We are sorry to note the mean spirit that shows itself in the laughter and jeers in which some persons have seen fit to indulge at the expense of the men trying for the University eleven. The work of the candidates is hard and trying even when they are encouraged by the men around them. But when their efforts are greeted with derision the work becomes tenfold harder and more discouraging. If anyone thinks that the work of the men deserves his jeers, nothing is easier than that he show his superiority by coming in the field and doing the work better. We trust that those who are not gentlemen enough by instinct to avoid hurting the feelings of the men may at least control themselves for the sake of the success of the eleven.