Any one who is prone to believe that athletics have a deteriorating influence on the scholarship of the men who engage in them, will have his doubts dispelled by reading carefully the statistics published in this morning's CRIMSON of the rank obtained by those who have played on university and class teams during the years 1885-86 and 1886-87. These statistics were compiled with the greatest of care by the athletic committee, and are therefore as accurate and trustworthy as any statistics on such a subject can be. In nearly every case the standing of students on the university crew, nine, eleven, Mott Haven and lacrosse teams is largely above the average standing of the entire class. There are several instances in which men on university teams have obtained an exceedingly high rank, and many have received scholarships. It is only with respect to the athletics of the freshman classes that the standard of the athletic teams falls below the mark-attributable in no small degree to over-anxiety on the part of some freshmen to get on their class teams, and their ignorant on the subject of knowing how to combine their physical work with their study to the best advantage. In the matter of attendance the record of those who take a strong interest in athletics, although not perfect, is exceedingly good, and the number of cuts resulting from the absence of men who go away with university teams to support them, surprisingly small. It is therefore no wonder that, from all that can be gleaned on the subject, the professors on the athletic committee are convinced that athletics are decidedly beneficial, instead of injurious, to the standard of scholarship in college.