On Tuesday afternoon the candidates for the Mott Haven team met in the gymnasium. It was a matter of great surprise and regret that no freshmen appeared to try for positions on this team. Freshmen should not believe that, because it is their first year at college, extreme diffidence in entering college sports is praiseworthy. The Mott Haven team has lost good men from '85, and it is absolutely necessary that their places should be filled. An observer in the gymnasium can see plenty of '89 men who are fit to try for the Mott Haven, and it is evident that lack of confidence is the reason which has caused the non-appearance of the freshmen. Harvard's superiority in track athletics must be preserved.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.