In another column we publish an account of Yale's prospects in athletics for the coming year, which certainly should interest Harvard men. Yale will undoubtedly put forth her best efforts to follow up the advantage gained by her victories of last spring, and she begins her new year under peculiarly favorable circumstances. Two of her best men have entered the law and post-graduate departments respectively, and will probably resume their old positions on the crew and nine. The newly elected captains of the last named organizations are men of exceptional ability, whose claim to the respect and good-will of their college mates is proved by the unanimity with which the vox collegialis elected them. But few of Yale's field athletes have left college, while it is said that the freshman class contains several good runners and jumpers; so that Yale feels confident of taking the Mott Haven cup in '87. In addition to these advantages, an unusually patriotic spirit pervades the college, caused by the change in the administration, a change that has met with universal favor. For, though the ex-President was widely beloved and respected for the energy and perseverance with which he worked for the welfare of the college; yet the new president has begun on his administration with such a thorough understanding of the work set before him, and such a perfect sympathy with the interests and aims of the students, that he cannot fail to become popular with them, and to bring prosperity to the college.