A very short vacation has come to a close, and with to-day a term begins, that is perhaps the most interesting and active of the entire academic year. With tennis, boating, base-ball, lacrosse and cricket to occupy time, attention and money, to say nothing of the minor things that necessarily present themselves at the approach of annual examinations and the close of a college year, the student at Cambridge lives a very busy life from April to June. That during the present term his life is also to be specially interesting is not to be doubted. He watches the athletic teams with interest and hope, and if we may judge from their faithful work thus far he has good reason for expecting a creditable record from them all. But warnings against over-confidence and urging to steadiness and determination are never out of place. Such warnings and such urging we give here. However strong Harvard's team may be, their rivals are strong also, and will be not at all easily vanquished. Steady work on the part of nines, crews, lacrosse and cricket teams, and tennis players, combined with enthusiastic support from the college at large, will certainly bring respect, if not genuine success, to the crimson.