The effort which is being made this fall to promote the interest of the Freshman class in track athletics is most deserving of support and the 'Varsity management should do its utmost to further the plan, without fear of wasting time or energy. As before announced, the plan is to divide the Freshmen into squads to contest for their class championship in the Freshman fall games. Upper-class men have been appointed to canvass special sections of the class thoroughly in order to bring out as much material as possible. The object is, as in the Weld Boat Club, to establish a training school for all men who wish to avail themselves of it. Thus far, though but a moderate number of Freshmen have come out, yet a beginning has been made and it is to be hoped that those interested in the project will persevere in their efforts.

It is in organization of this kind, looking to future, rather than immediate results, that most can be done to raise the plane of Harvard athletics. The resources of the University are large; much larger, in fact, than those of most of its rivals. There is no lack of muscle and brains with which to win. The trouble is that they are not made use of; that particular branches of activity are left to those who happen to be engaged in them at the moment. In short, there is not enough care taken to use all possible material, and when there is no material to manufacture it.

Now the new Freshman organization is, without considering its details, a plan to prevent this waste, and as such we wish to commend it heartily. The personal application to all men who can possibly be of any use is a step in the right direction. Even if they can not become point winners now, some will do so in the course of time, and at all events the labor is sure to bear fruit sooner or later, provided only that it is consistently carried out.