We are glad to note the growing enthusiasm in all matters connected with rowing. The energetic measures taken by the management of the 'varsity crew to push through the construction of the tank and to secure the use of the boats and boat-house of the Shawmut Boat Club has awakened a lively interest on all sides in the welfare of the crew that has been wanting in a marked degree for some time. This spirit has infused the class crews too, and they have begun to work with an enthusiasm and earnestness that bodes well for the class races in the spring.

Lack of enthusiasm-Harvard indifference-has been dinged in our ears for years past as the cause of our athletic defeats. Some men, however, have seen more deeply, and have struck at the real cause both of Harvard's indifference and her want of success. Athletics are free from artificial and injurious restraint, and a vigorous hope of success is taking the place of a growing despair that Harvard would ever again win victory. There is no need to urge earnestness on the part of those trying for the nine or crew, for the spirit of it is in the very air. We would, however, encourage the timid who have not full confidence in their own abilities not to hesitate to make a trial at least of their powers. Successful athletes are often developed from the rawest material.