To the Editors of the Crimson:

At the meeting to consider the advisability of forming a "University Club," Mr. W. R. Thayer stated that there was a feeling abroad that favoritism had been shown in selecting members of Harvard teams and crews in the past. Some of the Boston papers have made much of the statement. Mr. Watson and Mr. Bullard have recognized the existence of such feeling by declaring in print that there would be no favoritism in the choice of the crews this year. If there is the slightest ground for the charge that favoritism is prevalent in Harvard athletics, the older graduates should know that Harvard men are losing their reputation for manliness and fair dealing. If the charge can be shown to be absolutely false, it should be met with indignant denial by undergraduates and graduates.

I was with the 'varsity football squad for three years and can say that under Cumnock and Trafford there was absolutely no partiality. With regard to the crews under Perkins, Kelton and Vail, with which I was brought closely in contact, I never saw the slightest favoritism or heard any charge of it. I knew little of the nine, but Frothingham was never in his life accused of unamnliness.

As regards "coming from Boston and vicinity," it must be remembered that:

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