The conduct of the freshman nine at New Haven calls for the severest censure. To say that it was disgraceful is too mild a term. It was foolish and utterly unwarranted by the state of the case. After it had been decided that the game had to be played then or not at all, the Harvard men were bound honor to do their best. The weather was no worse for them than for the Yale men, who in spite of the rain seem to have made a creditable showing.

The Harvard freshman teams, as we have often said, are 'varsity representatives. In their contests with Yale in particular they represent and are supported by the whole university. By the disgraceful action of the nine Saturday, odium is brought not only upon Ninety-two, but upon all the rest of university as well. Harvard athletics have been in so precarious a state for the past few years that everything file this counts doubly against the whole system. Had the nine been beaten in a squarely played game nothing would have been said, but to be soundly thrashed without an attempt at resistance is a blot on Ninety-two's otherwise fair record which cannot soon be effaced.