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e STATEMENT ISSUED TO PRESS BY DR. DONGVLN AND A. D. KIRWAN
. IN BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 11, 1952
We sppenred today before the Executlve Committee of the S.E.C.
and admitted such violations of Gonference rules as we have discovered
g st the Un1vere1ty of Kentucky. -For these vlolatlons we respectfully
· requested punlshnent commensurate with the offense. We told the
Gommlttee thst we were not eeeklng e whltewaeh. We promised that in
future we would see that ell rules would be observed st Kentucky, even
those whose violation ls unlverselly condoned.
The Executive Gommlttee hes seen fit to suspend our basketball
team from Conference competition for one yesr, We were impressed with
the honesty and the sincerity of the Executlve Gommittee ln their long
and exhaustlng deliberation. Nevertheless, we feel that the punlshnent
g we have received is excessive. For the vlolatlone wlth which we have
¥ been charged and whloh we have confessed, have been committed by other
  v members of the B.E.¤. 1n recent years. We polnted to speolflc lnetances
l of such violations.
E We shall accept thesterdlct of the Executlve Goanittee with as
i good grace as possible under the clrcunstencee.
{ E. L. Bonovsn, President
‘ ‘ _ ‘ University of Kentucky
[ A. D. Kirwan, Faculty
e Ghalrnan of Athletics
4 University of Kentucky