All who attended last night's conference meeting must have come away from it with a deeper respect and higher appreciation for the Athletic committee. The conference certainly showed that the service of the committee to Harvard athletics has never been adequately appreciated. The historical statement of the work it has done and the objects it has sought illustrates forcibly the danger of unintelligent criticism, of which the committee has certainly received more than its share. The statement shows that every action of the committee has been a well considered step in the direction of more rational and more intelligent athletics. It can honertly be said that on two occasions the committee has been the salvation of our athletics. Its presence prevented radical action from the Overseers and Faculty on one hand and from the students on the other. It has at all times tempered the disposition of those governing and of those governed, and has secured compromises which have in every case resulted for the highest good of our athletics. The present policy of the committee was plainly enough indicated. It is one which every man in college can enthusiastically support, and which every man who has the best interests of Harvard athletics at heart will support. The committee certainly deserves the thanks of the students for the readiness it showed to meet them in conference and for the frankness with which it conducted its side of the conference.