March/April 1981 Volume 65 Number seven The Leaguer USPS 267-840 State Education Board High school journalists honor their urges de-emphasizing finest Scratch a great publications program and junior high athletics you'll find a groat teacher. And ILPC's top adviser De-emphasization of junior high athletics education and intramural activities. — recipient of the and penalizing coaches for rule infractions Other recommendations of the committee Max Haddick highlighted a bill of six major changes included: Teacher of the proposed by a special State Board of Educa­ • Reorganize the UIL to provide that a Year award — tion study committee of the University nine-member State Executive Committee was Ann Hale of Interscholastic League. would govern all UIL operations. The com­ Lampasas High The committee report, accepted un- mittee would include five members of the School. Dr. Had­ animously by the board in mid-March, voic­ University of Texas staff and four citizen dick, who retired ed concerns over school students being members nominated by the State Board of as ILK director in penalized when their coaches or officials Education. 1978, presents the violate athletic and scholastic rules. The Recently, the UT President, Dr. Peter honor to Miss Hale committee recommended revision of UIL Flawn, appointed four citizen members and during the rules to provide that in cases of viola­ relegated UIL director Dr. Bailey Marshall association's I tion of ethical conduct or standard practice, and athletic director Dr. Bill Farney to non- grand awards the UIL file a complaint with the Teachers -voting roles. assembly in Professional Practices Commission, which Austin, March 14. has the power to hold hearings and make • Rewrite and codify all UIL rules to be recommendations to the Texas Education "clear, concise and explicit." Photo by Bobby Mothb Agency. The TEA would then handle • Set up a formal procedure for appeals of reprimands, suspension or even cancella­ UIL rulings and interpretations. tion of a teacher's OF coaches' certificate. • Revise all UIL rules to assure statewide The board also recommended that junior balloting on requested rule changes when The price was right high athletics be de-emphasized and limited proposed by at least three separate district to the time normally set aside for physical committees from each of the four regions. The price: Occasional confusion. Blisters. Dead legs. Exhaustion. The goods: A few moments discussing work out the entire summer with any per­ design with Mario Garcia. A word with son or group so long as it was not construed Chuck Savedge on yearbooks. Competing Proposed bill as a team workout. This could include work­ against the best student publications in ing out with college athletes. Texas. Quarterback clubs and other groups with Was it worth it? interests in high school sports could hire a "Definitely yes!", one adviser wrote. could kayp professional to work with small groups or "The students were impressed with the individuals. size and quality of the convention. Several And if the bill was so interpreted, games students who had been in previous years could be considered instruction and team praised this one as the best one yet." League rules members "could play all summer." And so it went. More than 3,500 year­ The bill's passage would also have serious book, newspaper and literary magazine Testimony of a bill which, if passed, effects on the UIL literary speech and students converged on the campus of the would prohibit school officials from penaliz­ music contests, according to the statement. University of Texas at Austin, March 13- ing students who receive academic or Students could enroll in college classes dur­ 14, for two days of intensive training on athletic instruction outside the school year, ing the summer and be eligible for par­ the finer points of producing quality is expected to begin soon before the House ticipation in competition in all activities the scholastic journalism. No doubt, the lec­ Public Education Committee. following year. turers were the finest available. The bill, HB 2187, states that no school "This would give a definite advantage to From New York, Dr. Mario Garcia of Photo by Bobby Moliih board or official may prohibit students from students of families in the higher income Syracuse University discussed newspaper Ron Goins, editor of award-winning Shield "participating in any school function or brackets as well as to students living in design. The nation's premier yearbook of Austin McCallum, accepts con­ functions sanctioned by the school because close proximity to institutions of higher consultant, Col. Charles Savedge of gratulations from ILPC director Bobby the student has received any outside in­ education," the statement read. Virginia, spellbound his audience of 500- Hawthorne. struction academically or athletically oc- In addition, participants in UIL typing plus on the wonderful world of yearbooks. And the other out-of-state speakers — Of course, there were the expected curing outside the scholastic year." contests could enroll for summer typing quirks — the door that wouldn't open, the The bill does provide that the provision every year prior to first year typing and be Bill Seymour and Earl Straight, both of West Virginia, James Paschal of projector that refused to project, the has­ shall not prohibit any regulation or rule eligible, even though the contest is aimed at sle running from Welch Hall 3502 in search prohibiting school teams from organizing first year typists, it continued. Oklahoma, Ben Van Zante of Iowa, John Wheeler of Illinois and Bruce Watterson of of Burdine 106. But no problem was insur­ and practicing outside the scholastic year. According to the release, the three main mountable. Campus police dropped by areas of concern stem from colleges and un­ Arkansas — showered humor and advice Sponsored by Rep. Bill Clark of Tyler, freely. with keys. Lecturers found it as easy to whose congressional district includes part iversities, which would be educating a good work with chalk as celluloid. Burdine 106 number of UIL participants, resulting in: Fortunately, it was the only shower of of Smith County, the bill could be inter­ the weekend. Mother Nature, which teas­ turned up just around the corner. preted in such a way that a number of • More costs for students and their Saturday afternoon, an overflow parents plus interference with summer ed convention officials with gray skies and League rules would be invalidated, accor­ on-again, off-again rain four days prior to assembly packed into LBJ Auditorium to ding to a prepared statement released by a plans (work, vacation, etc.); honor the best of the best. An hour later — • More coaches and sponsors being the opening sessions Friday, turned committee from the UIL Legislative Coun­ sweetheart, sending clear skies and just not even time enough to give the feet a cil. criticized for teaching something different good rest — it ended and the long trip than what the colleges teach; enough breeze to tussle hair and lift According to the statement, the bill would spirits. home began. mean football, volleyball and basketball • And the program would depend on the players, as well as other athletes could colleges for educating the youngsters. Opinion page 2 With passage of proposals, comments sought And now, the homework: in effort to implement best program possible The 1980-81 referendum ballot was the largest in League history and most likely had the highest percentage of return ever. Out of a possible 1,152 ballots mailed to school officials, 1,060 were returned prior to February 15. No doubt, the high return was due to the Directors corner intensity of interest in a few of the ballot By Bailey Marshall items — with the spotlight being on the con­ troversial one-year transfer rule, of which we'll talk about in more detail later. if they keep winning? These questions must rule does not eliminate the necessity of rule option" developed when blanket ap­ There were also ballot items involving be answered and the persons charged with parents making a corresponding, bona fide proval was given by the district executive virtually every sport activity. This, of writing UIL rules need your input. change of residence. For example, a stu­ committee for all changes. course, turned the head of every coach in Committees from the Legislative Council dent who moves into a new school district All forms should be completed, and if the state. will begin meeting in June, and hearing without a bona fide corresponding change there are violators of the rule, they should Some of the ballot items will need further comments from all segments of the sports of residence by the parents into that district be dealt with promptly and according to the planning for implementation. Now is the community. As a local coach or ad­ would be inegible. rules. time for those interested to send in their ministrator, you should be testing the water Each case should be heard and in­ Forms should be available by the first of suggestions. The Legislative Council will in the same way. Each new rule and rule vestigated separately. Some of the the summer. An order blank will be mailed finalize the procedures and dates during change should be implemented with one problems with the previous "senior transfer when these become available. next November's meeting. goal in mind: To provide the finest program Soccer is just one of the many items for educational competition possible — one which must be finalized. Schools need to that best serves the students, the school and make their wishes known for such items as the community. the season length and time. A playoff struc­ Those individuals and associations who Participation figures show ture will have to be established too.