The tendency towards greater freedom in athletics, now so strong at Harvard is shown strikingly in the changes in the character of the winter meetings to take place this year. The third meeting will be open to all students of colleges belonging to the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Institute of Technology. For several years some of the events at the Yale and Tech. sports have been open to Harvard men an opportunity which has not been neglected by them. The practice and extra exertion have always had a good effect upon the men preparing for the sports here. The throwing open of the Harvard meeting is, therefore, an act of reciprocal courtesy, the rightness of which cannot be questioned.

An important result will be the increased interest which the intercollegiate character of the meeting will arouse. The interest heretofore has been aroused largely by personal and class feeling. Neither of these elements will be lost, but a third more powerful one will be added, that of loyalty to the University. Yale and Tech. have many good indoor athletes who will enter, and undoubtedly in many events, especially in the tug-of-war, the contests will be close.

Another important change is the holding of a preliminary meeting for wrestling. In former years the long trial bouts have been exceedingly tedious, and have often exhausted the contestants before the final bouts. This year only the final bouts will be wrestled at the regular meeting, and the result will be a more interesting meeting and better wrestling.