The first football mass meeting of the year, held last evening in the Union, was remarkable both for the enthusiasm shown, and for the crowd, which filled every available inch in the Living Room and galleries, and overflowed into the adjoining halls. The long and short cheers were given with great spirit under the leadership of G. G. Ball '08, L. J. Snyder '08 leading the football songs.

All of last year's songs were rehearsed, and the following three now ones were tried: "No Hope for Yale," The Spirit of Harvard," and "Cambridge Town." Of these, "No Hope for Yale," was the most successful. "The Spirit of Harvard" went fairly well, but "Cambridge Town" did not receive a fair trial due to the fact that it was not properly orchestrated.

Coach Crane, the first speaker, told of the excellent spirit that the team possessed, and of its wonderful latent strength. He said that in no way did Yale men excel Harvard men, and that, as we have outstripped Yale in every way except football, there is not the slightest reason why we should not beat them in that branch of sport.

Coach Crane pointed out that chance plays a great part in the new football, and that unless it should distinctly aid Yale, there is no reason why we should be beaten.

Captain Parker was the other speaker. He said that he thought the cheering, though organized, should be spontaneous. When the team comes, on the field, between the halves, and after a touchdown or after a brilliant play, were the proper times to cheer. The team, he said, was wonderfully encouraged and sustained by such cheering. In his opinion, the coaching this year is as good as Harvard has ever had Captain Parker referred to the so-called annual slump. He explained it by saying that it was not a slump, but merely a period in which the men were individually assimilating what had been taught them, and that as soon as they had mastered this, their progress would be very rapid.

He felt and the team felt, he said, that their chances of beating Yale this year were as good as they ever had been, and he was reasonably sure that, unless accidents overtake the team, Yale would be beaten.