At a meeting of the University hockey team yesterday afternoon, Samuel Trafford Hicks '10, of Arlington, was elected captain for next year. Hicks prepared for College at Arlington High School, where he played on the hockey team for four years. Since coming to College he has played on his championship Freshman team and on the University team, for the last two years, as regular left centre. On account of his consistent good playing he was picked as forward on the all-collegiate hockey team of 1909.

Of the twelve players who have won their hockey "H," the following will be lost by graduation: Captain J. P. Willetts '09, S. S. Ford '09, F. A. B. Washburn '09, T. Briggs '09, J. A. Paine '09, T. S. Sampson '09. The following men will return: forwards--R. E. Dole '10, G. P. Gardner, Jr., '10, S. T. Hicks '10, R. Hornblower '11, H. C. Leslie '11, W. F. Morgan, Jr., '10. As no first team men will return for coverpoint, point and goal, these positions will have to be filled from the second and Freshman teams; the promising men are: coverpoints--N. H. Foster '11, P. K. Houston '12; points--E. L. Parker '10, G. H. Balch '12, F. D. Huntington '12; goals--C. H. Wolfe '10, H. deWindt '12.

Next year's team will be greatly handicapped by the loss of Ford, Willetts and Washburn, who made undoubtedly the strongest and best-developed defense that Harvard has ever had. It will be necessary to develop practically new material for these positions. In spite of this weakness, the fast line of forwards who have played together throughout the season and who will all return, gives reasonable ground for expecting another good team next year.