Harvard seems to be fairly launched in her career in lacrosse. It is now important that this should be made a successful one. Whatever students undertake in the name of Harvard, must be done well for the sake of the name, if for no other reason. In the case of lacrosse, however, there is much in the game itself which entitles it to a prosperous continuance. It has all the characteristics which are necessary to make an athletic sport stay permanently in favor; it offers an opportunity for vigorous exercise to a class of men who without it would find no very satisfactory way of employing their energies. It is unfortunate that the game was ever allowed to drop out of the list of Harvard sports, and the men who are now doing their best to restore it deserve encouragement and support.

It is at least not fair to pass judgment on lacrosse in ignorance of what its merits really are. The games which the managers have arranged to be played in Cambridge give the opportunity to form some reasonable estimate of the worth of the sport. Students will find themselves amply repaid for attending the game this afternoon by the interest of the contest itself. At any rate a considerable attendance is due in acknowledgement of the efforts which the promoters of lacrosse have made, and still are making, in its behalf.