RUNNING HIGH KICK.The running high kick was contested by H. L. Clark, '87, B. C. Henry, '86, and L. S. Thayer, '88. The tambourine was in a short time raised to eight feet. Thayer failed at eight feet seven inches. Henry three inches higher. Clark touched the tambourine at eight feet ten inches, and won the event.
TUMBLING.There were five contestants in this event: A. T. Dudley, '87, J. C. Faulkner, '86, S. H. Knapp, '87, G. A. Pudor, '86, and T. Bachelder, L. S. All the men seemed well versed in all kinds of hand-springs, walking with arms, etc. Mr. Knapp's spider walk occasioned long and continued laughter and applause. The race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause. In this event Dudley won the first prize and Knapp the second.
TUG-OF-WAR.The respective teams as they came on the floor were greeted with the encouraging cheers of their classmates. '86 had the north and '88 the south end of the hall. The usual delay in getting a fair start occurred. After several trials, '88 got the drop by four inches. '86 commenced heaving but soon desisted while Balch took in a fair amount of rope. The '86 anchor now had some trouble in straightening out his legs. At the end of two minutes '88 had about a foot of rope. The '88 men now took a little rest, leaning back and seeming to enjoy the prospect. '86 tried to recover an inch or two but the '88 team continued to take in rope. At the end of four minutes '86 had let out some eighteen inches. A few more powerful heaves now settled the ludicrous contest, and '88 won with over two feet of extra rope on her side of the chalk line. The sophomores did not seem enthusiastic enough over the victory to utter even a cheer, and the champion team quietly walked away from the cleats without the usual demonstrations of joy and satisfaction on the part of their classmates.
THE PENNANT.At the first meeting '87 won three prizes, '86 one and '89 one. At the second, '87 won three and '86 two. On Saturday, '87 won four events, '86 three and '88 one. The totals for the three meetings are then, '87 ten, '86 six, '88 one and '89 one. Thus '87 holds the pennant which she has had since her entrance into college.
The officers of the association were as follows: president, R. D. Smith, Jr., secretary, F. G. Balch, '88; treasurer, J. S. Russell, '87. Stewards from '86, J. D. Bradley and S. H. Fessenden; from '87, H. L. Clark and F. Remington; from '88, C. Amory and and T. M. Hallowell; from '89, J. Balch and G. B. Painter. The officers of the meeting were: referee, Mr. C. H. Atkinson; Judges, Mr. A. H. Brown and Mr. G. B. Morrison.