Yale and New Haven are always glad to receive visitors from Harvard; there is a sort of glamour in the atmosphere created by the arrival of crowds in holiday spirits. We like to be good hosts to you who are our guests,--indeed, in recent years, like truly good hosts, we have even been accustomed to feel extremely downcast at the time of your departure. Sometimes we feel that this discomfiture and sorrow of ours might be called carrying hospitality too far.

We wish you much pleasure this year; but only in so far as pleasure is compatible with our own comfort. Of course no strictly honest Yale man could express himself of any other desire than to have you go back to Cambridge well beaten. On the other hand, we really do want the game to be a good one, both close and thrilling. The fact that odds are approximately even indicates that such will be the case. Although even odds give no feeling of comfort or security to either party, they unquestionably furnish a stimulating excitement to the nervous system.

It should be borne in mind that there are two points of view from which to look at this matter of the reception of a guest. So far we have considered only that of the receiver; but there is also that of the received. Each should aim to please the other by self-sacrifice and thoughtfulness. The guest, no less than the host, is under obligation at any friendly party. For several years past Yale has been a better host and a kindlier visitor than Harvard; we have been the considerate half of all the parties--both those at New Haven and those at Cambridge. But frankly we are becoming weary of always making you happy, to our own distress and at our own cost. We feel that it is high time for you to be gracious to us instead of our being gracious to you. Surely our contention in this matter is only fair and right; we hope that this afternoon you will see fit to show actively your acquiescence. --Yale News.