At the annual business meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association a week from today. Harvard's representatives will again raise the question as to the advisability of dropping the tug-of-war from the list of events contested for the Mott Haven cup. For a number of years Harvard has been consistent in her advocacy of this reform, and for some time the sentiment has been becoming general among the larger colleges against the tug-of-war. Last year Yale, Princeton and Amherst voted with Harvard to drop by event from the program, but the small colleges and Columbia defeated the motion. However, it was evident from last year's vote that the change is inevitable. The Yale News speaking editorially on Thursday of this week on the subject says: "As the sentiments of the larger college are wholly opposed to it, there is every reason why at the next meeting of the Association it should be abolished."

This open expression of opinion from our conservative contemporary gives encouragement to the hope that this year's meeting will see the abolition of the tug-of-war.

The Board of Trustees at Columbia at the last meeting gave Professor Harry T. Peck leave of absence during next November and December. He will employ the time in studying at Rome.

The Columbia Spectator board held its annual meeting for the election of officers last Friday. A Douglas '94, was made managing editor; H. T. Wade '93, assistant managing editor; and N. G. Johnson, business manager.

A. H. Green '92, who at the recent indoor meeting of the Metropolitan Association, was credited with a vault for distance of 26 ft. 4 3-4 in., thus beating his own record of 26 ft. 4 1-2 in., has not been allowed the record owing to an error in measurement.

Professor Henry W. Rolfe of the University of Pennsylvania and Edward T. Devine, staff lecturer of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, have been invited to deliver each a course of lectures at the Oxford summer meeting in the month of August.

Robert Mitchell, manager of the Polytechnic Institute of London is arranging to bring 1,200 students from his institute to visit the World's Fair in '93. They will come in parties of one hundred each and the total expense of the trip for each man will be but a little over $100.

The tennis tournament for the national tropical championship will begin at St. Augustine March 23. In spite of the absence of champion O. S. Campbell in Europe the affair will be of increasing interest, as more high-class experts than ever before are to compete. Among those expected being Messrs. V. G. Hall and Edward W. Hall of New York; F. H. Hovey the veteran champion of Harvard College and several English cracks, who will lend the affair an air of international importance.