The re-organization of the Athletic Committee as announced this morning will perhaps serve to call particularly to mind the valuable service which has been rendered to the University as a whole, and particularly to the undergraduates, by that body. The Athletic Committee has always had a hard row to hoe, and its work is none the less arduous because it is carried on in a very quiet, unpretentious way. In spite of the delicacy of its position, half-way between the students and a Faculty which is rather unfavorably inclined toward athletics, the committee has succeeded in maintaining a standard of purity in athletics of which the University may be justly proud. It has also done much to protect athletic interests, and, more perhaps than they imagine, has acted as the friend and ally of the undergraduates.

The task of attending to these matters has been, however, a thankless one in the past,- one rewarded by much more criticism than gratitude from all parties, and we wish, therefore, to thank the Professor Beale on his retirement from the chairmanship, for his untiring service, and to assure him that his sacrifice of time and energy is thoroughly appreciated by all who are familiar with the work of the committee. His successor,

Professor Hollis, requires no introduction. To him the University already owes much for his work upon the improvements on Soldiers Field, and his presence at the head of the committee is an assurance of vigorous but conservative management for the future.