The following communication warning the undergraduate body against the spirit of overconfidence has been received by the CRIMSON from a graduate of the University now residing in Baltimore, Md.:

"At this period of the football season it seems to me that it might be wise for us to take an account of stock before forming our opinion on the Yale game, and to go back to past experiences before we jump at hasty conclusions.

"The season of 1910 closely parallels that of 1914. Both season have been productive of results that have made us feel proud of our team and of Mr. Haughton, but we do not want the final results of the season of 1914 to be similar to those of 1910. The team of 1910 had for the composite Mahan, Corbett and Lewis; for its Pennock it had Fisher, and for its Bradlee it had Wendell; but still we did not win.

"What was the cause of our failure? It surely could not be blamed on the coaches, who put a team in the Dartmouth game, the week previous to the Yale game, that was the epitome of team work. It could not be attributed to the players who played themselves to the point of exhaustion. Then what was the cause? It was due to the fact that a feeling of overconfidence was allowed to become crystallized in the undergraduate body with the irresistible result that this mental state was unconsciously reflected in the thinking processes of the players. It was my privilege to be on the side lines during this game and the expression on the faces of the players as they came to sit down for their well earned rest at the end of the first half was the best example of wonderment, amazement and a complete lack of understanding of the situation that I have ever seen.

"You men of recent years have given glorious examples of the fact that Yale is not invincible, but we men of a more remote past would remind you that the sons of Yale are always first class fighting men. I earnestly beg, therefore, that no spirit of overconfidence be allowed to germinate at Cambridge, but rather that our team go down to New Haven with the expectation of meeting a foe worthy of their steel."  HENRY E. BRENNICK '06.