Although it is not often the case that Harvard feels satisfied when it occupies any place but first, whether it be in contests of brains or muscle, still our place gained by the eleven in the inter-collegiate foot-ball games this fall, under the existing circumstances, cannot deserve any complaint and dissatisfaction. Never before have the then leading elevens been more evenly matched and whatever criticisms the play of the victors may have evoked it was plain that by their superior muscular development and combined methods they fairly deserved the place they hold. With the chances apparently against us at the commencement of the championship season, and with a low place on the scale virtually assigned to us, our team steadily improved until at last they secured an honorable and creditable position at the final reckoning.

This feeling of pleasure must, however, be only for the time being, for in consideration of the interest awakened in the college, and the improvement steadily going on in the eleven, we ought not to be again satisfied until the championship is secured. Prophecies may seem out of place at present, yet from what we may reasonably expect for next season it seems that our prospects are brighter than ever. Abundance of material, good management, and hearty support seem already promised, while lack of honest work and desire for success has never been the fault of Harvard teams. And should our game with Yale next fall determine the championship as it did this fall we can have the satisfaction of knowing that the contest will be before thousands of friends who will not fail to appreciate a gallant struggle whatever may be the issue. With so much at stake it behooves every foot-ball man to keep in as perfect condition as possible, not only during the winter months, but in the summer vacation as well, so that he may return in the fall ready to immediately adopt the strict training necessary for the sport and to be able to devote every particle of his strength towards gaining the highest position for his college.