria, Brazos, Burleson, Fort Bend, Grimes, Galveston, Harris, Madisc-n, Montgomery, Robertson, San Jacinto, Walker, Wash­ington. 
17. 
BEAUMONT. Principal J. G. Fuqua, Beaumont, Di­rector General; Superintendent W. F. Garner, Kirbyville, Di­rector of Debate and Declamation; Professor L. L. Knight, Port Arthur, Director of Athletics. Counties: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Newton, Orange, Tyler. 

18. 
SAN ANTONIO. Professor E. C. Soule, Marshall Train­ing School, San Antonio, Director General; Superintendent W. 


E. Patty, Gonzales, Director of Debate and Declamation; Prin­cipal T. P. Walker, Kenedy, Director of Athletics. Counties: Atascosa, Bexar, Bandera, Comal, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Gon­zales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, LaSalle, La­vaca, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde, Wilson, Webb. 
19. 
VICTORIA. Professor Geo. M. Crutsinger, Victoria, Di­rector General; Superintendent J. F. Henson, Wharton, Direc­tor of Debate and Declamation; Principal J. H. Wiseley, Bee­ville, Director of Athletics. Cou.nties: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad: Dewitt, Live Oak, Refugio, Matagorda, San Patricio, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton. 

20. 
RAYMONDVILLE. Superintendent W. T. Holder, Ray­mondville, Director General: Superintendent J. N. Bigbee, Kingsville, Director of Debate and Declamation; Superintendent 


C. E. 'l'homas, San Benito, Director of Athletics, Counties: Brooks, Duval, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kle­berg, Starr, Willacy, Zapata. 
ARTICLE X. 
Expenses Olnd Rebates. 
SEC1'ION 1. In the county and district contests, the prizes offered and the traveling expenses of contestants and of judges shall be provided for as the respective directors may determine. Admission charges to local, county, and district contests may be made, when deemed advisable. 
SEc. 2. At the final contests at the University the visiting contestants shall bear their own expenses in the first instance. The State Executive Committee, however, shall devote the amount received in membership and entry fees, after defraying necessary 
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expenses, to the payment of rebates of railroad fares to Austin and return at the reduced rates offered each year. Such rebates shall be based on the round trip railroad fares only (usually the ''convention'' rate of a fare and a third), and shall not include sleep.er, meals, or other expenses. The rebates shall be payable, except as provided in the next paragraph, to the principal of each school '"hieh is represented by actual participants in the pre­liminary and final contests in either debate, declamation, spell­ing, or athletics, and including one -teacher from each par­ticipating school. Not more than five track contestants from any one school, and only those who qualify, as provided in Sec­tion 4 of Article VIII shall be entitled to rebate of railroad fares. The State Executive Committee may in its descretion limit, by due notice, the number of delegates from distant points that will be entitled to such rebates. 
In order to equalize the burden of traveling expenses for the more distant schools, a delegate paying not over $2.00 for a single round trip fare shall receive no rebate; a delegate pay­ing over $2.00 but not over $6.00 for a single round trip fare shall receive 10 per cent less rebate than the class next men­tioned, a delegate paying over $6.00 but not over $10.00 for a single round trip fare shall receive 10 per cent less rebate than the class next mentioned; a delegate paying over $10.00 but not over $14.00 for a single round trip fare shall receive 10 per cent less rebate than those paying over $14.00 for a single round trip fare. Hence each delegate paying over $14.00 for a single round trip fare (usually a fare and a third) will receive 30 per cent more rebate than one paying not over $6.00, and so on as per above classification. 
ARTICLE XI. 
Reports and Press Notices. 
County and District Directors shall promptly report to the Chairman, at Austin, the winners in the county and district contests, and shall also furnish reports of these contests to the local press; and the principals of the winning schools in the dis­trict contests shall promptly send to the Executive Committee. photographs and brief sketches of the winning speakers . and athletes, for use in the local and State press. 
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ARTICLE XII. 
Disputes. 
All disputes among members of the League shall be settled by th-e appropriate executive committee. A county or district executive committee may, if desired, submit a case in dispute to the State Executive Committee for adjudication. Others who feel that they have a just cause for eomplaint against a county or district executive committee may appeal the case, excepting the selection and decisions of officers or judges of contests, to the State Executive Committee for final decision; in which instance a written statement of facts shall be presented both by the ap­pellant and by the county or district executive committee. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
AU-Round Oliampionski,p. 
SECTION. I. There shall be county and State all-round cham­pionships awarded to the schools in the county and State meets, respectively, which shall soore the highest total number of points under conditions specified in Sections 2 and 3 of this article. 
SEC. 2. The following events shall score the numoor of points indicated. 
(A) 
In the county contests: 

(1) 
Boys and girls' track events (as per Section 1, Article V of this Constitution), five, three, two, and one point, respectively, for first, second, third and fourth place, in each event, except as specified in Rules 3, p. 49 of this bulletin. 

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2) Girls' basket ball, in both. divisions, boys' basket ball, and boys' tennis doubles, ten points for first place, five points for second plac-e. 

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3) Boys' debate, first place twenty points, second place ten points, and three points to each of the two teams losing in the semi-finals. 

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4) Spelling, essay writing, and boys and girls' Junior and Senior declamation, first plaoo ten points, second place five points: and third place two points. 

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shall be counted for each event as in the county contests, for such events as are included in the State contests. 
SEC. 3. No school shall be eligible to the all-round champion­ship that does not score in at least three different contests and in both athletics and spelling, or athletics and public speaking, or athleti.cs and ffiSay writing. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
Annual Meeting 
SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the L.eague shall be held on the night of the first day of the final State contests at the University, beginning at 7 o'clock and ending at 8 :15 o'clock. At this meeting, matters pertaining to the League shall be dis­cussed, and recommendations made to the State Executive Com­mittee regarding any changes in the rules for the next year's contests. Each school belonging to the League shall be entitled to one vote at this meeting. A school having no representative present may vote by duly authorized proxy. 
ARTICLE XV. 
Amendments . 
.All amendments to the constitution and rnle.s 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 for an advisory vote. 


RULES IN DEBATE AND DECLAMATION 
FOREWORD. 
Please bear in mind that the primary purpose of the contests 
in debating and declamation is, as the Constitution states, ''to 
foster in the schools of Texas the study and practice of public 
speaking and debate as an aid in the preparation for citizenship.'' 
The League exists not for a few schools that may hav-e exception­
ally fine speakers, but rather to incite all the schools to develop 
in their pupils a talent for clear-cut, sincere, and effective speak­
ing before an audience. 
With the large membership which the League has now at­tained, the eounty contests must be more and more emphasized, since it is obvious that very few of the debaters and declaimers who should participate in the county contests can possibly go to­the district and State contests. The principal who waits to enter his pupils for a contest until he can turn ou-i; a winning debat­ing team will probably never develop a winning team. Moreover, this shows a wrong attitude towards the contests and encourages an unwholesome ~chool spirit. Remember that the contests are only a means to an end, and hence the mere fact of winning should not be taken too seriously. 
Especially in debate and declamation, wherein no absolute standards of judging are possible, teachers and students should guard against questioning the decision of the judges. See that the rules of the contest are observed, and then leave the result absolutely to the ;judges. Squabbling over decisions is unsports­manlike, and this practice has been altogether too common among­even the teachers. It is fine training .for a boy to learn how to­lose as well as how to win. 
Ernest May Jack Porter 
·weath.erford High School State Winners in Debate, 1915 
Racey !<'rank Sparks San Antonio High School Second Honors in Debate, 1915 
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RULES IN DEBATE. 
1. 
Eligibility.-The debating team representing each school shall consist of two members, both being male students in the same school. The debaters shall be subject to the eligibility rules contained in Article VII of the Constitution of this League. No student can represent his school in both debate and declamation. Former winners of first honors in the State contest are barred. 

2. 
Question for Debate.-The question for de bare at the final contest in 1916 shall be: Resolved, That a constitutional tax of one mall should be levied for the support of the State insti­tutions of higher education in Texas mnd that sitpplementary appropriations by the Legislature should be prohibited. Unless by consent of both teams concerned, the question in all prelimi­nary debates shall be the one assigned for the final contest ; and all debaters shall be prepared to speak on either side of this question. (For date limits of county and district contests, see Constitution, Article V, Section 2.) 

3. 
Cho~ of Sides.-In all contests sides shall be determine<l either by mutual consent or by lot. Whenever a series of pre­liminary contests are held, the winning teams in a given contest shall immediately choose sides for the next contest. 

4. 
Coaching.-ln 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 coileague or by any other person. A debater may, however, refer to his notes or manu­script when desired. 

5. 
Exclusion of Interested Schools.-It shall be considered dishonorable for the pupils or teachers of one school to visit the debates of another when the two schools are likely to meet on the same question. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to enforce this rule, and in case of its wilful violation, such school shall be debarred from further contests for that year. 

6. 
No Interruptio11. of Speakers.-A speaker shall not be in­terrupted in any mannt~r while he is speaking, either by cheers or otherwise, and the pre11iding officer shall see that this rule 


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is strictly enforood. However, sincere and courteous cheering at the close of a speech is allowable and desirable. 
7. The time and order of speeches shall be as follows: 
MAIN. 
Affirmative, 10 minutes. Negative, 10 minutes. Affirmative, 10 minutes. Negative, 10 minutes. 
REBUTTAL. 
Affirmative, 4 minutes. 
Negative, 5 minutes. 
Affirmative, 4 minutes. 
Negative, 5 minutes. 
Affirmative rejoinder, 3 minutes. 

Either side, if it so desires, may reverse the order of its speak­ers in rebuttal from that of the main speeches; and either one of the affirmative speakers may take the closing rejoinder. 
8. 
Judges.-The judges for tbe debating and declamation con. tests shall be three, five or sev.en in number, selected on the basis of capability and impartiality. (NOTE.-Whenever practicabl.e, at least five judges should be appointed.) The judges for the eounty and district contests shall be chosen by the appropriate -executive committee, subj.ect to the approval of a majority of the school principals concerned. For the final contests at the University the judges shall be chosen by the State Executive Committee. 

9. 
Instructions to Judges.-A copy of the following instruc­tions shall be given to each judge: ''The judges, who shall si~ 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 th(; merits of the question. In deciding which team has done the more effective debating, the judges shall take mto consideration argument and delivery in both main and rebuttal speeches. In cases of doubt (that is, where the two teams are about equally balanced) argument shall be stressed relatively more than de­


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livery and rebuttal work more than the main speeches. At th~ close of the debate each judge shall ind;cate his choice by ballot and deliver it to the presiding officer who shall inspect the bal­lots in the presence of a representative of each school and an­nounce the decision.'' 
10. Final Contest.-The winning teams in the district contests shall meet at the University on the first Friday after the fir-;t Monday in May, when preliminary debates shall be held during that and the following day, commencing at 9 a. m., until two teams shall have been chosen for the final contest. The final contest between these two teams shall be held at the University on the first Saturday night after the first Monday in May. 
Garland Day Adolphus Moore Dallas High School. Winner in Leonard High School. Second 
Senior Declamation, 1916 Honors in Senior Decla­
mation, "1916 
Alva McKnight 
Center High School. Third Place 

in Senior Declamation, 1916 

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RULES IN DECLAMATION. 
1. 
Eligibi1ity.-There shall be two contests in declamation, a Senior and a Junior contest, for both boys and girls. For date limits of holding, and eUgibHity rules generally, see Constitu­tion, Articles V, VI, and VII. No student can represent his school both in debate and in declamation, and former winners of first honors in a State contest are barred. 

2. 
Nature of DecWmw,tions.-Excepting the girls' Junior di· vision, -each declamation shall consist of a prose selection from some standard author or well-known speaker. The subject-mat­ter of each selection shall be prevailingly serious in tone, and de­livered for the purpose of convincing or persuading the audience of certain ideas or truths; in other words, a declamation should not be chosen which is primarily adapted to the purposes of mere entertainment. Poetry (excepting such poetical quotations as may be included in prose selections), ''funny'' pieces, dramatic readings, and impersonations will not be allowed. Each student shall select a declamation the words of whfoh he adopts as his own for the purpose of speaking to a present-day audience on a subject of present-day interest and importance. In case of doubt as to the interpretation of this rule, the State Executive Committee should be consulted, and the decision of such commit­tee shall be final. No declamation in the county, district, or final state contest shall exceed five (5) minutes in length (about 


600 words). Note.-A five-minute selection having required unity and se· quence can readily be secured by judicious cutting-supplying, it may be, a connecting sentence or phrase here and there. The selections in Junior declamation may be on any subject desired. In the Senior declamation contest the selections for both boys and girls shall be on some phase of the Peace problem. In the girls' Junior contest selections from standard poems are required. NoTE.-For boys and girls' Senior declamations, boys' Junior selections, and selected poems for the girls' Junior contest, send to the Texas Publishing Co., Dallas or Austin. (Sent postpaid at 50 cents each per copy.) It should be understood that the booklets containing declamations can not be published and dis­
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tributed free by the University because of our limited appro­priations. It should also be understood that declamations need not necessarily be taken from the booklets mentioned. These have been edited and published in response to a large demand and as a matter of convenience. 
3. 
Programs of County and District Contests.-The order of speaking in the county and district declamation contests shall be determined by lot. In the county contests each school, and in the district contests each county (also cities specified in Article V, Section 6), shall regularly be represented by one speaker in each contest; that is, a boy and a girl for each of the two divisions. The winning boy in each division in the district contest, and the winning girl in the Senior division, go on to the state contest; but the girls' Junior declamation contest is carried no farther than the district. 

4. 
Programs of Final Contests.-The final contests among the twenty district winners in each class shall be held at the Univer­sity on the first Friday in May. Preliminaries shall be held at 10 a. ni., and not more than eight nor less than six in each class shall be selected for the finals. The order of speaking in the final contests shall be identical with the number-order of the districts, beginning with District No. 6 (El Paso) in 1916, anti moving up one number each successive year. Not more than two speakers having the same selection shall appear in the finals. In case more than two of the district winners have the same se­lection, preference shall be given in the order of the final pro­gram for that year, provided, however, that if the State Chair­man fails to receive a report from any district within five days after the latest date for the final district contest (April 24), the representatives from such district shall iorfeit their right to pre~ erence. A speaker having a selection not permitted under this rule will be required, upon notice from the Chairman, to choose another declamation. 

5. 
No Interruption of Speakers.-A speaker shall not be in­terrupted in any manner while he or she is ~peaking, either by cheers or otherwise, and the presiding officer shall see that this rule is strictly enforced. Sincere and rivilized cheering between speeches, however, is allowable and desirable. 

6. 
Coaching.-No speaker shall be coached or prompted in any 


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manner "during the delivery of the declamation. 
7. 
Timekeepers.-At each contest there shall be two timekeep­ers, who shall notify the speaker and the presiding officer, by ringing a bell, or other signal, whenever the speaker has con­sumed the time limit of ( 5) minutes, in which case the speaker shall be required to conclude in one-half minute. 

8. 
Instruction to Judges.-The judges in the declamation contests, county, district, and final, shall receive the following instruc:tions: ''This is a contest in delivery only, the speeches not being original productions. The basis of judging each con­testant shall be: general effectiveness as a speaker. In deter­mining general effectiveness, the following matters shall be considered: interpretation, adaptation of the speaker's delivery to the particular selection, clearness in enunciation, emphasis, inflection, modulation, force, earnestness, naturalness, ease and grace of carriage, physical expression, including appropriate­ness and effectiveness in gestur.e, directness, and the general effect upon the audience. No attempt, however, shall be made to grade these elements of general effectiveness by percentages, but each judge shall rank each speaker according to the effort as a whole. At the close of the contest the judges, after con­ferring together, shall determine the speakers ranking first, sec­ond, and third, respectively." 


George Clark Gus McCracken 
Rosebud High School. Winner Floresville High School. Sec­

in Junior Declamation, 1915 ond Honors in Junior Decla.. 

mation, 1916 
Leroy Barlow 
Taylor High School. Winner in 

Junior Declamation, 1916 

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RULES IN ESSAY WRITING. 
1. Eligibil!ity. 
-The contest shall be open to any student, either boy or girl, in a school that is a member of the Univer­sity Interscholastic League, provided a contestant can qualify under the eligiblity rules as contained in the Constitution and Rules of the League. 

2. 
Nat,a,re of the Composition.-The essay offered in the com­petition must be (a) an original production, (b) not more than 1000 words in length, (c) the subject must be based on a per­sonal experience of the writer, (d) must be written in ink (or typewritten) on one side of paper 8lf2xll inches, signed by the real name of the author, with school he or she represents, the postoffice address, and certified to by the principal of the school as provided in Rule 3. 

3. 
Certification of Original Work.-The principal of the school must certify that the essay is the work of the individual student in each case, and that such student is eligible to the contest pursuant to the provisions of Rule 1. 

4. 
County Contest.-Each school belonging to the League may submit not more than three essays in this contest. The papers submitted shall first be sent to the County Director of Essay Writing not later than March 15. The County Director of Essay Writing shall act as chairman of the committee of judges, and shall, in conference with the County Director Gen­eral of the Interscholastic League, select two other judges resid­ing at or near the county seat, exclusive of teachers whose schools are represented in the contest. Such committee shall select the three best essays submitted, and forward the same not later than April 1 to the Director General of the District in which the county is situated. 

5. 
District Contest.-The essays selected as a result of the county contest within a given district shall be judged by a com­mittee of three to be selected by the district executive commit­tee of the League, exclusive of teachers whose schools are repre­sented in the contest. Such district committee shall select the best three of the essays submitted and forward the same not later than April 15 to E. D. Shurter, University, Austin. 

6. 
Final Contest.-The essays submitted as provided in the 


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preceding section shall be judged by a committee of three to be selected by the President of the University, and the authors of essays that are first, second, and third highest in rank shall be respectively awarded gold, silver and bronze medals. 
7. Publication.-The names of the winners shall be an­nounced at the annual State meeting of the Interscholastic League on May 6 and 7, and the essays shall be published in the May number of the University of Texas Magazine. 
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RULES IN SPELLING. 
1. Eligibility.-Each school in the League may enter not over two contestants (boys or girls) in the final county contest in spelling, provided such contestants are eligible under the rules jn Article VII of this Constitution. 
Exception: Where sub-county contests are arranged for and duly announc.ed one month in advance to all the schools in the county. the County Executve Committee may permit only the first, second, and third ranking contestants in each sub-county contest to enter the county finals, provided, there are at least four sub-district contests in each of which at least five schools participate in spelling. 
2. 
Sources.-The words for the county, district, and state contests shall first be selected from McCall um & Horn's New Century Speller, pages 27 to 69 inclusive. Should this list be exhausted the following lists shall then be used in the order given: Payne's Learn to Spell (University Co-operative Store, Austin, 25 cents), list beginning on page 45 ; Webster's Old Blueback Speller (American Book Co., Dallas, 10 cents), lessons 44, 54, 62, 73, 76, 86, 100, and 152. The person pronouncing may use his discretion as to whether he will give out all the words in the preceeding lists. In case these lists are .exhausted, such additional words as may be necessary to ''spell down'' the contestants shall be selected from such sources as the director of sp€lling may designate. 

3. 
In the county, district and state contests, the contestants shall stand and spell orally the words given to them in succession. The director of spelling or some one designated by him, shall pronounce each word distinctly. The pronunciation of a word may be repeated if a given contestant does not understand it. There is no objection to giving a sentence containing the word if thought advisable to make it clear. When in doubt of the pro­nunciation or spelling of a given word, Webster's Dictionary, either the Secondary School edition, or the Collegiate, or the New International, shall be the final authority. 

4. 
When a contestant, having had one try at a word, misses it, such contestant shall sit down, and the word given to the next contestant and so on until it is spelled correctly. The last 


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one to spell down shall be the winner, the next-to-the-last shall win second place, and the third from the last shall win third place. In case of ties, additional words shall be pronounced until the tie is broken. 
5. 
The person in charge of the spelling contest shall appoint three judges to whom, disputed points shall be referred. 

6. 
The winners of first and second places in each county contest shall be eligible to the district contest, and the winner of first place in each district shall be eligible to the State contest. 


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RULES IN ATHLETICS. 
I. 
FOOTBAL!J. 
1. 
Eligibility.-In all football games between members of this League, the eligibility rules laid down in Article VII of the Constitution of the League shall be strictly observed. 

2. 
Schedule.-In each district there should be a meeting of representatives of the schools interested in the football contest; to arrange a schedule and adopt such other provisions as may be necessary to meet local conditions. This meeting should be called by the district athletic director, in case there is no other duly authorized body to call such meeting, and should ·be called for thE-earliest practicable time. 

3. 
Number of Games.-Not more than six games shall be considered in determining the district championship, but no team shall be considered for the district championship unless such team has played at least four games with other teams in such contest. 

4. 
Officials.-Unless otherwise agreed upon, the referee and head lineman shall be selected by the school on whose grounds the game is played, and the umpire shall be selected by the visiting team; provided, that in no case shall a coach or other person connected with e::ither team be an official except with the consent of the other team. 

5. 
Protests.-A protest must be made to the director in charge within twenty-four hours after a game is played, except that a protest based on the alleged ineligibility of a player may be made at any time during the football contest; provided, it is made immediately upon discovery of the facts on which the protest is based. Protests must be made in writing. 


II. 
1. Eligibility.-The eligibility rules laid down in Article VII of the Constituton shall be strictly observed in all baseball 
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games between members of this League, and in addition, the following rule shall be enforced : No one shall take part in any baseball game between members of this League who has ever taken part in a game as a member of a team in a regularly organ­ized professional league. 
2. 
Sckedule.-(Same as Rule 2 for football.) 

3. 
Number of Games.-In determining a county or district championship, not more than eight nor fewer than six games shall be considered. No games shall be considered which are not played with other teams in such contest. 

4. 
Officials.-The umpire shall be selected by the school on whose grounds the game is played, provided, that no coach or other person connected with such team shall act as umpire with­out the consent of the other team. 

5. 
F'orf eiture of Game.-In case of willful violation of any of the eligibility rules of this League, the game in which such violation occurred shall be awarded to the team which did not violate said rules. The team violating the rules shall, in addi­tion, be suspended from further participation in the baseball games of this League during the remainder of the season. 

6. 
Protests.-Same as No. 5 in Rules for Football. 


III. 
BASKET BALL. 
1. 
Rules.-All basket ball games between members of this League shall be played by the Official Basket Ball Rules as pub­lished in the Spalding Athletic Library. 

2. 
Eligibility.-(See Article VII of the Constitution.) 

3. 
Sckedule.-(Same as No. 2 in Rules for Football above.) 

4. 
Number of Games for District Championship.-Not more than eight games played by a given team shall be considered in determining the claim of such team for the district champion­ship, nor shall a team be eligible to be considered for the dis­trict championship that has not played at least four games with at least three other teams in the district contest. 

5. 
County Basket Ball Contest.-The county athletic direc­tor should call a meeting of representatives of schools inter­ested in basket ball, at the time of the Teachers' Institute, or at 


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the earliest convenient time thereafter. At such meeting the fol­lowing matters should be determined : (a) Shall both junior and senior contests be held? Both girls' and boys' contests t 
(b) 
\Vhen shall the first championship game be played, i. e., what shall be the earliest date for official games in the cham­pionship contest? ( c) What shall be the method for determin­ing the championship, the percentage method, or the elimination m.ethod? ( d) What shall be the minimum number of games and the minimum number of teams that each team must play? 

(
e) What prizes shall be given the winners? If possible, a com· plete schedule should be made out at this meeting. It wiL usually be found advisable to divide the county into four or more districts, and after the district championships have been deter­mined, to let the winners play the finals at a centrally located place, either at the time of the final county contests in debate, declamation, etc., or, where so many events cannot be well han­dled together, to have the basket ball championships settled a week earlier. Each team should send a report of each game to the county athletic director, promptly. 


6. Protests.-A protest of a game must be made in writing to the county athletic director, within twenty-four hours after the game has been played. The county athletic director shall either sustain or disallow the protest promptly after having given an opportunity to the other team to present its side of the case. The ruling of the county athletic director may be ap­pealed, first, to the county executiv.e committee, and :finally to the State Executive Committee. No protest shall be considerer which does not contain evidence to support the charges made. 
IV. 
TENNIS. 
1. 
Eligibility.-The eligibility rules laid down in Article VII of the Constitution of this League shall be strictly observed in all tennis contests in this League. 

2. 
County Contest.-Each school in the League may enter a team in the county contest in doubles, to be held at the time of the annual meeting of the League. 

3. 
The winning team in each county contest may enter the 


C. Triggs, D. Childress 
Cameron High School State Champions in Tennis Doubles, 1916 
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district contest, to be held at the time and place of the annual district meeting of the League. 
4. 
Each winning team in the district contests may enter the final State contest, to be held at the University of Texas on the first Friday and Saturday after the first Monday in May. 

5. 
Number of Sets.-In all preliminary matches, in the coun­ty, district, and State contests, the best two out of three sets shall determine the winners, but in all final matches the best three out of five sets shall determine the winners. 

6. 
It shall be the duty of each team desiring to enter the county contest to notify the county athletic director, giving names of the players and a certificate of their eligibility signed by the principal or superintendent, at least one week before the time of such contest. Furthermore, each winning team in a county or district contest shall at once notify the athletic direc­tors of the next higher contest, sending names and eligibility certificates of the players. 

7. 
0 fficials.-The athletic director in each contest shall pro­vide a manager and the proper number of referees for such contests. 

8. 
Singles.-By permission of the respective committees and by agreement among the contestants, the players who partici­pate in the county or district contest in doubles may also hold a contest in singles. Also, the players who participate in the State contest in doubles may, by arrangement with the State director of athletics, participate in a State contest in singles. 


v. 
TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS FOR GIRLS. 
1. At the final county meeting of the League, the following shall be the official list of track and field events for girls, and they shall be held in the order as giv.en in this rule, track events being held simultaneously with field events: (J for junior, S for senior) 
TRACK. 
1. 
Potato race (J). 

2. 
Potato race (S) . 

3. 
30 yards dash (J). 


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4. 
30 yards dash (S). 

5. 
140 yards relay (J). 

6. 
140 yards relay (S). 


FIELD. 
1. 
Basket ball throw for distance ( S) . 

2. 
Standing broad jump (J). 

3. 
Basket ball throw for distanee ( J). 

4. 
Baseball throw for accuracy (S) . 

5. 
Baseball throw for accuracy ( J). 


2. Points.-In each event, tl;le first four places shall count, respectively, five, three, two, and one point, except, (1) where only four teams are in the relay, third place shall count one point and fourth place shall not count; (2) where only three are in a given event, third place shall count one point. 
3. Rules Governing the Events : 
(a) 
Potato Race.-A contestant must run from the starting line to a basket twelve yards distant and, getting one potato at a time, distribute them in three circles placed three yards apart, the first circle being three yards from the starting line. After placing a potato in circle No. 3, the runner must race to the starting line, then return and replace the potatoes one at a time in the basket in the order in which they were distributed, going a round the basket each time a potato is placed in it. The finish of the race is across the starting line. For additional rules see University Bulletin containing the Athletic Rules of the Inter­scholastic League. 

(b) 
30 yards dash.-See rules for dashes in University Bul­letin mentioned above. 

(c) 
140 yards relay.-Each team shall have four runners, each runner going 35 yards. For other rules see bulletin men­tioned above. 

(
d) Basket ball throw for distance.-The thrower must stand back of a line and throw with one hand. She must not step over the line before or after throwing. For other rules see bulletin mentioned above. 

(f) 
Baseball throw for accuracy.-On a vertical board 20 feet distant, shall be drawn two concentric circles 6 and 12 inches, respectively, in diameter. The thrower must stand and 


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throw with one hand. She must not step over the line before or after throwing. The one hitting nearest the center of the circles on three trials shall win first place. For additional rules, see bulletin mentioned above. 
4. Number of entries. Only three entries from each school shall be allowed in each event, except that four entries shall be allowed in the relay. 
VI. 
JUNIOR TRACK MEET FOR BOYS. 
1. At the final county meeting of the League, and also at each district meeting where a district junior track meet is pro­vided for by the district committee, the official list and order of track and field events for junior boys shall be as follows (Track events, jumps and vaults, and weight events, should be held simultaneously) : 
TRACK. 
1. 
Potato race. 

2. 
50-yards dash. 

3. 
220-yards dash. 

4. 
100-yards dash. 

5. 
440-yards relay. 


JUMPS ANT> VAULT. 
1. 
Running high jump. 

2. 
Running broad jump. 

3. 
Pole vault. 

4. 
Running hop-step-jump. 


WEIGHTS. 
1. 
Putting 8-pound shot. 

2. 
Baseball throw for distance. 

3. 
Chinning bar. 


2. Pcnnts.-The first four places in each event shall count, respectively, five, three, two, and one point, except: (1) where only four teams are in the relay, third place shall count one point and fourth place shall not count; (2) where only three are in a given event, third place shall count one point. 
Greenville High School Track Team-State Champions, Class A Division, 1916 
Bottom Row: Smith, Averitt, Darnell, La 'Roe. Middle Row: Earnest Overall, Earl Overall,

Creel (Capt.), Gray. Standing: Bivens (Coach), McComb (Coach), Masters (Principal), Gee (Su­
perintendent). 
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3. 
Rules Governing the Events.-For rules governing the di:fiel'ent events, see University Bulletin containing Athletic Rules of the Interscholastic League. 

4. 
No State Junior Meet.-No State Track and Field Meet for Juniors shall be held. 


VII. 
TRACK MEET FOR ACADEMIES, CLASS B AND CLASS 
A HIGH SCHOOLS. 
1. 
State Meet, and Oounty and District Meets.-The rules in this Article shall be observed in the Final State Track Meet held at the University of Texas on the first Friday and Satur­day after the first Monday in May. So far as they may be ap­plied to county meets and to district meets (where the latter are held), they shall also be observed in tb.e county and district meets. 

2. 
A<Xl<Umy Meet.-The State Meet for academ:i1:s shall be held on the afternoon of Friday. The events anJ the order of same shall be as given for Class A High Schools. 

3. 
Points.-In all track meets held by this Leagm~ the first four places in each event including the relay shall count, re­spectively, five, three, two, and one point, except; (a) if only four teams are in the finals in the relay, third plac·e shall count one point and fourth place shall not count at all; (b) if only three men are allowed to qualify for the finals in a given event, third place in that event shall count only one point. 

4. 
Events.-The events, with the order in which they shall be held, for the Final State Meet, shall be as follows : 


CLASS A HIGH SCHOOL AND ACADEMY DIVISIONS. 
TRACK. 
1. 
120-yards low hurdle. 

2. 
100-yards dash. 

3. 
1-mile run. 

4. 
220-yards low hurdle. 

5. 
440-yards dash. 

6. 
220-yards dash. 


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7. 
880-yards run. 

8. 
1-mile relay. 


JUMPS AND VAULTS. 
1. 
Pole vault. 

2. 
Running broad jump. 

3. 
Running high jump. 


WEIGHTS. 
1. 12-pound shot put. 
a 12-pound hammer throw. 

3. 41/2-pound ·discus throw. 
CLASS B HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION. 
TRACK. 
1. 
120-yards low hurdle. 

2. 
100-yards dash. 

3. 
1-mile run. 

4. 
50-yards dash. 

5. 
220-yards dash. 

6. 
880-yards run. 

7. 
I-mile relay. 


JUMPS AND VAULTS. 
1. 
Running broad jump. 

2. 
Running high jump. 

3. 	
Pole vault. 
WEIGHTS 



1. 
4%-pound discus throw. 

2. 
12-pound shot put. 


5. 
Prelim41wlries and F'inals.-The preliminaries cf the Final State Meet, and also such semi-finals as may be necessary, shall be held on Friday. The finals for academies shall be held on the afternoon of Friday, and the finals for Class A and Class B High Schools on the afternoon of Saturday. 

6. 
No change shall be made in the order of events as printed herein within one month of the date of the meet. 

7. 
Representation to Final Meet.-Any school in the Leagu~ may send a team of not over eight men to the final meet, but 


Indian Gap Hi.ah School Track Team-State Champions, Class B. Diviaion, 1916 
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rebate on railr-0ad fare shall be allowed only to those who qualify under Section 4 of Artiol~ VIII. 
8. 
Number in Each Eve·nt.-Eaeh school shall be allowed not over three men in each .event, excepting the relay which re­quires four· men. 

9. 
Number of Ev-en.ts One Man May Enter.-No contestant shall be a.llowed to compete in more than four running events inoluding the relay, and in not over five event~ all together. 

10. 
Eligibility.-In all track meets held by this League, the eligibility rules as laid down in Article VII of this Constitu~ tion shall be strictly observed. 

11. 
Entries for Final Meet.-At least ten days before the first day of the final meet, each school desiring to compete in said final meet shall send to the Director of Interscholastic Ath­letics, University, Austin, Texas, by registered mail, a list .:t.f entries, showing each event for which each man is entered, and ac­companying such list with an entry fee of 25 cents for each event in which each man is entered. This list shall be signed by the principal or other acting head of the school, and shall be on the official entry form furnished by the State Director of Inter­scho.lasti c Athleties. This form shall contain a certification by the principal or other acting head of the school, -th~.t each man so entered is eligible to compete under the rules of e]igibility in Article VII of the Constitution of the League. 


12. Closing of Entries.-.Absolid6ly no entries shall be ail­lowed for said final meet which are not mailed to the Director on or before the tenth d,a,y before the first day of the meet. 
13. 
No Changes in Entries Allowed.-No changes in the entry lists as sent in as per Rule 11 above shall be allowed, ex­cept that a man may be substituted for another in an event, pro­vided the substitute is otherwise eligible. 

14. 
Must Qualify in PrelimiMries.-No contestant shall be allowed to compete in the finals in any event who did not com­pete in the preliminaries and semi-finals o.f that event. This rule applies to the relay as well as to other events. 

15. 
Jlust Be On Hand at Time Announced.-The Manager of the Meet shall see thllt the preliminaries and the finals start at the time announced for them. No excuse shall be accepted for failure of a team or contestant to appear at the time an­nounced for the meet to start, and any contestant who fails for 


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any reason to be on hand at the time of the preliminaries shall forfeit his right to compete either in the preliminaries or the finals. 
(Explanation.-Unavoidable delay on account of late trains is thought by some to be a valid excuse for allowin!" a man to enter the finals without competing in the preliminaries. But this would not be fair to the other contestants, hence cannot be allowed. Teams from distant points are urged to start early enough to arrive on time, even allowing-for late trains.) 
16. 
Witkdrawa"ls.-No entry fees shall be retur.r:.ed for anY withdrawals from events uniess the Director recdves notice of such withdrawals at least five days before the meet. 

17. 
Officials.-The University Director of Interscholastic Athletics shall have general charge of the final mE:et, and the county and district at~1letic directors shall have cLr.rge of th~ county and district meets, respectively. It shall lJe the duty of such directors to provide officials, secure entries, arrange programs, and attend to such other matters as may be required for the proper conduct of the meets. 


(b) Each meet shall be under the direction of : 'The director of athletics, one ref-eree, two or more inspootors, thrte or more field judges, four or more judges of the finish, thrt,e or more time-keepers, one starter, one cl-erk of the course. one scorer one clerk of the field, one marshal, and one announcer, and such assistants to these officials as may be necessary. 
18. 
Protests.-All protests shall be made to the Director within 24 hours after the meet. A protest must be a<'companied or followed promptly with a statement of eddenct!. The Di­rector shall decide a protest within 24 hours if possible, and in any case within one week. 

19. 
Coaches N'fJt Allowed on. Field.-A.t the Final State Meet, no coach or other representative of a team shall be allowPd on the field. The Director shall provide a tent or other in­closure where the coaches may look after the neeilil of the con­testants. 

20. 
Rmes for the Different Events.-The rule-; governing officials and the different events, shall be those given in the University Bulletin containing the Athletic Rules of the Inter­scholastic League. 


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(Note.-All coaches and managers, and also contestants, are urged to familiarize themselves with the rules in the bulletin mentioned, as well as the rules printed in this Consttil,ution.) 
21. Certificate for Rebate.-The principal of each school having one or more men to qualify .for r-ebate unJer the pro­visions of Section 4 of Article VIII, shall notify the State Di­rector of Interscholastic Athletics of this fact immediately afte;.· such contestants have qualified for the rebate. 
APPENDIX 
PRIZES IN FINAL CONTESTS. 

1. In debate: First prizes, the Eugene Harris silver cup and $50 in books by the American Book Co. 
S2c0nd prize, $25 in books, by Ginn & Co. 
The Hogg Organization for the Promotion of Higher Educa­
tion in Texas offers special prizes of $100 and $50 to the two debating teams that present the best and second best public discussions, respectively, of the question of a constitutional tax for the support of higher educational institutions in Texas. 
2. In Senior declamation: First prizes, the Wozencraft sil­
ver cup, and $50 in books by Martin & Hoyt Co. Second prize, $25 in books, by Macmillan Co. Through Mrs. J. B. Dibrell, Chairman of the San Antonio 
district of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, Col. Geo. 
P. Brackenridge and l\frs. Eli Hertzberg offer special prizes of $25.00 to the boy and the girl, respectively, who most effectively deliver speeches on International Peace, in the Senior declama­tion con tests. 
3. In Junior declamation: First prizes, the Dallas News 
silver cup, 	and $50 in books by C. A. Bryant Co. Second prize, $25 in books, by Hinds, Noble & Eldredge. 
4. 
In Academy track meet: The A. G. Spalding silver cup. 

5. 
In High School track meet: A silver loving cup, offered by the Stelfox Company, Austin. 

6. 
The following trophies and medals are donated by Caswell & Smith, of Austin, dealers in athletic goods: For winning track team in Class B High School Division, 


silver loving cup. For winning team in tennis doubles, silver cup. For winning relay team, Academy Division, silk banner. For winning relay team, Class A High School Division, silk 
banner. 
7. The Whitehead & Hoag Company, makers of medals and trophies, Dallas, Texas, offer the following medals in the track meet: 
Marshall Training School Track Team-State Champions, Academy Division, 1916 
LeBlanc, DeVries, Riley, Starnes (Coach), Brooks, Waits (Capt.), Bynum, Dietert. 
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For highest ranking individual in Academy Division, gold medal. Second prize, silver medal. For same in Class A, High School Division, solid gold medal. Second honors, silver medal. For same in Class B track meet, solid gold medal. Second honors, silver medal. 
The silver cups are to be in the custody of the winning schools for one year, and a cup must be won by the same school three years in succession in order to entitle that school to permanent possession of the same. 
Gold, silver, and bronze medals for first, second, and third place winners, respectively, a.re awarded in each event of the track meet, and in declamation, essay-writing, and spelling; also gold and silver medals to winners of first and second place in tennis and debate, and a souvenir pin to each delegate to the annual State meeting. 


FINAL STATE CONTEST OF 1915. 
Held at the University of Texas May 7·8. 
CONTESTANTS IN DEBATE. 
Cameron High School 	San Antonio High Sohool 
L. Green 	E. Racey 
H. Howell F. Sparks Clarendon High School San Augustine High School 
J. Jones 	J. McRae 
R. Robinson V. Elliott Corsicana High School San Benito High School 
0. Albritton 	R. Whitney 
C. Pugh 	R. Brooks 
El 	Paso High School Sweetwa.ter High School Geo. Newell 0. Barker 
F. Hardy B. Johnson Gainesville High School Timpson High School 
H. Tanner 	B. Moses 
E. King 	V. Smith 
Greenville 	High School Tyler High School \V. Townsend P . Beard 
C. Moss A. Young Houston High School Weatherford High School 
J. Brooks 	J. Porter 
J. Brennan E . May Lampasas High School Wichita Falls High School 
R. Long 	C. Butts 
S. Walker 	B. Hanks 
SEMI-FINALS. 

Weatherford vs. Timpson. 
San Antonio vs. El Paso. 

F'INALS. 

San Antonio vs. 'V"eatherfordd. 
[Weatherford won.] 

CONTESTANTS JN JUNIOR DECLAMATION. 

Atlanta High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Dunklin. 
Bellevue High School . .... .. . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . ..Robert Gowan. 
Campbell High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Horace Car.son. 
Clarendon High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .....Claude Feredee. 
Coleman High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. Temple Holland. 
Crockett High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Houghton. 
Detroit High School . ........ .. . .. ............F'rank Norri.s. 
El Paso High School. ... . ..... . ..... . ..... . . .. William Mayfield. 
Floresville High School .. ... ..... .. . . .........Gus McCracken. 
Grandview High School. . .................. .. .Hawthorn Pitts. 
Huntsville High School ..... ..................Tom Gibbs. 
Kirbyville High School ........................Valmer Crow. 
Lubbock High School ................. ........Lattimore Mutfee. 
Rosebud High School. .. . .. .. . . ... . . . . ... . ....Geo·rge Clark. 
San Benito High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hollingsworth. 
Taylor High School. ................ ... ... ... .Leroy Barlow. 

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FINALS. 
1. 	
Philip Dunklin .......................................Atlanta Mission of the U. S. in the Cause of Peace-Anonymous. 

2. 	
William Mayfield .....................................El Paso Should Texas Be Divided?-Mayfield. 

3. 	
George Clark .......................... . ..............Rosebud Homes of the People--Grady. 

4. 	
Cecil Houghton .... ... ........ .. .....................Crockett Happiness and Liberty-Ingersoll. 

5. 	
Leroy Barlow .........................................Taylor Happiness and Liberty-Ingersoll. 

6. 
Gus 	McCracken ....................................Floresville 



A 	People Must Be Its Own Judge-Anonymous. Winner: George Clark, Rosebu-d. Second: Gus McCracken, Floresville. Third: Leroy Barlow, Taylor. 
CONTESTANTS IN SENIOR DECLAMATION. 
Center High School. ... .. .....................Alva McKnight. 
Corpus Chris.ti High School. ...................Joe Browning. 
Dallas High School .... ............ ...........Garland Day. 
El Paso High School ............... .. .........Harvey Welch. 
Farmersville High School ......................Reid Markham. 
Floresville High School .... .. . ........... ... ..Terrell Toone. 
Floydada High School. .......................Tom Ross. 
Sam Houston Normal Training School ............Maurice Donnebaum. 
Leonard High School .........................Adolphus Moore. 
McGregor High School ........................Loretz Hackney. 
Nocona High School ..........................Wade Clark. 
Orange High School. .. . ......................Jake Mossiker. 
Roby High School .......... ..................Lee Westerfield. 
San Angelo High School .......................Guy Mobley. 
Taylor High School ...........................Alvin Becker. 
Tyler High School. ......... . .................Raymond Golson. 

F'INALS. 
1. 	
Lee Westerfield ........................................Roby Waste of War and the ·wealth of Peace-Young. 

2. 	
Garland Day ..... ...... ...... .... ......... . .. . ........Dallas World Progress and Peace--\Vinter. 

3. 	
Alva McKnight ........................... .. ...........Center ·world Progress and Peace-Winter. 

4. 	
Loretz Hackney ....................................McGregor War and Public Opinion-Reed. 

5. 	
Alvin Becker ..........................................Taylor The Real Problem of World Peace-Anonymous. 

6. 	
Jake Mossiker ........................................Orange World Progress and Peace-Winter. 

7. 	
Wade Clark ..........................................Nocona An American's View of the European War-Compton. 

8. 	
Adolphus Moore .....................................Leonard Education for Peace-F. J. Lyons. 'Vinner: Garland Day, Dallas. 


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CONTESTANTS IN TENNIS. 
Brownwood High School 	Marlin High School 
W. Daniels 	C. Bartlett 
F. Hurlburt G. Gardere Cameron High School Mineral Wells High School 
D. Childress 	M. Barbour 
C. Triggs W. Martindell Corpus Christi High School Port Arthur High School 
L. Coleman 	E. GriifD.th 
S. Coleman V. Miles Greenville High School San Antonio High School 
J. Boles 	S. Evans 
J. Donner W. Hensinger Houston High School Sweetwater High School 
E. Morse 	L. Hardy 
M. Crawford E. Scale8 Jacksonville High School Texarkana High School 
G. Alexander 	L. Muntz 
E. Wilder 	L. Turner 
Longview 	High School ·wichita Falls·High School Brown J. Akin Northcutt W. Akin 
SEMI-FINALS. 
Wichita Falls vs. Jacksonville. Porrt Arthur vs. San Antonio. Cameron vs. Greenville. 
SECOND SEMI-FINALS. 
Wichita Falls vs. San Antonio. Cameron vs. Brownwood. 
FINALS. 
Wichita Falls v-s. Cameron. [Cameron won.] 
LIST OF SCHOOLS REPRESENTED IN THE FINAL STATE CONTESTS AT THE UNIVESITY OF TEXAS, MAY 7-8, 1915. 
Alto High School Lubbock High School 
Anson High School Mansfield High School 
Atlanta High School Marlin High School 
Austin High School Marshall Training School, San 
Ballinger High School Antonio. 
Bellevue High School McGregor High School 
Big Foot Rural School, Frio County Mineral Wells High School 
Bowie High School Montague High School 
Brock High School Mound Creek Rural School, Karnes 
Brownwood High School County 
Buda High School Muenster High School 
Buffalo Rural School, Coleman New Boston High School 

County Nocona High School 
Cameron High School Oakville High School 
Center High School Oglesby High School 
Clarendon High School Orange High School 
Cleburne High School Palestine High School 
Coleman High School Palmetto Rural School, Wharton 
Corpus Christi High School County 

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Corsicana High School Crockett High School Dallas High School DeLeon High School Detroit High School Driftwood High School El Campo High Scheol El Paso High School Era High School Farmersville High School Floresville High School Floydada High School Gainesville High School GalTeston High School Gatesville High School Granbury High Scl:tool Grandview High School Granger High School Greenville High School Hereford High School Houston High School Huntsville (Sam Houston Norma.I 
Training School) Hutto High School Indian Gap High School Jacksonville High School Karnes City High School Kaufman High School K~nnedy High School Kingston High School Kirbyville High School LaGrange High School Lampasas High School Leonard High School Longview High School Pecos High School Pleasanton High School Port Arthur High School Raymondville High School Roaring Springs High School Roby High School Rosebud High School Rusk High School San Angelo High School San Antonio High School San Augustine High School San Benito High School Sand Hollow Rural Sc·hool, Frio 
County San Marcos High School Santa Anna High School St. Edward's Academy, Austin Stamford High School SweetwateT High School Taylor High School Temple High School Texarkana High School Three Forks Rural School, Bell 
County Three Rivers High School Timpson High School Tyler High School Victoria High School Votah Rural School, Liveoak 
County '\Vaeo High School Walsh School, Gonzales County Weatherford High School Wichita Falls High School 
DISTRICT AND COUNTY HONORS IN POINT OF MEMBERSIDP IN THE LEAGUE IN 1914-15. 
Districts 1st. Wichita F's.Us Distri-ct, 85 schools 2nd. Taylor District, 81 schools 3rd. Greenville District, 78 schools. 
Counties 1st. Collin County, 42 schools 2nd. Gonzales County, 2 6 schools 3rd. Falls County, 24 schools. 
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STATE RECORDS IN DEBATE 
Year  First Place Second Place Edward Freeman and Frank Lyons, Theo. Willis and Frank Young, of the of the El Paso High School Honey Grove High School  
1911  
1912  -­Willis McGregor and Arthur Lee Floyd Betts and Cecil Glass, Moore, of the of the Fort Worth High School Marlin High School -I  
1913 1914 1915  Hendrix and Joe B. Lowry,Wayne R. How"1 and Ricl>a'l""Senor, of the of the Corsicana High School Bonham. High School Wayne R. Howell and Homer Gilbert Lang and Henry Taylor, Watson, of the of the Corsicana High School San Antonio High School Ernest May and Jack Porter,IErle Racey and Frank Sparks, of the of the Weatherford High School 1 San Antonio High School  

STATE RECORDS IN DECLAMATION 
Senior 

Year  First Place  Second Place  Third Place  
1912  Jesse W. George,Belton High School  -Willis McGregor Fort Worth Hii?h School Edwin Randall, Anderson High School  
1913  Homer Sharpe, Fort Worth High School  
1914  R-0bert Field, San Antonio High School  Jake Mossiker, Orange High School  
1915  Garland Day, Dallas High School  Adolphus Moore, Leonard Hhth School  Alva McKnight, Center High School  

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Junior 
Year  First Place  Second Place  Third Place  
1913  Will Gordon Knox,  Edwin Schwartz, 
Floresville High School  El Paso Schools  
1914  Harry Young,  Reid Markham, 
Belton High School  Farmersville High School  
l915  George Clark,  Gus McCracken,  Leroy Barlow.  
Rosebud High School  Floresville High School  Taylor High School  

STATE RECORDS IN ESSAY WRITING 
Year  First Place  Second Place  Third Place Mary Louise Hightower,Henderson High School. Subject: "An Embarrass­ing Moment"  
1915  Walter Garnett, San Marcos BaptistAcademy. Subject: "A Panther Scare"  Phyllis Lorig,El Paso High School. Subject: "My Prize Fight"  

STATE RECORDS IN TENNIS DOUBLES 
Year 1914 1915  First Place  Second Place  
E. Rittenour and 0. Walker, Beeville High School D. Childress and C. Triggs,Cameron High School  Pittman and Pickens, Fort Worth High School ;J. Akin and W. Akin, Wichita Falls High School  

RECORDS OF STATE OHAMPIONSHIP TRACK KEET, 1915 
Olass A. High School Division 


Pole vault 
Broad jump 
Hl1rh jump 
12-lb. shot put 
12-lb. hammer throw 
Discua throw Brown. 
Temple 
Lemon, 
Nocona 

Bird, 
Granger 

Collins, 
Austin 

Giles, 
Temple 

Youree. 

Bowle 

Secor,
Houston 
Sens, 
Oameron 

"Kingsland,Houston. 
Adams, Oleburne. Tie: 
Lawler, Palestine. 
Brown, Temple. 
Irwin, 
Jacksonville 

La Roe, 
Greenville 

Irwin, 
J acksonTIDe 

Johnson, Ponder. Jacksonville Mineral Wells 
I 

Fein, 
Houston 

Newberry,
San Antonio 

Wentzell,

Temple 

Ooillns, 
Auatln 

Ernest Overall, 
Greenvme 

Harrfs, 
Indian Gap 

Allison, 
P_almetto 

Dupuy,
Marlin 


*10 tt. 9 In. 


{Graves,
Tie: Galveston. Turner, Waco. 
*21 ft. 81·2 fn. 
Irwin, 
Jacksonville 

5 ft. 7 In. 
Giles, 
45 ft. 61-Z In. 
Temple 
Johnson, 
U7 ft. 11 In. 
Jacksonville 
(In preliminaries) 
Wayland, 
4IJl2 ft. 8 In. 
Buda 
*New State record. 
Summary: Greenville first, 22; Marlin second, 20; Houston third, 19%; Temple fourth, 161h; Jacksonvme fifth, 16; Austin, 13; Oameron, 19;
Mineral Wells, 12; Galveston. l()lh; Granger, 10; Nocona, 10; San Antonio, 10; Gainesville, 7; Bowfe, 5; Port Arthur, 4; Ban Marcos, 4; Palestine,
2%; Oleburne, 2%; Orockett, Indian Gap, Palmett, Pecos, Stamford, 2 each; Buda, 1; Waco, %. 
Individual Honors: Sens (Oameron). and Irwin (Jacksonville), tied for first place, with 12 each. Irwin won the medal on the tou. 

Academy Division 
Event  First  Second  Third  R«ord  
120-yd. low hurdle  DeVries, M*  Waits, M  15 4-5 sec.  
100-yd. dash  Dabney, S*  Pascal, S  BrookB, M  10 S-5 sec.  
Mile run  Schneider. B  Plettman, M  Riley, M DeVrfes, M Brooks. M Dietert, M  5 min. 24 sec. 28 2-5 sec. 57 8-5 sec. 23 4-5 sec. 2 min. 161-5 sec. 3 min. 55 sec.  
220-yd. hurdle '40-yd. dash 220-yd. dash ~yd. run Mile relay  Leblanc, M Pier, S Dabney, 8 Briscoe, 8 Marshall Training School  Devries, M Riley, M Pascal B Schneider, 8  
Pole vault  Leblanc, M  Briscoe, s  Dietert. M  9 ft. 6 In.  
Broad jump  Kerwin, 8  Brooks, M  Riley, M  18 ft. 11 in.  







Hieb jump 
Bynum. JI 
Kerwin, S 
Rlle7, M 6 ft. ' In.
I 
12-lb. shot put 
Horton, S 
Pier, S 44 ft. 11-2 lo.
Wafts, M 
I 
12-lb. hammer throw 
Plettmao, M 
Pier, S 
lM ft. 11 In.
Walts, M 
110 ft. S1-2 In.
Discus throw 
Horton, S
Wafts, M 
Pier, S 
~ 

~ 
-

f ~ 
~ 

*M Is for Marshall Training School, S for St. Edward's. l;:i:1 Summary: Marshall Training School. 65; St. Edward's, M. ~. 
Individual Honors: Waits (Marshall Trainin&' School). first, 16 points; Leblanc (M), Dabney (S), and Pier (8), tied for second plaee, with 10 ~ points each. Leblanc drew the medal. ~­

Olau B. High Behool Dlvfsfon 
Event 
120-yd. low hurdle 
50-yd. dash 
Mile run 
100-yd. dash 
440-yd. dash 
880-yd. run 
Mlle relay 
Broad jump First 
Smith, 
Grandview 

George, Bangs,(Buffalo Sch.) 
Nichols, 
Mansfield 

Lindsey,
Oenter 

McRlmmon, 
Rusk 

Andrews, 
Center 

Indian Gap 
Morrow, Kaufman Second 
Eichelberger,
Kenedy 

Fortune, 
Indian Gap 

Parker, 
Center 

George, 
Ban£"S 

Park, 
Kaufman 

NlchoJs, 
Mansfield 

Rusk 
Oox, Indian Gap 
Third 
Ourby,
Grandview 

Morrow, 
Kaufman 

Washburn, 
Kingston 

Morrow, 
Kaufman 

Fortune, 
Indian Gap 

Ingle.
Grandview 

Era 
Park, 
Kaufman 

Fourth 
Langford,
Creedmoor 

McRlmmon, 
Rusk 

Smith, 
Detroit 

Fortune, 
Indian Gap 

Titsworth 
Montague 

Martin, 
Driftwood 

rCurby,
Tfe: I Grandview 
l Bryan, Oenter 
Fifth 
Wllkfrson, 
Grandview 

Park, 
Kaufman 

Doss, 
Brock 

Hire, 
Era 

Olack, 
Era 

Smith, 
Detroit 

Record 161-5 sec. 
5 4-5 sec. 
5 min. 5 sec. 
10 3-5 sec. 
I 56 sec. 
2 min. 9 sec. 
3 min. 50 sec. 18 ft. 91-2 In. 


Bl&'h jump 
Harris, 
Tie: Oenter
f""""'•"'·
Indian Gap 
Casady,El Oampo 
( Oulpepper. 
Pole vault 

ITbzeo Fo>ks
Tie: Sch., Belton 
Bln&'letary,Alto 
Smith, El Oampo
Forrester,Discos throw Grandview 
12-lb. shot put Little, Smith, Klqston 
Grandview 
Weems,
Hereford 
Wayland,
Buda 

Jackson, 
Muenster 

r~D,
Palmetto 
·Oox,
Tie: Indian GapPark,
Kaufman / Titsworth,
:Montaaue 
Spears,Oampbell
Lindsey,Oenter 
Miller, Oreedmoor Tie: 
Pettit, 
Era 

Ball,

Driftwood 
Wigginton,
El Oampo 

Wigginton,
El Oampo 

Little, 
Kln&"ston 

Ooquat,
Votaw 

6 ft. 61-2 In. 
9 ft. 6 In. 
94 ft. 6 In. 
41 ft. 81·4 Jn. 
Summary: Indian Gap ftrst, 24%,; Grandview second, 21'1{.; Oenter and Kaufman tied for third, 19% each; El Oampo, 12'1'-: Rusk, 9; Kingston 9;llanafteld, 9; Buffalo School (Bangs), 9; Era, 4%; Alto, 4'1{.; Three Forks School (Belton), 4; Kennedy, 4; Buda, 8; Detroit, 8; Driftwood, 2%; :Monta&'Ue, 2%; Creedmoor, 2%; Brock, l; Votaw, 1; Campbell, %; Palmetto, %; Pleasanton, %. 
Indlndoal Honore: Smith (Grandview), ftrst, 18 points; Korrow (Kaufman), second, 11 points. 

ALlrTEXAS HIGH SOHOOL REOORDS. 
Event  Holder  School  Ma.de In Meet At  Year  Record  
ro-yd. dash  Betts  Marlin  Univ. of Texas  1913  5 3-5 sec.  
120-yd. low hurdles  Earl Overall  Greenville  Univ. of Texas  1915  14 3-5 sec.  
100-yd. dash  Maxon  Beaumont  Univ. of Texas  1912  101-5 sec.  
Mile run  Kirby  San Antonio  Univ. of Texas  1915  4 min. 45 sec.  
2'20­yd. hurdles  Tucker  Fort Worth  A. and M. College  1912  26 2-5 sec.  
440-yd. dash  Maxon  Beaumont  Univ. of Texas  1912  53 1-5 sec.  
220-yd. dash  Maxon  Beaumont  Univ. of Texas  1912  223-5 sec.  .  
880-yd. run  Robertson  Nocona.  Univ. of Texas  1915  2 min. 9 4-5 sec.  
Mlle i'ela.y  Greenville  Univ. of Texas  1915  3 min. 38 3-5 sec.  
Pole vault  Brown  Temple  Univ. of Texas  1915  10 :ft. 9 In.  

Broad jump 
High jump 
12-lb. shot put 
12-lb. hammer throw 
Discus throw 
Lemon 
Nettles 
Collins 
Giles 
Youree Nocona 
Marlin 
Austin 
Temple 

Bowie Univ. of Texas 
A. and M. College 
Univ. of Texas 
Univ. of Texas 
Univ. of Texas 
NOTE: All-Texas Academy records that equal or surpass the high school records are: 
50-yd. dash: Goin, Marshall Training School (1910); 5 2-5 sec, 
100-yd. dash: Goin, Marshall Training School (1910); 10 sec. 

440-yd. dash: Goin, Marshall Training School (1911); 52 2-5 sec. 12-lb. shot put: Jacks, Marshall Traininir School (1911); 46 ft. 71-2 in. 12-lb. hammer throw: Pigg, Peacock College (1910); 173 ft. 6 in. 
1915 
1912 
1915 
1915 
1915 21 ft. 81-2 in. 
5 ft. 9 In. 
45 ft. 61-2 in. 
147 ft. 6 in. 
112 ft. 3 in. 


tion to deliver pnblic lectures in Texas towns, when asked to do so. About a hundred lectures in fifteen different lines of work are now available. 
Public Welfare Division. It is the purpose of this division to collect data regarding economic conditions in the State and to furnish the same to citizens of Texas through exhibits of photographs, charts, diagrams, statistics, etc., supplemented by illustrated lectures and printed bulletins. 
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