42 COLLEGES ARE REPRESENTED AT TECH CONFERENCE

The Intercollegiate Conference at M. I. T. opened yesterday morning with the registration of delegates. The number of these was found to be one-hundred and thirty-four, and the number of colleges represented, forty-two. The colleges were as follows: Amherst, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, University of Chicago, Cornell, Columbia, Carnegie, Dartmouth, Harvard, Haverford, Illinois, Iowa, State, Lafayette, Lehigh, Maine, Massachusetts Agricultural College, M. I. T., Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire State, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Penn State, Pittsburg, Princeton, Purdue, Rochester, Stevens, Tech, Tennessee, Trinity, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Lee, Washington and Jefferson, Wesleyan, West Virginia, Williams, Wisconsin, and Yale.

Welcomed by M. I. T.

At 1.30 the delegates assembled in Eastman Hall, where Dean Alfred E. Burton and Professor Henry P. Talbot of M. I. T. welcomed them on the part of the faculty, and H. S. Smithwick, President of the Senior Class, on the part of the undergraduate body. Following the speeches, the Conference divided itself into four groups, representing student government, athletics, publications, and dramatic and musical clubs. The chairmen were, respectively: J. C. Telmose, of the University of Pennsylvania; D. B. Strickler of Cornell; McEachin, Chairman of the Princetonian, and S. B. Gorham of Dartmouth. The discussions adjourned for supper, and all the delegates attended a dance in the evening at Walker Memorial.

Nothing was decided on in the group meetings, but there were general, informal discussions, each representative explaining the organization and condition at his college of whatever body happened to be under discussion. It is expected that something more definite will be done this morning, and that this afternoon, in the general session, each group will make, through its chairman, whatever recommendations. It has thought fit to lay before the Conference.

Confer on Student Government

The questions discussed by the group on student government were: (1) Composition of the body; (2) Powers of the body such as control of activities, discipline, and the honor system; (3) Relation of the body to the Faculty; (4) Relation to alumni; (5) Relation to social life; (6) Relation to student unions; (7) Relation to foreign students; (8) Relation to co-eds; and (9) Relation to societies and clubs. In talking over these problems several interesting things came to light. It was found that the vote of the majority of the colleges favored the "Senate and House" form of student government; that is, a government run on the same plan as that of the country, with an upper house and a lower house, each with its distinct functions. There would also be an executive in the supervising Faculty Committee. Half of the members of this congress should be fraternity members, and half non fraternity men. Cornell suggested, in imitation of the system in operation at that college.

As regards the relation of the student government with social life. Cornell stated that they left the question entirely in the hands of the Student Council, allowing it to act as it pleased. The University of Virginia delegate outlined the plan there of keeping dancing and drinking orderly by forbidding undergraduates to have any liquor after 12 o'clock on dance nights. The expedient at Purdue is a system of police.

Confer on Athletic Problems

The subjects taken up by the group on athletics, included: (1) Organization of the Athletic Association; (2) Faculty control; (3) Financial support of athletics; (4) Participation of nonresident students. In most cases it appeared that college athletic associations were composed of undergraduates, alumni, and faculty members, and that athletics were under the control of this body. In some the control of this body, in some colleges the faculty controls the athletics, in others merely sees that they do not conflict with the scholastic curriculum.

In respect to the financial support of athletics, it was found that the individual student contribution was the highest at Amherst, with $25.00, and lowest at M. I. T. with $2.50; the average was about $15.00. Williams suggested a sliding scale, by which the amount a student contributes to the A. A. depends on the cost of his room. The University of Vermont delegate stated that the Vermont A. A. annually raised a large amount of money by a kind of stunt night, called a "Cakewalk", at which each class gave some entertainment.

College Publicity Discussed

Discussion in the group on publications was limited, yesterday, to a debate on the advantages of college publicity, and the methods best suited for furthering whatever publicity might be considered expedient. It was finally decided that it was a good scheme for the college paper to employ a man who would work in conjunction with the press reporters of the large city papers.

The group on dramatic and musical clubs talked over the organization of the four kinds of dramatic clubs, and the four kinds of plays given. -- Musical, Dramatic, Folk, and One Act. W. V. M. Fawcett '21, representing the University explained the principles and workings of the Pl Eta Society and the Hasty Pudding Club, the delegate from the University of North Carolina told of the folk plays that had been acted there with great success, and Archibald Jackson, Princeton '21, gave a most interesting exposition of the way the Triangle Club managed its financial end.

The Conference closes tonight at 7 o'clock with a banquet for all delegates Mr. Leonard Metcalfe, President of the M. I. T. Alumni Association, will act as Toastmaster. Among the distinguished men who will speak are Dr. Edward Cummings of the World's Peace Foundation, Mr. Cheney S. Jones of the American Red Cross, Dr. John Phillips, acting Dean of Babson's institute and General Secretary of the New England District of Rotary Clubs, and Professor Robert E. Rogers of M. I. T