THE crew of '77 and '78, having won three victories in two successive years, have decided to disband and make room for the younger rowing men in the University. While we regret as much as any one this action taken by the crew at a time when Harvard seems likely to lose its reputation for good rowing, we think it is more fitting to thank them for what they have achieved than to visit them with abuse and sarcasm. It is unfair to complain if men, who have devoted their energies during three years to the interests of boating, should at last feel they have something else that claims their attention. The tendency among undergraduates to-day is to leave to a handful of men the task of sustaining the honor of the College on the field and on the river, while the rest, from their seats on the grand stand, applaud the gladiators when victorious. The result of this tendency is naturally felt in such a moment as the present. There are apparently few men to replace the old crew, as few have been willing to try for the 'Varsity with the hope of getting on only at some distant date. This was the case when Tyng and Ernst left the Nine. Very few if any had practised with a view of supplying their places; so the loss of these players was almost equivalent to the loss of the championship. It is not the fault of the crew that this is the state of affairs, and while we regret their departure we must blame only ourselves.