The announcement made In this morning's CRIMSON that T. N. Perkins has resigned the captaincy of the crew and will be unable to row this year will cause the most sincere regret to every Harvard man. The magnificent victory at New London last June is recognized throughout the college as in very large measure the result of the untiring energy and never failing intelligence of the captain of the crew. He had to grapple with the same question which had bailed our crew captains for five successive years and he had to grapple with it under more discouraging conditions than any of the others did. It is no disrespect to them to say that he worked with more intelligence than did any of them. All of them did everything that men could do physically. But Captain Perkins put mind as well as body into the work; and he solved the knotty questions in Harvard boating. He introduced system into the work of the crew; he worked out the problem of an effective stroke; he found exactly the right man for coach and he had the sense to know it and have faith in him. Altogether his services to boating here cannot be overestimated, and it is no wonder the college hates to see him retire from active service. There is but one consolation for his loss as captain and member of the crew; we do not lose him entirely; he will continue to work with the crew as coach and adviser. And besides, his place is taken by a man trained in his methods, in whom he himself as well as the college has the greatest confidence.

The new captain enters his work with universal esteem and good will. He has the confidence and respect of the men who will work with him and the college will give its undivided support. The best wish we can offer him is that he may be as successful in his work as the man whom he succeeds has been.