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STUDENT COUNCIL

Mr. John McElroy, President, acted as spokesman and was accompanied by Mr. Waller
Horsley, and Mr. Stuart Harris

This report is on the subject of athletic control and the subject of athletic practice.

On the University of Virginia Senate Resolutions of September 24, 1952, we make these
recommendations:

1. That the American Council on Education Report be adopted but with reservations on
Articles #1, 5, (A,B,C) 7, and 8.

2. The Joint Committee on Athletics should not be composed of a majority from any one
body represented (faculty, alumni, or student)

3. We endorse.

4. (a) and (c) We do not endorse for the following reasons. Scholarship is the primary
aim. As long as a student maintains his scholastic requirements, is acceptable under the
standards of the University life, he is a desirable student and if any person or group desires
to send him on (football) scholarship, he should be allowed to attend the University and he
should be allowed to compete in athletics even if his family's financial condition does not
require that he be given outside aid.

4. (b) We do not endorse for the following reasons. Successful football teams are
generally good for the University. This University should not drop to an easier, smaller school
league. This standard of football can only be maintained by bringing athletes here by financial
inducements. The financial inducements should be continued to be administered in the same or
similar manner in which they are now administered. Due to present policies of Student Aid, we
feel that their administration of football scholarship money would result in fewer athletes
and poor teams

4. (d) We heartily endorse

On the American Council of Education Report we make these suggestions

I. We endorse with reservations on the subject of the coaches' salary. In order to
have a good coach it may be necessary to pay him a salary in excess of those paid to other full-time
faculty members. This suggestion is made without knowledge of either faculty or coaches
salaries.

II, III, IV. We endorse.

V. (A) We do not endorse for reasons stated in 4 (b).

V. (B) We do not endorse for the reasons stated in 4 (a).

V. (C) We endorse if small expense money is also included to tuition, room, board,
etc.

V. (D,E,F) We endorse.

VI. We endorse.

VII. We endorse with reservations on post season tournaments which we feel are not
injurious to athletic teams.

VIII. (A,B,C) We do not endorse because we do not feel that recruiting athletes is
an abuse to the University, the athlete, or to the spirit of athletics.

Besides recommendations and suggestions previously made, we feel very strongly on the
following

1. All students should be screened by a responsible board of admissions, one capable
of withstanding any pressure of alumni or group of alumni. This will insure the type of many
worthy of the University.

2. All students should be made to adhere to the scholastic requirements laid down by
the faculty.

If the suggestions made by this body seem overly lenient, it is only because we feel
strongly adverse toward having rules that cannot be enforced and in some cases rules this body
does not want enforced.