Mr. Roosevelt's talk last night was a sincere, straightforward appeal to Harvard students to put an end once for all to that spirit of individualism, which has been called Harvard indifference, and which has done so much to hurt the reputation of the University. Every word of Mr. Roosevelt's speech was true and should be taken to heart by the students.

Call it by what name we will a spirit of individualism or indifference does exist among the students in this University and has existed for some time past. Graduates have come back to Cambridge from time to time and have scoffed at the idea. The fact is they have not known the truth, probably no one does realize it fully outside of the student body. Harvard students of today are enthusiastic at bottom. Their affection for their Alma Mater is as strong as it ever was, but they are not so willing to show it as they were twenty years ago. It has to be forced out of them now, for they seem unwilling to give it the whole-heartedness they used to. Men now have to be urged to come out and try for the teams, and to go to the games and cheer their representatives in the athletic field.

It is time that every Harvard man recognized that the so-called "Harvard indifference" is not a myth, but a real actual thing, and a menace to the athletic life of this great University. It is time that a resolute, concerted effort were made to throw off this lethargy and to work together earnestly with the purpose of raising Harvard once more to its old position as the first athletic college in the country.