The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, February 01, 1899, Image 35

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    ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
ATa meeting of the Athletic Association held on Friday, Jan.
20, the following officers were elected for the foot ball de-
partment:—Manager, Roland Diller, 'oo; marshal, T. H.
Miller, 'of; board of directors, D. D. Cure, '62, A. C. Pollock,
'oo, and J. S. Ruble, 'ca..
A partial report was made by the committee on the revision of
the Constitution. Among the more important changes ratified at
the meeting were the following:—The Auditing Committee of three
students and the Alumni Advisory Committee of three members
in each of the three departments were abolished, and their duties
were conferred upon an Advisory Committee whose powers are
enumerated in the section: " The Advisory Committee shall con
sist of three members who shall 'be Alumni, and two members
who may be members of the faculty (including instructors). It
shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to examine the books
of the Treasurer and of the several Managers at the end of each
term, or whenever so directed by the Association, and in all cases
to report to the Association, and to advise the several Managers
and Officers. The five members shall have equal rights."
The Treasurer shall hereafter be a resident member of . the
Alumni, or a member of the instruction force, instead of being a
student as heretofore.
The election of a Manager, a Marshal, and a Board of Directors
of three members for the foot ball department will hereafter be
held on the first Monday in December instead of on the second
Monday of the Winter term.
The Managers shall be required by the Advisory Committee to
furnish, in all cases possible, receipts or vouchers for all ex
penditures made by them. The Advisory Committee shall have
power to cancel orders of the Managers on the Treasurer, in which
case they can only be paid. by the vote of the Association.