Some time ago we were informed that the proper support was not given the Advocate to insure its success. Then came the news that the Lampoon was in a similarly crippled condition. Such a condition of affairs as this is entirely uncalled for, and should not be endured. That the two oldest publications of the university should fail through the apathy of the students to support them, is by no means a flattering complaint to Harvard enterprise. It cannot be allowed to continue. It must be seen that success in a college publication is entirely dependent upon the interest manifested in it by the college. However talented the board of editors may be, however wide and comprehensive the scope of the publication, it is simply impossible to keep any paper alive without the interested and enthusiastic support of the students. Other smaller colleges support as many, or more papers, which are of an inferior merit, than Harvard. The success which is vouchsafed to many of our contemporaries surely is not deserved by their merit. But the smaller colleges feel a just pride in their college publications, and lend them a support which is as unknown at Harvard as our publications are needy. If we cannot keep the field of sports against all comers or carry the pennant victoriously down the river, let us, by all that we esteem worthy, exhibit an interest in literary affairs, which cannot be deemed second to that of any other college which acknowledges our Alma Mater as the first university of the land.

Let us then raise up the college papers, let us give them the aid they need, and in their success recognize the proportionate success of our university.