DETROIT DARTMOUTH CLUB AWARDS CUP

An interestirig award has been made by the Dartmouth Club of Detroit, on the basis of an annual competition among the Detroit High Schools, to that school whose football team has the best combined athletic and scholastic record. The desire of the Club was to foster a high degree of scholastic achievement together with a high standard of athletic ability and the award was based on the fact that both the football record and the scholastic record were given equal consideration. The award was made according to the following rules: 1. The phrase 'High Schools' shall be deemed to mean the High Schools of Metropolitan Detroit who are members of the football league.

2. The word 'team' shall be deemed to mean the men of the respective high schools who are awarded their football letters.

3. The athletic standing of the individual football {earns shall be deter-

mined by their final standing in the football league.

4. The scholastic standing of the individual football teams shall be determined by the average of the combined records of the letter men for the first semester.

a. Only courses carrying five hour credits shall be considered.

b. A course dropped after the sixth week of the semester shall be counted as an E.

c. A condition shall be considered a D unless given because of absence due to illness, death in the family, or other sufficient reason, in which case the last card marking shall be taken.

and. The individual scholastic averages shall be arrived at by having an A count one point, a B two points, a C three points, a D four points, and an E five points. Having obtained these individual averages the team average shall be compiled from them.

5. The numerical standings in both football and scholarship shall then be added together and the team having the lowest total shall be declared the winner.

a. In case of a tie in this total both the scholarship and football standing shall be carried out decimally and this basis instead of the numerical basis shall be used in reaching a decision.

6. The cup shall be retained permanently by the team first winning it three times.

a. The school winning it in any given year will retain possession of it until the winner for the succeeding year has been chosen.

b. Any school winning the cup one or more times will retain as its permanent posession a small replica of the cup.

The cup was offered in the belief that the ideals underlying this award would be appreciated by the high school students of Detroit and in the hope that it would serve not only to recognize athletic achievement but also to emphasize the importance of scholarship. The decision as to the winner could not be made until after the first semester of the school year and arrangement was made to announce the winner at the time of the annual meeting of the Club when President Hopkins was present.

Thirteen high schools were eligible for the competition which showed some interesting results. The team that was in thirteenth place in football was first in scholarship; the second place in football was held by the team eleventh in scholarship. The average of all the letter men of all thirteen high schools was C plus on the same marking system as that used at Dartmouth. The winning school was Northwestern High School which finished first in the football league and fifth in scholarship, being undefeated and untied during the season and also tied for the mythical state championship with Muskegon High School.

The following inscription is on the cup: "Presented for annual competition to the High Schools of Detroit. -To be awarded to that school whose team has the best combined football and scholastic record. To be retained permanently by that school first winning it three times."

Cup awarded by the Detroit Alumni Association