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ELIGIBILITY OF FIRST-YEAR MEN

The President reported the action he had taken with respect to the rule concerning
eligibility of first-year students for participation in intercollegiate contests, stating that he
regretted to have to call Mr. Tebell in Roanoke just prior to the V.P.I. game, but that the rule
had not been called to his attention earlier and it was his feeling that as long as it was a
regulation of the University, it should be enforced.

The President stated that he convened the University Senate the following week to discuss
the matter, and the Senate agreed to waive the rule for the session of 1951-52

Whereupon a resolution was adopted approving the action of the President in regard to
the participation of first-year students in intercollegiate athletic contests. It was further
resolved that first-year students of the University be permitted to participate in varsity athletic
events at the University during the session 1951-52.