DURING the past two years indifference in regard to our athletic welfare has been increasing in the College, and the last two Freshman classes have been unusually negligent in paying their quota towards the support of our sports. It is well known that many men of moderate means contribute liberally, whereas others, who are far better able, refuse to contribute at all. Among the latter are the men who shout loudest over Harvard's victories. If these men refuse from a total lack of all class or college feeling, they deserve the most sincere pity; but if they refuse from pure selfishness, they deserve only contempt. Hardly less culpable are those men who, after subscribing, elude the collectors in every possible way, and subject them to continual trouble and annoyance. We hope this year to see a favorable change. We remind the University that among the many interests which make demands upon it, the older sports have the first claim upon its favors. We remind it that division of subscriptions should be made with reference to the fact that the Nine and Fifteen, when well managed, are self-supporting; whereas the Crew relies entirely upon outside support. We hope men will pay what they can afford promptly, and thus save our overworked officers much unnecessary care; and we recommend the class of '80 as an example for the lower classes to follow. It is not large, it is not, as a class, wealthy; but whenever college interests have called, it has always done more than its share.