WE are already in February, and yet but one of the Boat Clubs has begun work of any kind. The example set by Holyoke certainly deserves the imitation of the other clubs. Twelve men have been at work in the Gymnasium for some weeks, and eight more are to begin after the Semiannuals. The other clubs have as yet not even opened a book for the names of those who wish to try for the crews. The races last year were so poor that few went to see them, and so little training had been done that those who rowed were wholly lacking in enthusiasm in their work or in the result of the race. A man always prizes that the most for which he has worked the hardest. The indifference of the crews in last year's races is not therefore to be wondered at, and it is the experience of past years that hard work on the part of the crews makes a race much more interesting to those who pull as well as to those who see it. Holyoke, though not always having the best men, has been much the most successful of the clubs, and the secret of its success as well as of the interest taken in its crews has been the quality and duration of the training which the club has done. If we are to have races this spring which will not utterly discredit boating at Harvard, the clubs must begin work at an early date. It has been said that there is no hurry; but if matters are not hurried we shall see a repetition of the slipshod races of last year. The cups to be offered in the spring will be of a more attractive kind than those of past years, and a little energy on the part of the captains may make the races worth rowing and worth seeing.