The executive committee of the New England Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association held a meeting at the Quincy House, Friday evening. There were present: B. Smith of Amherst, F. D. White of Brown, A. L. Livermore of Dartmouth, O. Applegate of Trinity, H. E. Bigelow of Williams and F. L. Talbot of Bowdoin. There was considerable enthusiasm over the arrangements for the spring meeting. It was decided to offer a cup and medals as prizes, and to hold the first field meeting at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, Friday, May 27, at 1.30 o'clock. J. T. Cunningham, Dartmouth '87, was elected grand marshal. The list of events for competition decided on are as follows: Throwing base-ball, two-mile run, 100-yard dash, standing high jump, putting shot, mile run, throwing the 16-pound hammer, 220-yard dash, running high jump, standing bar-vault, half-mile run, 2-mile bicycle race, pole-vault, standing board jump, 120-yards hurdle race. An exhibition of Indian club swinging will also be had, for which no prize is offered - Boston Herald.
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