EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- In the CRIMSON of Feb. 8, one of your correspondents in speaking of the mismanagement of the '87 freshman crew said: " The men realize how expensive a crew is; especially a freshman crew for whom a barge and a shell must be bought, and their expenses at New London paid, in addition to the usual expenses of the ordinary class crew. Now, if these men who are dissatisfied with the management of the crew could see a report of its receipts and expenditures, there is no doubt that they would acknowledge that the management has been all right, and that the money subscribed has been judiciously spent."

The fact is that few men in '87 do not realize how expensive a crew is, especially a freshman crew for whom a " bad manager has been appointed." At the first '87 class meeting of this year, a report of the crews receipts and expenditures was read. The crew was then said to be $900 in debt. The men who are dissatisfied with the management of the crew have heard this report and are very far from acknowledging " that the management has been all right, and that the money subscribed has been judiciously spent." Indeed they think that the management has been all wrong, and that the money subscribed has been injudiciously spent.

If it could be shown that '87 subscribed $900 less than the average amount required to run a freshman crew, then perhaps no fault could be found with the management. But if '87 paid as much to support its freshman crew as classes generally do, (and I for one, think that it paid even more), then it seems to me that there is no reason for the shameful running into debt, except the almost criminal blundering of the manager.

MARCUS.