UNION CONSTITUTION ADOPTED

The alterations and amendments to the constitution of the Union were finally adopted at a meeting of the members held in the Living Room last night. The fundamental change was the establishment of a governing Board in place of the House and Membership Committees. B. K. Stephenson '06 presided at the meeting.

Mr. Fairchild on "The True Sportsman."

After the meeting Mr. E. M. Fairchild of Albany, N. Y., gave a stereopticon lecture on "The Sportsman."

There are eight great laws of sport, said Mr. Fairchild, and the first is, "Follow sports for sport's sake, and be a sportsman" It is the responsibility of students to make football clean, and if they do not accept this responsibility, it is the duty of the University Faculty to do away with the game. Mr. Fairchild said that he used to think that the game of football was clean, but after examining his photographs he noticed a lot of foul play. While these photographs were on the screen the lecturer went on to point out two peculiar evils, the difficulty of detecting brutality, and the helplessness of men in the scrimmage to protect themselves from attacks that would not be tolerated in a street fight. To illustrate the advantage gained by committing fouls, views were shown of holding in football and of crowding on the bicycle track.

"Play the game within the rules and lose or win with honor" is the second law, and it is to support this rule that professionals are excluded from the games of amateurs.

In the third place, "be courteous and friendly in your games." The English in general excel the Americans in this respect, with their cordial receptions to visiting teams in the great clubhouses on their athletic fields. The real test of a sportsman is his treatment of his adversary.

To support his strength and skill "a sportsman must have encourage."

The fifth law is that "the umpire shall decide the play." In this connection Mr. Fairchild showed four views of the finish of the Schick-Moulton race, which gave rise to so much discussion in 1903.

The sixth law follows out the idea of the fourth: "Honors for the victor but no derision for the vanquished."

The hardest rule of all is perhaps the eighth: "The true sportsman is a good loser in his games. He must keep his temper and his courage under the most trying conditions."

Finally, "the sportsman may take pride in his success, but this does not mean conceit."

To command respect the sportsman must obey all these rules.

after the lecture the University Musical Clubs gave a short concert.