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Show i npn ir. snowed one i uehuay THE BATTLE AX PACT By and between the Dixie Junior College of St. George, Utah, and the Branch Agricultural College of Cedar City, Utah. Dixie Junior College and the Branch Agricultural College friendly competition for many years and, (XTEAEAd: have been in JHER&A3 and : They nope 10 increase the friendliness of this intercourse one another to greater accomplishments of value and,. to stimulate .JHEREAS: victor, we ax has been informally used as a An desire to temorary trophy cf the this ;.r the object to be r ' contests and future to agree upon the contests to be included, the uuies to be abided, the times and manner of transmission of the trophy, and the means and method of recording upon the ax the past and future wins of the now make same ax competing schools. subscribe to the following rules and understandings I. All competitive sports: football, basketball, and track meets included in events NOU THEREFORE axe a dual meet. II. : Vie the The of competition, save when the track meet is not events of competition will games; four (league) basketball be two (regular) football one and track .meet, if the meet games; is dual only. Other events which may arise, or are arranged, may be included by mutual consent of authorized representatives of both schools. III. The ax must be present at all eligible contests, and accrues each time to the winner by an immediate ceremony, provided the school winning is not already in possession of the ax. This implies the presence at each game of the ax and an authorized representative of each school who is able to transmit or receive the ax, as the result of :he r ar.e or meet shall determine. holder of the ax retains it until the other school wins contest, it is transmitted to the victor. Prior to the end of each school year the school having a majority of wins for that year retains or has the ax transmitted to it for the summer season and until the other school makes a win the following year. V. In the case cf a tie in the number of wins, the school warning the last win of the year retains the ax during the ensuing summer .and until the other school makes a win the following year. VI. The left side of the ax head end ax handle when the blade is down and one looks along the handle towards the ax heed is devoted to entries to be made by Dixie. The right, or other, side is devoted to entries to be made by B.A.C. VII. Fast holdings of the ax are to be recorded by each school on its respective side of the ax handle just next to the ax head. An aluminum band, w inch in width, reaching half way round the handle, shall be used with the date of the win engraved cn it. will be VIII. Future wins, commencing with this year, engraved on aluminum bands, lS inch in width and uiaced by each school on tnose of the its side of the ax handle farther away from the head thanwnicn the school past records. On each band will be placed the year for held the ax over the summer period. IX. The braid which is wound around the ax handle pnd blade will be white, royal blue, and navy blue, symbolic of tne colors of both schools, IV. a The when 1946-4-- 7, Lit ness in attestation of the acceptance of the foregoing nact the bodies. .signatures: signatures of the presidents of the two student :Axie. Loraine hood Clayton C. Sherman, B. A. C. jury, |