The probable formation of an interscholastic foot-ball league among several of the leading schools of Boston, is certainly a step in the right direction. One great disadvantage in the past to all city schools has been the fact that the students had not such opportunities for out-door sports and recreations as the members of the large boarding schools and academies. It is, of course, in the nature of things that this comparative disadvantage will always exist, but it can be greatly lessened if a stronger interest in foot-ball and base-ball games springs up among the city schools. Suitable practice grounds will then have to be obtained where all the students can exercise during the afternoons. Rivalry and competition are always beneficial when not carried to excess, and the best results are sure to follow a systematized plan of interscholastic contests.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
