We ask the attention of the freshman class to the meeting tonight of candidates for the freshman eleven. It will be the first time that the athletic spirit of ninety-eight is tested, and it would give the whole College a genuine pleasure if the class should meet that test well. Much depends on the start; if a class is sluggish and half-hearted when it begins its athletic work, it has always that reputation to war against, while if at once it shows life and zest, it has always that prestige to aid it further.

The notice of the meeting says that all men physically able to play are wanted. Experience will count, but it is not necessary. Given good football material, the coach will furnish the experience in due time; the material is the prime requisite now. We believe that men who might play ought to present themselves. We believe that, when men connect themselves with any institution, they owe it to that institution to do what they wisely can for the success of its honorable activities and of the honorable activities in Harvard athletics is one.

No class now in college has presented at the first call more than sixty-five candidates for its freshman eleven. It is for ninety-eight to establish a new record in that respect.