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SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISH BY NCAAFORPOST-GRADUATE STUDY Colleges Are Own Vigilantes Members Responsible Most for NCAA Enforcement The colleges’ own vigilance and cooperation are mainly responsible for the consistent progress which has marked the NCAA enforcement program, 12 years old at the end of this month. Thus did the NCAA Council assess the first dozen years of the Association’s self-policing procedures, and in so doing pay generous tribute to the important work of its three-man Infractions Committee. released at its Statistics April meeting in San Francisco show that the NCAA has had fewer allegations and fewer cases of rules infractions over the past five years than ever before. “It is clear, from our own said NCAA observations,” President, Robert F. Ray, “from a wide range of comment across the country and from statistical study that the membership’s objective of taking care of its own is being met.” “This doesn’t mean NCAA enforcement procedures are entirely effective, that there are not continuing violations or that there won’t be future violations,” President Ray continued, but confidence in the program has been established and individual responsibility recognized. The splendid and tireless work of the Infractions Committee has had much to do with this progress,” he concluded. Current Chairman of this Continued
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Ladies Locked Out As NCAA Remains Strictly for Men Could a woman compete in an NCAA championship event? It was a question to make some and thoughtful men quake males scurry for the answer in the Association’s Constitution, By-Laws, and Executive Regulations. The NCAA Executive Committee faced the issue squarely. At the request of women sports leaders themselves and the NCAA Long Range Planning Committee, the following addition to the Executive Regulations was made to settle the matter: “The games committee shall limit participation to eligible male student athletes.” The brief addition to the first paragraph of Executive Regulations II, Section 4, thus resolved the question-for NCAA meets and tournaments at least -which has been much under discussion, by both men and women athletic administrators. Specific request for consideration by the NCAA came from Dr. Marguerite A. Clifton, UCLA, representing the Division of Girl’s and Women’s Sports of AAHPER, and Mrs. Sara Staff Jernigan, Stetson University, representing the U. S. Olympic Committee’s Women’s Development Committee. In the interests of fostering the development of women’s athletics, and making available the resources and experience of the NCAA to leaders in this activity, the Council has appointed a special Committee on Women’s Competition. This committee will serve as a liaison agency with all other interested groups.
$1,000 Grants to 32 Seniors Set by Executive Committee TV Grid Revenue to Finance Academic Achievement Awards for University and College Division Football and Basketball Players A significant scholarship program for post-graduate and professional study has been established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Outstanding senior scholar-athletes of 1964-65 from NCAA member colleges and universities who have participated in football and basketball will be eligible for 32 one-year, one thousand dollar grants. been provided for participants The new award plan - first ever undertaken by the NCAA in sports other than football -was approved by the Associand basketball, $84,088 has ation’s Executive Committee at been set aside from television its San Francisco meeting, revenue to support clinics and April 18. A scholarship comencourage increased participamittee will be appointed to draw tion in other sports. up official procedure and criteria for the grants. The plan will be financed $32,000 for the scholarships plus $3,000 administrative expense-from the NCAA’s fourper cent share of football televjsion rights fees paid by NBC for the 1964 season. In addition to approving the expenditure and specifying the scholar-athlete awards for post graduate or professional study “A program of scholarship by graduates of the class of ‘65, awards for distinguished acathe Executive Committee des- demic achievement has been ignated the following: discussed from time to time for Twenty-two of the scholarsome years in the NCAA,” exships shall be awarded to varecutive director Walter Byers sity football participants - 11 said. “Increased revenue defrom the major college list and rived from the television assess11 from the College Division. ment makes possible these awards to worthy studentThe remaining ten grants athletes.” shall go to varsity basketball players, five from colleges or “Thirty-two scholarships is universities in the major cage a good start,” observed NCAA category and five from College President Robert F. Ray, “but Division institutions. it won’t begin to take care of The $1,000 grants will go di- the great number of senior footrectly to the universities or proball and basketball players in fessional schools of the recipiour member institutions who ents’ choice. are honor students in all fields Though no scholarships have of study.”