The most acceptable outcome of the base-ball convention, as far as Harvard is concerned, is the revival of the old custom of having a series of five games with Yale. '83 is the only class in college that can remember such a series. The last series was played under particularly unfavorable circumstances, at a time when we had an especially weak nine to pit against the strongest nine that Yale ever put into the field. Every senior will recollect with pride the plucky fight we then made for supremacy against overwhelming odds. The 2 to 1 game, the 3 to 0 game, and the 3 to 1 game, coming as they did after the disastrous 21-4 game, stand without a parallel in the history of college base-ball.

The next year, in the early part of the season, we attempted to arrange for the continuance of the old custom, but at the request of Yale negotiations were postponed until later in the season. It was then found impossible to agree upon dates. As a result, only two games were played, each college winning one. Last year, as everybody knows, the result of the two games played in the inter-collegiate series was a tie. Owing to the lateness of the season, it was out of the question to try to arrange for three additional games. The two nines agreed, however, to play a third and decisive game in New York on the 5th of July. For the purpose of playing this game, our nine went to New York, at an expense of several hundred dollars. After staying there a couple of days we were informed by the captain of the Yale nine that it would be impossible for him to keep his men together until the 5th, and so our nine came back, leaving the game unplayed. As the Yale nine remained in New York and Philadelphia for two weeks after this date, playing several games with the Metropolitans and Philadelphias, it is presumed that something very unexpected happened by which the men were enabled to keep together.

This year we are fortunate in having the games determined on and the dates fixed at the very beginning of the season, an end being thus put to the almost endless negotiations which have hitherto been deemed indispensable. There is no good reason why the precedent thus established should not be followed in succeeding years. making the annual series of base-ball games with Yale as much a fixture as the annual Yale race promises to be.

We would urge every one who is interested in Political Economy to sign the petition now being circulated, urging the enlargement of this department. In order to have weight with the authorities, the petition must be signed by a large number of men, and it must be shown that there is an active interest in the subject. Even those who have not taken any courses, but who intend to in future years, will do well to sign, since they will be the ones to profit by the extension asked for.