In spite of the opinion which is apparently prevalent in many circles that the "Big Three" rating of Harvard is now confined to the field of scholarship, today the opening of the football season seems to indicate an interest not wholly removed from things athletic. Much as we revere the activities of the intellect, it has been appalling to observe the apparently complacent acceptance of this position to see the Crimson flying in victory over the lecture hall is not all that could be desired by a crowd returning from the Stadium. A university may be justly proud of its rank in scholastic groups, but as high a place in the field of athletics need not dim the light of intellectual achievement nor vitally affect the greater glory of the mind.

Even when one's "higher education" has been guided on its way by the gleam of the Harvard tradition, and shunning as one must the merest appearance of biting the hand that feeds one--it is but the sincerest admiration and hope for excellence in this activity as well that arouses our anticipation of the coming season.--The Radcliffe Daily, October 1.