ATHLETIC COUNCIL MASS MEETING

In providing for the football season and in other branches of his work, Graduate Manager Graves has lately shown an eagerness to effect economies unappreciated by many undergraduates. To justify these economies made ac- cording to its general suggestion, the Athletic Council called a mass-meeting at Commons on Saturday following the reopening of College. A reading of the current .account in THE DARTMOUTH would lead one to believe that the reception accorded the speakers for the council was cold in the extreme, but such was not actually the case. To be sure the talks on athletic history and finances did not call forth the enthusiasm aroused by the announcement of the Princeton Special, yet the speakers were heartily applauded and their action in disclosing plans and problems of interest to 'all was appreciated by most of the undergraduates.

All three of the alumni representatives on the council addressed the students. C. G. McDavitt 'OO told of the formation and development of the council; I. J. French '01 dwelt upon the financial side of Dartmouth athletics, and J. W. Gannon '99 traced the athletic relations with other colleges. The great difficulty of financing all of the major and minor sports on the income from gate receipts alone was brought out by Mr. French. For four years since the abolition of the old athletic tax, deficits which occur regularly in all other branches have been met by the football surplus resulting from the big out-of-town games.

At the close of the meeting Manager Graves announced that a contract to act as head coach for the next three years had been signed by Frank W. Cavanaugh, that Lawrence Bankart '10 had been re-engaged to assist in the coaching, and that Walter Elcock '12 will return to Hanover as freshman and assistant varsity coach. Elcock has played left tackle on the varsity during his entire course.