The energy which the management of the freshman foot-ball team is manifesting is worthy of high commendation. While the question of the future position of foot-ball at Harvard is in such a state of transaction, greater efforts than usual will be necessary to induce the right men to interest themselves in the sport. The freshman class contains much good material for athletic work, and needs only the proper encouragement to produce an eleven which will not be surpassed by the teams of former years. The preparatory schools this year have sent up several men of high local reputation who won their honors in contests against men now their classmates. The success exhibited in former years in the proper combination of players thus related, may well serve as an example for the profit of the present freshman class. The captain of the team has long been well known as a skilled and enthusiastic foot-ball player, and, if he is only granted the proper support, will do everything in his power to keep alive the interest in foot-ball at Harvard this fall.