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After winning every game they played, the Seniors were declared "Champions." although they had a close second in the juniors, who lost but one game, Mr. Davis, OUI" basket ball manajrer, was very efficient in this position anel deserves our thanks. especial I;.' for his management of the finances, Through his efforts a handsome profit was netted to the association from what was herecoforc considered a rtoub tful venture. The in-door meets at the college were a source of lively contests be' tween Junior and Freshman classes, and were finally won by the fanner class, which thus secured the class shield which had been offered by the as, sociation for the best record made by a college class, The events in these meets were as follows: High jump, broad jump, pole vnult, riug vault. in- door shot, chinning the bar, etc, As soon as wa rmer weather came the diamond was put in shape and earnest base ball practice was begun. The result of this practice was seen in two well-earned victories over Maryland College of Pharmacy and Maryland Agriculture College. The respective scores were 45-4 and 10-9, the last game being won only after an exciting game often innings. We next played our old friend Mt. St. Mary's, and suffered the first de- feat of the year. These people have a team much out of our class, and we never expected to win. On the other hand, our boys put up a very gratify- ing game and the score was all we could expect. From our present outlook, we have little fear of losing to any team in am' class, and we expect to give some of the larger teams some excellent practice at least. An Intercollegiate League no longer exists, yet we have scheduled games with ourold rivals. Hopkins and St. Johns, and expect to win from them again this year. Tennis has taken a boom and the courts are seldom idle, In the way of finance we are pleased to note a decided improvement. Mr. Saulsbury, the foot ball manager; Mr. Davis, the manager of basket ball, and Mr. Legg, the manager of base ball, have each ably managed their departments and we owe them special thanks. The Trustees have vcry kindly made us a donation of one hundred dollars. For this the association is very grateful, and hopes to deserve a continuation of if not an increase in this donation. In the past the association has been 11l11ch hampered in its work by a lack of funds, and this timely aid will increase very materially its ability to do good work. By his untiring efforts Prof. Holton made a grand success of the enter- tainmcnt given by the association. "The Fall of Rome" is a play requiring 142