Tug of war as a feature of college athletics first came into prominence at Harvard, and was copied from us by other colleges. Until within two years our teams have taken, almost consistently, first place at the Mott Haven games in this event. Now, however, there seems to be little or no interest in the sport and no attempt to prepare a team for this year's contest. Our men seem to have been completely discouraged by the defeats of last year. Meanwhile Yale and Columbia are putting forth every effort to put a winning team into the field.

Speaking generally there seems to us no valid reason why Harvard should not have a successful team this year as well as any year. Her facilities for practice are certainly as good as those of any other college, and her amount of amount of possible material clearly greater. All that is needed, therefore, is a little real energy. We cannot afford, no college represented at Mott Haven can afford, to let a single event pass uncontested when there is even a possible chance of victory. By neglecting to send a team this year we reduce materially our chances of winning the new cup. That there is material enough to serve us well in this event seems plain. All that is needed is some one to take the initiative. The matter of course comes directly under the supervision of the captain of the Mott Haven team.