The election of W. H. Wheeler to captain the University's eleven in 1917 comes as the reward of a season's hard and brilliant work. Not heralded as a star during his first year, disabled by an injury which threatened to become permanent during his second, and handicapped by absence from the University while serving in France, he returned this year to become one of the strong bulwarks of the line. Some men have been acclaimed as clever players; Wheeler has rather shown himself a great player, dependable, sure, giving the game all he could. He has been universally recognized as one of the greatest players of his position in the country, and promises in the next year to place himself beside those men whose fame in football is not forgotten. Starting his career with the foundation that Captain Dadmun and this year's eleven have labored so hard to build, there can be no question but that the new leader will come through the season victoriously. Both Captain Wheeler and the University are to be congratulated on his election.