WE think it right, however, to state clearly our opinion on the subject of the challenge. There is a tacit agreement between Harvard and Yale that they shall row an eight-oared race every year; of course, until the preliminaries of this race are arranged, no other challenge which might interfere with it can possibly be sent. Last year, for several good reasons, we were forced to refuse Cornell's challenge, and it was only proper that we should challenge her in return, as we have done, at the earliest possible date. The Executive Committee not being composed of jockeys and blacklegs, it was never supposed that they could be so misinterpreted, or they would have guarded themselves more carefully against the Era. As the matter stands, we have challenged Cornell in a perfectly fair and open manner, and it is their own affair whether they accep or not; they can do either with perfect credit to themselves.
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