WHAT has been said of our athletic interests in general, applies most immediately to our foot-ball team. We unfortunately had an instance last year of a case where, with plenty of very good material on hand, no proportionately good result was obtained. We also learned that the success of eleven or fifteen men depends upon their unanimity in playing, and this, in turn, depends on the constant practice of all the members of the team. To have four or five good individual players who belong to other departments of the University, and who cannot do the same amount of work as the others, instead of strengthening, weakens the effectiveness of the whole. With this past experience to guide our foot-ball men, there is no reason why they should not be able to compare favorably with those of any other college, this autumn.

LAST June we spoke of the great need of a Professor of Hygiene, at Harvard, and advocated Dr. Sargent, of New York, for the position. We now take great pleasure in announcing the appointment of that gentleman. Dr. Sargent is a graduate of Bowdoin and of the Yale Medical School, and is widely known for his success in curing disease by "gymnastic treatment." He is an accomplished gymnast, and will give individual instruction and advice in the Gymnasium. He has a seat in the Faculty, and will have full charge of his department. Under Dr. Sargent's instruction the utmost will be made of the advantages which the new Gymnasium affords. Men will not refrain from training through fear of physical injury, nor will the more ambitious be liable to injure themselves by overwork. The result cannot fail to be a fresh impetus to our athletic sports. We hope, too, that many who have not been accustomed to devote time to gymnastic exercise will do so now. The double attraction of a new building and a professor of hygiene ought to make all students seek the Gymnasium. At all events the number is likely to be too great for one man to attend to, and though when so much has been granted, we hesitate to ask for further favors, we cannot help calling the attention of the authorities to the fact that Dr. Sargent's work might be greatly facilitated by the help of a few assistants.