College Gymnasium Directors Meeting

At the seventh annual meeting of the Society of College Gymnasium Directors, held at Princeton University on December 29 and 30, the following officers were elected:

President, Dr. R. T. McKenzie of McGill University; first vice-president, Dr. J. E. Maitland of Columbia; second vice-president, Dr. W. A. Lambeth of the University of Virginia; secretary and treasurer, Dr. J. A. Babbitt of Haverford College; executive committee, Dr. Reycroft of Chicago University, Dr. D. A. Sargent of Harvard, Dr. W. G. Anderson of Yale; committee on the revision of physical examinations, Dr. Sargent, Dr. Reycroft, Mr. F. W. Marvel of Brown University.

The following papers were read: "Social and Psychological Influences of Physical Training," by Dr. Sargent; "The Faculty Position of the Physical Director," by Mr. Marvel; "Physical Training in the World's Exposition at St. Louis," by Dr. Reycroft; "Types of Thorax and Their Relation to Chest Expansion and Lung Capacity," by Dr. McKenzie; Secretary's report on the Work of the Society, by Dr. Babbitt; "The Influence of Heavy Gymnastics," by Mr. C. E. Suiter of the Western University of Pennsylvania; "Modern Tendencies in College Athletics," by Dr. P. C. Phillips of Amherst College; reports of the committee on the revision of the physical examination, by Dr. Sargent.

The Society also voted some modifications of the strength test which will be made public later. Dr. D. A. Sargent represented the University.