The University cross-country team will leave for Princeton this afternoon to compete in the ninth annual cross-country run, which will be held over the Princeton course Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Besides Harvard, teams have been entered from Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Syracuse, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cornell has won the championship for the last five years, and is expected to win again this year. Last year the University team finished fifth, and, although it is somewhat stronger this year, its chances Wednesday are rather doubtful.

Since the race with Yale at New Haven on November 13, the team has been doing very light work. During the past week the men have taken two short, fast runs and twice have covered a seven-mile course at a medium gait, in order to increase their staying power. Tomorrow the team will arrive in Princeton, and in the afternoon will walk over the Princeton course.

The team is composed of M. S. Crosby '08, P. W. Carter '10, R. E. Dole '10, R. F. Hoyt '10, C. Lanier, Jr., '10, E. L. Souder '10, M. H. Whitney '09, and P. Woodman '08.