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SWC Sportsmanship Committee Constitution
Battalion
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Editorials
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1951
Editor’s Note: This is the first time the constitution of the
Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Committee has been printed.
Members of the committee ratified this constitution at a meeting
held at the first of the school year in Arkansas.
PREAMBLE:
We, the members of an intra-collegiate organization here
in after named the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship
Committee, so hereby affirm our will and purpose to the fur
therance of sportsmanship and good relations in every field
of student endeavor.
ARTICLE I
RULES GOVERNING MEETINGS AND PROCEDURE
SECTION I. Membership
The membership of this committee shall be as follows:
Four (4) members from each of the conference schools
who hold the positions within their respective schools or
their appointed alternates for any position.
1. President of the Student Government
2. Editor of the School Paper
3. Head Yell Leader (In the case of schools who do not
have such a position, any yell leader.)
4. A representative from the varsity teams who may
be either elected by the athletes or appointed by the
president of the student government.
5. The executive secretary as a non-voting member
SECTION II. Voting
Committee voting will be conducted by schools. Each
school will have one vote.
SECTION III. Parliamefttary Procedure
Roberts Rules of Order shall be used in all meetings
with the understanding that as need arises aand at the
discretion of the chairman the formalities of such rules
shall be dispensed with.
SECTION IV. Meeting Places
There shall be a minimum of three (3) meetings dur
ing each school year: the first to be held in the fall at
the school who holds the chairmanship. The second at
SMU immediately preceding the Cotton Bowl Game.
And the third in the Spring at the school who is host to
the Conference Track Meet.
SECTION V. Quorum
Regular business may be conducted provided a min
imum of four (4) schools are represented.
ARTICLE II
SECTION I. Presentation
The presentation of this trophy to the winning school
will be annually at the Cotton Bowl Game.
SECTION II. Voting
There will be two voting times, one at the end of
Basketball seasdn and the other in December. The com
plete results of the first ballot (i.e. at the end of the
basketball season) will not be made public.
The distribution of the ballots will be done by the
chairman of the current year. Results will be announced
at the Spring meeting as a part of the old business. This
information may or may not be printed in School Papers
at their discretion and in no event will state paper pub
licity be encouraged.
SECTION III. Who May Vote
Ballots will be sent to the conference executive sec
retary, Athletic director, dean of students, the executive
secretary of the alumni association, of each school. The
follows: 3, 2, 1.
SECTION V. Winner Selection
The school receiving the largest number of cumula
tive -votes from both the Spring and Fall Balloting will
be declared winner of the Sportsmanship Trophy. The
winner will be announced at the meeting immediately
preceeding the Cotton Bowl Game.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES
SECTION I. Chairman
The chairman of this committee shall be rotated in
SECTION II. Executive Secretary
An executive records office shall be established on a
permanent basis and located at Texas A&;M.
The operation of this office shall be performed at
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the following order:
School Year
School Year
School Year
51- 52 Arkansas University
52- 53 TCU
53- 54 Baylor
In following years the rotation will be in alphabetical
order as follows: the University of Arkansas, A&M
College, Baylor, Rice, SMU, TCU, and Texas University.
The duties of the chairman will be to preside at all meet
ings and to send reminders to all schools relative to
meetings of the committee and to perform such other
duties as usually pertain to the office of chairman. The
delegation with the chairmanship shall name the chair
man.
be nominated by the Texas A&M delegation and ap
proved by the committee. The person (or persons) oper
ating this office shall bear the title of Executive Secre
tary.
The duties of this office shall be:
1. To collect and keep a complete file of all minutes
correspondence, and other information pertaining
to functions of the Southwest Conference Sports
manship Committee.
2. To take and record minutes of all meetings.
3. To furnish member schools with information to
their individual operations.
ARTICLE VI
This constitution can be amended by a favorable vote
of five of at least six schools.
ARTICLE V
This constitution and all amendments passed pursuant
thereto shall be considered the paramount authority for mat
ters relating to the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship
Committee.
thousand people here to see the game.
Whether you are here as an Aggie partisan or a TU
rooter, we welcome you to the campus. While you are here
make yourself at home. Consider this your second home.
While you are on the campus there are a few things
we would like to point out. A&M is one of the friendliest
colleges in the nation. If you will notice there are men all
around you who are smiling and saying howdy. This is not
a put on act. It is a tradition we are proud of around the
school and state.
At times a man will meet you. This is not part of a
game, but is a very vital part of our life. We think the best
way to show our genuine western hospitality is to get to
know each other. • '^1
And to know each other well. A:
To you the visitors on the campus we say howdy. Have
a good time and the best team will win. ^
Sportsmanship
Code
The purpose of the Sportsman
ship code is to further good rela
tions between Southwest Confer
ence Schools.
I Team
A. Each member of the team shall:
• Participate in the contest to
the best of his ability, abiding by
fair and proper means of conduct
determined by the rules of the
contest.
• Treat contest officials with
due. respect and courtesy and shall
accept the official’s decision in
good spirit.
® Accept victory or defeat in a
gracious manner.
II Student Body
A. Pre-Game Courtesy.
• The host school shall:
a. Write a letter to the visiting
school and team prior to the game.
This letter should be published dur
ing the week prior to the game
in the visiting school’s paper. The
letter should list activities of the
weekend, i.e. banquets, dances and
receptions.
b. Provide receptions and direc
tions for visiting students and
team.
c. Provide a means of informa
tion booths or ushers to provide
information about tickets, sections,
seating, etc.
B. Game Courtesy:
• There shall be cooperation be
tween yell leaders, band and other
student organizations and student
body, i.e., yell leaders cheers will
not coincide, and student bodies
four delegates of the schools to the committee, seven will not yell while teams are in a
sports writers selected annually (one from each school, huddle or calling signals.
selected at the Spring meeting, and eight votes to con
ference officials who officiated during the season prior
to the balloting.
SECTION IV. Weight of Votes
Ballots delivered to the conference secretary will be
weighed as follows: 5, 3, 2.
Ballots sent to sports writers will be weighed as
George—Assistant at USC
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nia won the Pacific Coast title
once and ranked high three times.
He was chief assistant to head
coach Jeff Cravath the past two
years at USC.
George joined the Aggie staff as
line coach just before spring drills.
He was named head coach in April,
succeeding Harry Stiteler.
George lists as the two high
spots of his career his games
against Notre Dame for USC
when the Trojans won a Rose Bowl
bid in 1938 by beating the mighty
(See GEORGE, Page 4)
• The student bodies shall avoid
misconduct such as fighting and
overt demonstrations, use of in
toxicating drinks, disrespect and
discourtesy toward teams and offi
cials, and general discourtesies
during the halftime period.
C. Post Game Courtesy
• Each student body shall dem
onstrate:
a. Respect to both teams after
game.
b. Respect to each other and to
spectators.
c. Mutual respect for school
songs when they are played.
(Adopted Oct. 15, 1948)
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JOHN WHITMORE Editor
Joel Austin Associate Editor
Bill Streich Managing Editor
Bob Selleck Sports Editor
Frank Davis City Editor
Pat Morley Women’s Editor
T. H. Baker. E. R. Briggs, Benny Holub. Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter,
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Ag-TU Game
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of the Longhorns.
One 7)f the Aggies best game of
the year, Oklahoma was played
against the same type formation;
however, they also witnessed one
of their worst days against a sim
ilar formation used by the Razor-
backs.
The freshmen coaches of the
Southwest Conference, Ed Price,
Texas, and Ray George, A&M, will
be meeting for the first time.
George hails from California, while
Price has been around long enough
to know what the conference is
like.
The Aggies have won all four
non-conference games and tied
wdth Baylor and SMU. Losses
were to Rice, TCU, and Arkansas.
A&M Head Coach Ray George
as quoted to have said:
“I’m new in this league, so I’m
not too familiar with this old ri
valry with Texas. I hear that it’s
pretty hot though, and I guess I
should be scai’ed.
“They tell me the Texas players
are so tough they snatch doors off
hinges and butt their heads
through plaster walls,” he added.
It was also said that if some
traitor to the Aggie cause doesn’t
slip ai’ound and tip the guy
(George) off to the fact that he’s
supposed to lose—he’s pretty apt
to make the mistake of winning
and ruining another grand old TU
tradition.