During the summer Dean Leighton and the Yard proctors planned out a program of intramural athletics for freshmen, similar to the House League. Under the guidance of a graduate secretary, the League got off to a rousing start in the fall with a series of 75 touch football games in which 16 entry teams participated. Enthusiasm has continued strong with the current basketball championship, and plans for the future include swimming, squash, and tennis.

This program is a long, if overdue, step forward in expanding Yard activities. It is probably the best way of getting freshmen to know one another, and incidentally it disposes of the physical training requirement in a far pleasanter way than one-hour exercise classes.

The HAA has approached this scheme with reluctant support. In spite of its similarity to the House set-up and the welcome it has received among the participants, it does not have the same advantages as the House League. Although the HAA supplies equipment and referees as it does for the Houses, and Intramural Director Samborski contributes his help, there is no provision for trophies or managers' salaries. House athletic secretaries receive $150 per year and their assistants, $50, from the HAA. The freshman secretary's salary is paid from spare Union funds, and the team managers receive nothing. Moreover, as late-comers, the freshmen suffers more than anyone else from lack of facilities.

As an excuse for all this, the HAA pleads lack of funds. Consequently it has been necessary to solicit the freshmen themselves. But there are rumors of increased HAA aid next year. This seems only fitting. Such a worthwhile undertaking deserves fully as much cooperation and encouragement as its elder counterpart in the Houses.