Some months ago, when the financial report for 1883-84 of the base-ball association was published, we took occasion to congratulate that body on its successful financiering by which a considerable balance remained on hand after paying all expenses. Much of the money raised last year, however, came from subscriptions, the association not being as yet self-supporting. The same state of affairs can be brought about this year if the students will only respond in a reasonable manner to the requests of the manager for subscriptions. The nine, working so faithfully for victory in May and June, ought not to be handicapped by a lack of funds for legitimate expenses. We understand that the freshman class in particular have been especially remiss in subscribing to this important and favorite sport. Some members of the class have even gone so far as to say that they, as freshmen, did not feel called upon to lend their support to university sports. Only let the men of that class consult their friends in the upper classes, and they will soon be told that freshmen usually have done more than any other class to support the university teams, besides looking out for their own crew and teams. The reason for this is, that the ordinary expenses of freshman year are less than those of any other. For this very good reason subscriptions bear less hardly on them, and they are expected to expend liberally to all calls upon their overflowing purses.