Now that football has gone out in a splash, Harvard collectively may pause for a moment to choose new gods to worship. Basketball, squash, winter track, fencing, wrestling, and boxing will command their followers, but the winter major sport, hockey, will attract more than any of its lesser rivals.

In the past few years there has been a change in the hockey situation among that much-talked-about trio, the "Big Three." Before this change took place, the hockey series with both Yale and Princeton was much like football games in days gone by between Harvard and the "little fellows." The only question was how low opponents could hold the University's score. But this situation has disappeared as completely on the rink as it has on the gridiron. When Yale or Princeton meet the Crimson skaters it is now "anybody's game."

In fact things have gone still farther. The University awakes with a shock to the realization that Princeton and Yale have not only equal hockey facilities, but actually better. At Princeton there is no necessity for long journeys to the rink for practice. The Baker Rink is her very own and is easily accessible. At New Haven there are not the numerous outside interests of a city of Boston's size to conflict with Eli practice. In fact Yale has recently purchased the New Haven Arena. But here Harvard now finds herself in the situation of being thankful to get at least two afternoons a week of fresh ice,

Yet thoughts of a Harvard Arena are at present out of the question, for the need of a swimming tank overbalances other considerations. Accordingly, it must be realized that the task facing the University hockey team for the coming season is the hardest that it has ever had to negotiate.