In a college so large as Harvard there is often times a tendency for naturally strong athletic men to keep themselves too much in the background. This arises from the fact that among so large a number each one thinks there are many better men than himself to conduct the various interests of the college, and he of course feels duty bound not to put himself forward. Foot-ball will be the object of main interest for sometime to come. Let every man who has ever played the game show himself upon Holmes Field prepared to engage in the practice games. Let every man who has never played show himself on the field, and by his presence let those who have to do the practice know the college as a unit is thoroughly interested and alive to this department of athletics. Let '86 not be backward through a false sense of modesty, but work with the other classes, and she may be sure that if she has the talent it will be immediately recognized. If all will take hold with a will we trust that when the foot-ball season is through the victories of the crimson will not be eclipsed by those of the blue.