The suggestion in yesterday's CRIMSON in regard to the upper class men practicing with the freshmen eleven, is a good one. There is no good reason why this custom should not be inaugurated here. Men do not seem to realize that a freshman team is one of the integral parts of our athletic system and that it has to win or lose like any other team. The success of the freshman should be the interest of the college at large, and '88, '89 and '90 should consider it their duty to see that nothing is left undone which might affect the result of the game with Yale.

As our correspondent says, the freshman second eleven is made up of very light men who are no match for the the regular team. They are conscientious, hard-working fellows, who are doing their best for the sake of their class, but they cannot give their team the needed practice. Any eleven, to do good work, must practice against a team which will not only play hard, but will score occasionally. Such practice it is the duty of the other classes to give. Men who have the welfare of the college at heart, should come out and play against the freshmen. It is to be regretted that the class games had to be given up as they would have furnished valuable training.

There is a widespread feeling in Harvard that when a man reaches the supreme dignity of the higher class it is derorogatory to his dignity to have anything to do with, or to take any interest in, the freshmen class. Such a feeling is dangerous to our athletic life, and if we are to regain our lost position in the intercollegiate sports, which once more seems probable, we must turn aside these silly indifferences and each do what he can for our college.