Next Monday the Weld Boat House will be opened for the spring. For some reason or other, the full capacity of the boat house has never been used. Exactly why the men have generously given up their rights to the boat house is not clear. Perhaps they have not seen their own self interest in the matter: perhaps they are not in sympathy with this movement to put athletic sports at Harvard on a broader basis.

This last was certainly the object Mr. Weld had in view when he gave the boat house. For some time there had been a general feeling among many of Harvard's well-wishers that but a small per cent of Harvard students were taking active part in outdoor sports. It was this feeling which President Ellot had in mind when he said in his Annual Report-"the main object of intercollegiate races and competitive contests is to increase the number of students who habitually take part in manly sports." It was, we repeat, to bring about this broader and better state of things that Mr. Weld madehis generous gift. Although, perhaps, he had in mind principally the general educational advantages of athletics, it is certain that his plans if carried out will go far forwards gaining for us immediate success over our opponents. It is our part at present to carry out this practical side of the question; to make use of the manifold advantages of the Weld Boat House; and thus to increase immeasurably our available rowing material, and consequently our chance for victory over Yale.