The enterprising policy of the track management in securing an experienced coach for the cross-country team has been amply rewarded. There seemed to be very little hope for the team after being badly beaten a week or two ago by the Technology runners, but Shrubb has proved his efficiency as a coach of long distance runners by turning out a team to defeat Yale, and interest in cross-country running will benefit by it. Things that are worth doing at all are worth doing well and if Harvard is to have a cross-country team, every effort, consistent with a conservative athletic policy, should be made to put that enterprise on a substantial and successful basis. It is the height of folly to attempt to meet opponents on a basis so different from theirs that practically every effort is doomed to be a failure. A change for the better has been made in this branch of the track work and the results so far have been gratifying.