ATHLETICS.

FRANKLIN E. PARKER, JR., '18. The fate of spring athletics rested for a long time on the knees of the gods. It was felt by baseball and crew men especially that an informal season would not work in these two branches of sport. Yale and Princeton after weeks of consideration decided to return to a formal basis on a modified scale. Harvard's declaration of last fall to stick by the informal system seemed final, yet there was a strong undergraduate opinion that since conditions had changed, so should our decision. Dean Briggs, after conferences with the Athletic committee and with representatives of Yale and Princeton, became convinced of this also and the formal system was once more restored with many of its old evils eliminated.

Baseball.

The prospect of a successful baseball team had been very slight all year, since there was but a handful of men around which to form a nine and few of these were of regular university calibre. A serious blow was also dealt when the captainelect, W. W. McLeod, '19, discovered that he could enter the service. There was but one thing to do, and that was to choose as leader, R. E. Gross, '19, of West Newton, Harvard's athletic utility marvel, a man who has managed the football team, captained and coached the hockey team, coached the 1921 hockey team, and was the one big figure left in baseball. The season began on February 11, when all candidates reported at a mass meeting in the Union, where Coach Hugh Duffy and Manager R. McA. Lloyd, '18, spoke. Ford Hibbard, '20, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was subsequently appointed assistant manager. Practice began the next day in the cage, the indoor work occupying well over a month. The schedule this year is unusually short, the contest with Princeton in Cam

bridge, on April 27, being the first. Up to this time a series of practice games with the Freshmen were played, and in these the university nine was victorious. On April 2, the Freshmen were defeated 11 to 4, on April 5, 11 to 9, and on April 22, 6 to 2. On April 3 and April 4, however, the Freshmen took the university team in tow with great ease and piled up large scores against their supposedly more able opponents.

In the first game of the season, Harvard defeated Princeton 8 to 7. The game was a ridiculous exhibition of baseball, as the score see-sawed back and forth, through the constant making of errors on both sides. In the ninth inning, however, when it was needed most, Harvard connected with a winning run.

Freshman Baseball.

H. P. King, '21, of Boston, was appointed acting captain of the Freshman nine; he had been a member of both the 1921 hocky team and football eleven. The Freshman practice has consisted largely of hard work-outs under Coach Duffy and encounters with the university team in which the 1921 team has always been able to give a good account of itself. In its first scheduled game on April 27, the Freshman nine defeated Rindge Technical High School 17 to 9. It was a "batfest" from start to finish, and the Freshmen always had the upper hand. At this writing, little can be prophesied about the 1921 team as against Yale and Princeton, but its record so far this year promises success. Judging from what it has actually accomplished and the spirit the men are showing, the Freshman class is making a good start in baseball.

Crew.

Rowing has been the one sport toward which all Harvard students have looked this year with a confident eye. Curiously enough, four or five men returned to College who would have made the first eight in the best of years. R. S. Emmet, '19, of Salem, N.Y., stroke, and captain of his Freshman eight, was elected captain, and with Coach Haines he started in on a season of thorough practice. Owing to an eternally lasting winter their work-out was confined to the tank for a long time. Once on the river the eight began to develop rapidly. In brushes with the Freshmen early in the year the older men were occasionally passed by the 1921 boat, but when the University crew had found its stride and its unity, this was stopped once and for all. C. M. Draper, '19, of Milton, was appointed assistant manager of the

Track for the last few years has been one of Harvard's weak points, and this year cannot see that situation changed. Burnham Lewis, '20, of Philadelphia, has been elected captain of the team, and two meets are scheduled. The first with M.I.T., in May, and a triangular meet with Yale and Princeton near the end of the same month. In the games and carnivals held with the Freshmen this year, the University team has been distinctly outclassed. There are several good runners and sprint men who ought to contribute largely to whatever success is attained, but the usual dearth of weight men is felt more keenly than ever. J. C. Bolton, '20, manager of the Harvard track team, was honored by election to the presidency of the I.C.A.A.A.A. at the annual convention of that organization in New York this spring.

1921 Track.

Freshmen track candidates not only inspire confidence in their success this year, but they give promise of turning out a successful University team when they are eligible for that place. C. G. Krogness and D. F. O'Connell are two versatile performers who seem to have great ability for point winning.

Hockey (1921)

In spite of the defeat by St. Paul's School on February 8, the Freshman Hockey team finished its season in rapidfire style. Rindge Technical School was defeated on February 6, 7 to 0, and on February 16 the Yale Freshmen were beaten by the same score. The Yale team was severely handicapped by lack of practice, so that the contest was not a thoroughly fair exhibition of the New Haven youngsters' ability. The following Freshmen were awarded 1921 numerals for participating in the Yale game: C. C. Adams, Jr., of Cedarhurst, L.I., N.Y.; F. McN. Bacon, of New York, N.Y.; G. S. Baldwin, Jr., of Chestnut Hill; E. L. Bigelow (captain), of Boston; R. W. Buntin, of West Newton; J. Holmes, Jr., of New York, N.Y.; R. S. Humphrey, of Milton; R. J. Philips, of New York, N.Y.; H. B. Snelling, of Concord; E. H. Stillman, of Wellesley; L. B. Stoddart, Jr. (manager), of New York, N.Y.; and L. B. Van Ingen, of New York, Ν.Υ.

At a meeting of the Student Council it was voted to award hockey numerals to J. A. Sessions, '21, of Northampton, and C. S. Stillman, Jr., '21, of Wellesley, in addition to those men who won their

insignia by playing in the Yale game. Both men were regular players on the Freshman seven throughout the season, but were unable to take part in the final

contest.

Minor Sports.

The annual boxing and wrestling tournament was held in Brattle Hall, on March 21, when a large crowd gathered to see 1921 carry off the honors in both sports. Of the three champions of last year, R. Hoffman, '19, C. A. Morss, Jr., '19, and C. W. Ozias, '20, the first two successfully defended their titles, but Ozias lost to G. W. Connelly, '21, in the 125-pound class.

E. C. Mott-Smith, '21, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was elected captain of the Freshmen swimming team. In their meet with the Huntington School, the Freshmen were winners 32 to 18, but Andover swimmers proved to be too much for them, and the Academy took the meet 40 to 13. Yale Freshmen likewise proved too strong for the 1921 team, and the meet at New Haven was lost by a score of 43 to 10.

HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The committee of the Harvard Alumni Association appointed to suggest candidates for Overseers of Harvard College to be elected next Commencement has nominated the following:

Henry Cabot Lodge, '71, of Nahant. George Wigglesworth, '74, of Milton. Francis Randall Appleton, '75, of New York City.

Morris Gray, '77, of Newton.

Ira Nelson Hollis, A.M. (hon.), '99, of Worcester.

Henry Jackson, '80, of Boston.
Charles Allerton Coolidge, '81, of Boston.

Henry Dwight Sedgwick, '82, of New York City.

Joseph Lee, '83, of Boston. Benjamin Bowditch Thayer, '85, of New York City.

William Cowper Boyden, '86, of Chicago.

Paul Revere Frothingham, '86, of Boston. Julian W. Mack, LL.B., '87, of Chicago. Oliver Prescott, '89, of Dartmouth, Mass.

Robert John Cary, '90, of Chicago. Minot Simons, '91, of Cleveland. Robert Gray Dodge, '93, of Boston. Edwin Godfrey Merrill, '95, of Bedford Hills, N.Y.

James Handasyd Perkins, '98, of New York City.

James Freeman Curtis, '99, of New York City.

Nicholas Biddle, '00, of New York City. Benjamin Loring Young, '07, of Weston, Mass.

In addition to the five men who will be elected to the Board at Commencement for the full term of six years to succeed Augustus E. Willson, '69, Owen Wister, '82, Frederic A. Delano, '85, Thomas W. Lamont, '92, and Louis A. Frothingham, '93, whose terms expire, two members will be chosen to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of William De W. Hyde, '79, and Evert J. Wendell, '82, whose terms would have expired, respectively, in 1921 and 1920. The five candidates who receive the largest number of votes on Commencement will be elected for the full term, and the two candidates who come next will be elected to fill the unexpired terms of Dr. Hyde and Mr. Wendell, respectively.

The following candidates have been nominated for directors of the Harvard Alumni Association, three to be elected on Commencement.

probably be finished before the opening of the next college year.

As editor of the Harvard War Records, Mr. Mead described the efforts to collect the facts about the part which Harvard men are doing in the war, and expressed the hope that by Commencement he would be able to give President Lowell the approximate number of men in the Army, the Navy, and auxiliary service of all kinds.

HARVARD CLUBS.

BOSTON.

The Harvard Club of Boston held its annual meeting on March 20, and at the same time celebrated the tenth anniversary of its foundation. Odin Roberts, president of the Club, presided, and the speakers were President Eliot, who was 84 years old on that day; President Lowell; Major Ralph Lowell, '12; Lieutenant Richard Harte, '17, representing General Johnston, commanding the Northeastern Department, U.S.A.; Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, Commandant of the First Naval District; and F. R. Appleton, '75, president of the Harvard Club of New York City, who, in behalf of that organization, presented a handsome piece of

Dexter Blagden, '93, of New York City. Wallace Brett Donham, '99, of Boston. Roger Pierce, '04, of Milton. Guy Emerson, '08, of New York City. Walter C. Baylies, '84, of Boston, has been elected a director of the Alumni Association to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Richardson, '08, who is serving in the National Army.

F. S. Mead, '87, as editor of the Harvard University Directory, reported at the meeting of the Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association on April 8 that the work of preparing the addressograph plates of all living Harvard men was well on its way towards completion and would

ers dwelt on the War.

BUFFALO.

The annual meeting of the Harvard Club of Buffalo, N.Y., was held at the Saturn Club in that city, Feb. 21. The following officers were elected; President, F. C. Gratwick, '97; vice-president, E. H. Letchworth, '02; secretary, Langdon Albright, '03; treasurer, Eustace Reynolds, '10. Charles Jackson, '98, secretary of the Harvard Alumni Association, spoke on conditions and activities in Cambridge.

CHICAGO.

The Harvard Club of Chicago has appointed the following committee to prepare a list of the Harvard men in Illinois who are engaged in any kind of war activity: H. W. Eliot, Jr., '02, chairman, 58 E. Washington St., Chicago, M. D. Follansbee, '92, L. C. Brousseau, '07, and L. D. Smith, '12. The coöperation of Harvard men in the search for information is desired.

HOG ISLAND.

The Harvard Club of Hog Island was formed at a dinner at the Hotel Adelphia, Philadelphia, Feb. 21, and the following officers were elected: President, D. W. Howes, '83; secretary and treasurer, Paul Tappan, '09. The others present were: S. W. Mifflin, '01, E. J. D. Coxe, '03, Thomas Bigelow, L '03-05, C. A. Fultz, '06, F. S. Whitney, '06, C. M. Clark, '07, E. Van D. Salsbury, '08, A. E. Van Bibber, '08, G. W. Lewis, '10, Wallace Savage, '13, E. S. Glines, G.B. '14-15, Stafford Smith, LL.B. '16, A. E. Case, LL.B. '17.

LONG ISLAND.

The Long Island Harvard Club held its annual meeting at the Brooklyn University Club on March 17. The following officers were elected: President, H. J. Davenport, '00; vice-presidents. F. W. Atkinson, '90, and H. von Kaltenborn, '09; secretary-treasurer, A. E. King, '97. Professor C. T. Copeland was the guest of the Club.

MARYLAND.

The Harvard Club of Maryland has elected the following officers: President, Morris Whitridge, '89; vice-presidents, H. B. Jacobs, '83, W. W. Marston, '02; secretary, W. A. Parker, '96; treasurer, G. H. Williams, '15; executive committee, C. T. Bond, '94, H. E. Brennick, '06, W. C. Coleman, '05.

NEW YORK CITY.

The Harvard Club of New York City has received from the vice-chancellor and

members of Cambridge University, England, a set of lithographs reflecting "Britain's Efforts and Ideals in the Great War." They are the work of prominent British artists, and were presented to the Harvard Club "as a tribute to the memory of those Harvard graduates who have fallen in the army of the British Empire in the present war."

NORTH CHINA.

The Harvard Club of North China has offered a prize of $100 to be awarded to the student in Harvard University, either graduate or undergraduate, who writes the best paper on any subject connected with China. The committee in charge of the competition consists of E. B. Drew, '63, J. I. Westengard, LL.B. '98, and Professor E. C. Moore.

PARIS.

The Harvard Club of Paris had a dinner at the Hotel Lutetia in that city on the evening of Feb. 25. Ninety-nine men, representing all branches of the service Navy, Army, Red Cross, and Y.M.C.A. – were present. Col. Hugh Cabot, '93, head of the Harvard Surgical Unit attached to the British Army, spoke. Francis Rogers, '91, who has sung at many Army cantonments in France for the Y.M.C.A., gave several songs, and W. H. Roope, '16, did some amusing monologues. Among the other prominent men present were: Professor J. H. Woods, '89, Major R. C. Cabot, '89, Major Charles Goodrich, '93, J. H. Hyde, '98, R. W. Bliss, '00, and Major D. S. Brigham, '08.

ROCHESTER.

The Harvard Club of Rochester, N.Y., gave a "War-bread" luncheon at the University Club in that city on Feb. 21. C. D. Ames, LL.B. '14, vice-president of the Club, presided in the absence of the president, T. G. Spencer, '06, who was doing Y.M.C.A. work at Camp Dix. Charles Jackson, '98, secretary of the