We are not a little surprised to learn that any question has been raised against giving the members of the freshman eleven cups as mementos of their victory over Yale last fall. If it had been necessary for the money for the trophies to be raised by subscription, we should have been slow to believe that the class of Ninety-two would not come forward promptly and generously with the necessary amount. The victory was a splendid one and the members of the team well deserve some token from the class. When we learn, therefore, that some men in the class, notably those who represent the boating interest, are unwilling that the football team should have cups, even when more than the necessary money is at hand-money, moreover, earned by the team-we are more than surprised. It seems to us not a little presumptuous on the part of any one to begrudge cups to the men on the eleven, when its management has saved money enough over the expenses to buy them. But on the part of the crew men, such meanness presumptuous; it is a poor return for the readiness with which the football management offered to divide its surplus with them. The foot-ball men want $140 to get a ten-dollar cup for each man on the team and for the substitutes. The request is a modest enough one even if they did not have a cent for buying them. When, however, they have $280, half of which they volunteer to give to the crew, it is contemptibly mean for any one to question their right to what they ask. The excuse crew men offer for the position they have taken is that every cent that can be obtained is needed by the crew. It is true enough that the crew will need a great deal of money, but it does not signify that on this account it should invade the obvious rights of the football team, and trample on common decency for the sake of getting the money. There are over three hundred men in the freshman class; if from this number of men enough money cannot be obtained, as it has from all classes hitherto, for the support of the eight, the crew had better suspend operations at once.

The football men have well deserved cups-far better than they ask for-and we hope the class of Ninety-two is too fair-minded and generous not to respond to their request heartily and freely.