Because a paper is occasionally called upon to deal harshly with college organizations college men are apt to think that adverse criticism is its typical mood; yet where a paper has "justice" for its by word it must sometimes deal thus harshly or it fails in its mission. In this spirit of justice we feel ourselves right in criticising adversely the work of the freshman eleven. It is an old story-and only the worse for its age. To begin with, the freshmen have little or no discipline in their work and right here is the basis of the other faults. The men seem to feel that it makes no difference how they play so long as they do not actually stand still; attention, and above all implicit obedience to the words of the coachers seem to be almost entirely lacking. The men refuse to play where they are told and there is a great deal of unnecessary explanation and parleying. The freshmen should learn as soon as possible that a coacher is not put in charge of a team for his own amusement nor is he a man, generally, who needs to be told of the fine points of the game. He is an instructor, not a pupil, and his place is one of authority.

But the trouble is not confined to the field work. There is the same irregularity of attendance which seems to dominate all the class football work this fall. One day twenty-five men will appear, and the next day only ten may be on hand. This is more dispiriting to a captain and a coacher than actual misplay when the men are out, for poor material is one step better than no material at all. It is marvellous with what equanimity a freshman team will persist in its childishness when all the football men in college are talking about it and frowning on it !