can secure sufficient support from the colleges to guarantee its
success.

5. Recommendations of the N.C. A.A. Baseball Committee.—
The Council referred to the Executive Committee recommendations
made by Dr. Edgar Fauver, chairman, that the N.C. A.A. apply
for membership in the U. S. Amateur Baseball Federation and
_approve a proposed national baseball week to raise funds and to
stimulate interest in the sport.

6. N. C. A. A. Olympic Finance Committee —Mr. Frank G.
McCormick, University of Minnesota, was continued as chairman
of the committee to raise funds from the colleges for the next
Olympics, and was empowered to select his assistants on the
committee.

7. N. C. A. A. Meets——The dates and places of the following
N.C. A.A. meets for 1938 were determined.

Swimming. March 25-26, Rutgers University, New Bruns-
wick, N. J.

Wrestling. March 25-26, Pennsylvania State College.

Cross Country. November 22, Michigan State College, East
Lansing, Mich.

This will be the first time the N.C. A. A. has conducted a cross
country meet. The general arrangements will be in charge of the
N.C. A.A. Track Rules Committee.

Round Table Conferences

Two Round Table Conferences were held on Wednesday, Decem-
ber 29, on the general topic: “The Responsibility of the College
and University Administration for the Conduct, including Financial
Aid and Control, of Intercollegiate Sports.” The conference in the
morning, intended primarily for the smaller institutions, was con-
ducted by Professor Bilheimer, of Gettysburg College; the after-
noon conference, for the large universities, was led by Professor
N. W. Dougherty, of the University of Tennessee. A stenographic
report of these discussions will be issued along with the Proceedings.

Annual Convention

The general session, open to the public, was held on Thursday
morning, December 30, and was well attended. After the annual
presidential address, the audience listened with pleasure to speeches
by President Tigert, of the University of Florida, President Ayde-
lotte, of Swarthmore College, and Mr. W. Branch Rickey, Vice-
president of the St. Louis National Baseball Club. These addresses
will appear in full in the Proceedings which will be printed within
a few weeks.

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