▁Development ▁and ▁decl ine ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁N I AA ' s ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁annual ▁meeting , ▁held ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁Id aho ▁on ▁Saturday , ▁June ▁ 6 , ▁J . E . ▁B one br ight ▁was ▁elected ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁for ▁the ▁coming ▁year , ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁secretary ▁t apped ▁from ▁Oregon ▁Agricult ural ▁College . ▁The ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁conc lave ▁announced ▁the ▁sched uling ▁of ▁a ▁massive ▁regional ▁track ▁and ▁field ▁meet , ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁in ▁Wal la ▁Wal la , ▁Washington ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁Whit man ▁College , ▁including ▁participants ▁from ▁ten ▁schools . ▁ ▁S ail ing ▁was ▁not ▁smooth ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁association , ▁however . ▁By ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oregon ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁North west ▁Conference , ▁with ▁other ▁members ▁divided ▁over ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁whether ▁athlet es ▁could ▁ear n ▁tu ition ▁money ▁playing ▁baseball ▁for ▁pay ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁months . ▁ ▁The ▁Association ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁at ten u ated ▁in ▁strength ▁an ▁influence , ▁with ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁Chron icle ▁obser ving ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁that ▁" there ▁has ▁been ▁considerable ▁talk ▁about ▁the ▁North west ▁Inter col leg iate ▁Association ▁being ▁a ▁dead ▁one , ▁but ▁the ▁various ▁college ▁games ▁this ▁season ▁would ▁indicate ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁very ▁much ▁alive ..." ▁ ▁Re organ ization ▁ ▁Despite ▁protest ations ▁of ▁its ▁vital ity , ▁it