The defeat which the Lacrosse team received from the South Boston team yesterday afternoon should be a warning against the danger of over confidence, a danger to which the lacrosse men are particular liable, owing to their long continued success. Some time yet remains before the first college game, and yesterday's lesson should be profited by, if the champion ship is to remain here another year. The season has been against our team, and the disadvantage can only be overcome by harder or rather more careful work, for nobody can accuse the lacrosse men of not working hard.

Two college games are to be played in Cambridge this year. Stevens plays here on the fourteenth, and Princeton on the following Saturday. When these college games are played, Harvard ought to support her team in the field. Unfortunate conflicts of dates have robbed the team of an audience several times. There will not be that trouble this year, and the team which has brought the championship here two years, should have some encouragement, for surely it has worked long and faithfully against great odds.