The thanks of all are due to President Eliot and to Professor Hollis not only for their clear and much-needed explanation of the attitude of the Corporation and the Athletic Committee toward undergraduate athletics, but also for some wholesome advice as to the proper sphere and methods of carrying on athletics. To judge from the spirt of criticism in regard to some questions which has been notice recently in Cambridge, these relations have never until now been clearly understood, and the Harvard Union has done us all a real service in arranging for last night's talk.

The President, however, in the course of his remarks, spoke of the spirit in which teams should go into their contests, and discouraged the idea of organized cheering on the part of the undergraduates in order to support the men and help them to do better work. He said that a team ought not to need this kind of support; that it ought to accustom itself to playing under disadvantages, and that it ought to play even better when on the field of a rival team than when in Cambridge. These are, no doubt, the conditions under which an ideal team should play its games. But, from an undergraduate standpoint, there is no team which cannot do better work if given the hearty support of the students, and there can certainly be no objection to the latter's giving their representatives the recognition and encouragement which they have earned by their work for the University. Let us have fair play, of course; but let us also win if we can, and try every fair means to that end. Cheering for a team cannot be unfair to its opponents, and it certainly is a help toward good playing, as was shown in yesterday's baseball game; while there was some enthusiasm on the part of the spectators the Nine braced up and made the runs which won the game. The CRIMSON, therefore, again urges those who attend the games to encourage the teams to the best of their ability and hopes to see regular leaders of cheering appointed for the important contests.