Today ninety seven is called upon to do her second important duty toward the athletic interests of the college. Captain Davis, of the University crew, will meet all candidates for the freshman eight, and upon the number and quality of the men who respond to his call the success of Harvard upon the water in this and subsequent years is largely dependent. Freshmen must recognize the situation in which the university is placed at the present time. For two years both our 'varsity and freshman crews have been unsuccessful, and the mettle, perseverance and arduous labor of every loyal Harvard man ought to be at the service of the men who are striving to regain her prestige on the water. For two reasons the response of the freshmen is important. They are to produce a crew which will do battle with the Yale and Columbia freshmen next June, and, more important still, they are to produce oarsmen who will sometime occupy seats in the 'varsity boat. Let all who have any fitness at all for rowing crowd the trophy room tonight. Few men are competent to judge of their own abilities as oarsmen, and since the work will be light and not taxing for some months, no man need hesitate to try. Nobody will be a loser, and the University will certainly be a gainer.