Professor Peabody's statement that the growth of athletics had tended to improve the general tone of the college forms a most refreshing contrast to the illiberal attitude of the Overseers. They seem to think that the time given to athletics is so much taken from study, while, as a matter of fact, it is just that class which is naturally least inclined to study that enters most heartily into athletics. The "training" which these men have to keep is certainly beneficial, and often restrains the thoughtless from actions to which they would otherwise be inclined. The influence upon the college of two hundred and fifty of the most active and most popular of the undergraduates, who through the pursuit of athletics are made to lead regular and whole-some lives, is a very important consideration in college life which is often overlooked, and it is very gratifying to find that a man like Professor Peabody, who is by his position particularly fitted to judge, has arrived at this conclusion.

A short time ago there appear in our columns a communication in which the writer complained of the prices charged by the Tennis Association for the use of the courts. It really does seem strange, that while the college grants ground to the other associations free of charge, it should levy a tax upon the tennis players. The cost of keeping the tennis courts and nets in order is not such an overwhelming burden for the college to bear. And there is a very large number of men to whom the tax of ten to twenty cents a day is a serious one. If the college authorities wish to encourage general athletics, here is a chance to do so in a very effective way, at least as far as one branch of sport is concerned. It is a pretty hard case when a man has to be sure of having fifteen cents in his pocket before he can indulge in one of the simplest and pleasantest ways of getting regular outdoor exercise. We hope that the officers of the Tennis Association may make some arrangement whereby the charges, if not actually taken off, may be materially lessened.