It is a pleasant fact to think of that no freshman class has ever lost the race with Columbia, but it lays a heavier responsibility upon the rowing men of the present class. Our freshmen did not show up remarkably well in the class races, but they will have enjoyed the benefit of seven weeks' extra training before they row again, and therefore will have a fine opportunity to show us their true strength in the race on the Harlem. They have trained with much perseverance long after the other class crews have relapsed into their ways of idleness and ease, and competent judges announce a steady improvement in form and strength, such as would have given them a better position in the class races. The whole college is interested in the coming race, as well as their own class more particularly, and we anxiously hope that if defeat must come, it shall not be due to any diminished exertion in the future on the part of the crew. We know how hard it is to resist the charms of the season, but the honor of victory will prove no small reward for such praiseworthy labor. With the success of their predecessors before them, we would urge the freshmen to strain every nerve to add one more triumph to the list of former classes.