When the Student Council and the representatives of the Swimming Team decided last night to hold over until next year action on the Team's ambition to join the ranks of major sports, certainly they were making a grave mistake for the cause of swimming in the College. For either swimming has got a case in its favor, or it has not got a case, but as dexterous a feat of sidestepping and punchpulling as was shown last night will scarcely convince the College that there is anything to be said in the natators' favor.

Inasmuch as the swimming team can hardly think up over the summer vacation any better reasons for its advancement than have been offered in the past weeks, the only possible influence that one can draw from last night's procrastination is that the Team is afraid of an adverse vote in the Council. For if the Team, and the sub-committee of the Council which investigated the problem, are convinced that the case for advancement is watertight, what possible reason is there for temporizing until next year, unless it be that the Team is afraid to run the gamut of the Council vote?