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ATHLETICS

Intramural athletics are under the supervision of the Director of Physical
Training and his staff. Intercollegiate Athletics are under the special direction
of the General Athletic Association, a student organization whose object
is to encourage this phase of physical exercise. The faculty exercises a
general advisory control over all athletics, endeavoring to foresee and avert
dangerous tendencies or excess in physical exercise. The development of the
general policies of the University in athletics is intrusted to the Athletic
Council—a body composed of three representatives of the student body, three
representatives of the Alumni Association, three representatives of the Genral
Faculty and the President of the University. The action of this body
is subject to ratification by the General Faculty.

The Executive Committee of the Athletic Council, composed of one of its
student members, one of its alumni members, its three faculty members and
the President of the University, are responsible for the administration of any
laws or regulations governing intercollegiate athletics whether originating
from the Athletic Council, the faculty or from any Conference of which the
University may be a member. The faculty members of the Council form the
committee on eligibility.

The University of Virginia is a member of the Southern Conference.