Professor William M. Sloan, of Princeton, the American representative on the International Committee in charge of the Olympic games, to be held at Athens next spring, reports such great interest in this country that it bids fair that a team from the different athletic clubs and colleges will be sent to compete in the different events.

Some very prominent men have been appointed on the Honorary Committee from the United States. Among those who have promised to serve are President Cleveland, who will act as chairman; Joseph H. Choate, Provost C. C. Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania, Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews; S. G. B. Laste, editor of the Ephemeris; and the following college presidents: Eliot, Dwight, Patton, Gilman and Low.

It is expected that the larger colleges will be represented in most of the events. The games will continue for ten days and on the entire programme there is nothing that would be new to American college men. According to Professor Sloane the large athletic clubs are seriously considering the invitations received from the Hellenic Committee. Nearly every event is limited to amateurs.

These games next spring are designed to be the first of a series of such meetings; consequently the success of this attempt would mean a great deal to international athletics of the future. The next meeting will be held at Paris on the occasion of the World's Exposition in 1900, and the third meeting, according to the present plans, in New York, in 1804. An executive committee for America is being chosen by Professor Sloane.