—The third annual ball masque of "The 400''
was held in the college armory Saturday evening,
March 18. The proceeds were turned over to the
Athletic Association.
—The annual athletic meet of the Preparatory
department was held in the armory, Saturday
evening, March 4. The best record was the 3o
yards dash by Strickler in 3 3-5 seconds. The con
test for the cup for the standing broad jump was
also held at this meet.
—The base ball management announces the fol
lowing schedule for the present season. At Al
toona April 29 ; Bucknell on home grounds, May
6 ; Bucknell at Lewisburg, May 3o ; Gettysburg at
Gettysburg, June 2; Dickinson at Carlisle, June 3 ;
Gettysburg on home grounds June 9. Twenty
five applicants are training from which a vary
promising team can be secured.
—The' following cups have been offered this
term : Prof. H. J. Waters, to the best class base
ball nine; Prof. J. P. Jackson, to the athlete mak
ing the greatest number of points at the coming
handicap field meetings. Dr. Wm. Frear and
Prof. E. E. Sparks have also offered cups. John
T. Bailey & Co., athletic outfitters, have offered a
complete athletic suit, including running shoes and
pants.
—The •'Adelphi" is the name of a club recently
organized at this place. Membership is restricted
to members of the faculty and of the several
fraternities post graduates, seniors and jun_
km. Its . object is purely social. The offi
cers are . president, E. J. Haley; secretary, J. E.
Quigley ;"treasurer, H. W. Ruoff; executive com
mittee, E. j:' Haley, H. W. Ruoff, J. E. Quigley,
R. W. Williamson, W. H. Walker, F. J. Pond,
C: J. Girvin. In addition to these the charter mem
bers are A. F. Damon, Wm. Banks, S. H. Brown,
Fred Dale, John White, E. T. Pyne, R. F. Mai--
tin, H. J. Waters, C. H. Atherton, R. Bowman,
W. P. Rothrock, H. P. DOwler, A. D. Belt, W.
M. Dickinson, C. E. Kremer, John Foster, John
Furst, A. C. Read, M. J. Thompson, T. R. Beyer.
THE FREE LANCE.
—At a meeting of the Athletic Association on
April 6, I-I. P. Dowler, who is a member of the
Executive committee of the State Inter-collegiate
Athletic Association, reported the proceedings of
the meeting April z. A committee was appointed
to organize a foot ball league with Lehigh and
Lafayette if possible another committee was in
structed to arrange for an athletic contest with
Bucknell before the Inter-collegiate meet, May
—The proceedings of the College Association
of the Middle States and Maryland, at its fourth
annual convention have been published in pamph
let form and contain much of interest to col
legians. Among other good things is the able ad
dress of President Atherton on "proposals for the
Middle States" in a discussion of the question,
"How can high schools be made so uniformly ef
ficient that their graduates may, without further
preparation, enter college."
—The members of the Executive Committee of
the State Inter-collegiate Athletic Associatiori met
in. the parlor of the Bingham House at Phifadel
phia on Saturday, April r, at 2p. m. They decid
ed. to hcld the next annual field meeting on the ath
letic grounds at Swarthmore on May zo, 1893.. All
other necessary busineis as committees on programs
and medals was transacted. They adjourned to
meet at Philadelphia on the morning of May 20,
1893.
—At a mass meeting of the Athletic Associa
tion on Wednesday evening, March 8, after ad
dresses by E. J. Haley, B. F. Fisher, and others,
the cups won at the college mid-winter contest
were presented to the winners who were as follows :
White, 3o yards dash'; Connelly, running high
jump; White,quaitei mile run ; . Thompson, stand
ing high jump; White, half mile run ; Fisher, i 6
lb. shot; Caughey, pole-vault; Diinjqle, half mile
walk ; Dixon, t 2 lb. • shot ; Connelly, standing
broad jump; White, one Mile run. At the same
meeting, Trainer Miskins made au offer of silver
medals to those breaking a list of records, at the
Spring sports.