WE cannot be surprised at any construction that can be placed upon the loosely worded rule made at the late Boating Convention, but we confess to a hearty surprise at a bit of information in the Courant. It seems that a consolidated nine is to be picked from the Scientific and Academic Freshmen to play our Freshman nine in the match which is soon to take place. We fail to see what right Yale has to do this. All previous Freshman matches have been between the two Academic departments, and there has been no other arrangement made for this year. It is hardly possible that the definition of "undergraduate," made at a Boating Convention for university crews, can have been so stretched as to apply to a Freshman nine, yet we can see no other ground for their late action. Perhaps the statement in the Courant is misunderstood; if so, we should like to have it explained. In accordance with the action as understood here, at a recent meeting our Freshmen voted to challenge the Yale Academics alone. This will bring matters to an understanding immediately.