The number of baseball season tickets which have thus far been sold is unpleasantly low, - so low as almost to force the inference that the extent of the sale depends to a large degree on the success of the nine. If true, this shows a deplorable state of affairs. Harvard men should be the last to forget that the obligation to support a team is only increased by a temporary lack of success. That the nine has unfortunately met with several defeats at the beginning of the season, and has not played fully up to the hopes of the College, is far from excusing the neglect with which it has so far met. Students show themselves much too willing to credit rumors of the weakness of the nine; and rumor in this case, as usual, is in exaggeration of the truth. This, however, is from the point. We do not wish to urge attendance at the games as we might, on the grounds that the merits of the players have been misrepresented. What we wish is to insist on the point of honor which it should be with students to give wholehearted encouragement to the team not at the time when they need it least, but when they need it most. The neglect to buy a season ticket implies the intention to attend few games, and such intention this year is wholly unpardonable. We hope that the sale of season tickets will be much more rapid than it has hitherto been. The attendance at the games will increase in proportion.