We publish in another column the long expected attack upon eighty-eight for the action taken at their class meeting in regard to the Columbia race. Our New York brethren betray a tolerable amount of spleen, but their arguments contain too great an "element of weakness" to be convincing. They also show considerable ignorance of the science and requirements of boatracing, where the propelling force is manually performed. In asserting that a "crew in proper training and condition should be able to row two (four mile) races on consecutive days," they lay themselves open to challenge. The Columbia men have turned out excellent crews for the past few years, but we scarcely think they would be willing to row a four-mile race with Yale on the day succeeding that with Harvard, and a little reflection would show them why. In spite of our esteemed contemporary's remarks, then, we see no reason to change our opinion as expressed in the column on October 22d.