In his first year here, Lloyd Jordan produced a spirited football team which managed to gain respect, if only a single victory. He also contributed "Bock it to term." A Crimson battlecry seemingly destined for immortality. This week, with the start of spring practice, Jordan and his staff of assistants set out to see what they could do about keeping that hard-earned respect and perhaps adding a few more victories. And while Jordan hasn't yet come up with any new slogans for the coming year, "business as usual" might best sum up the attitude with which he begins his task.

"We're going along just as we planned," he said yesterday, in discussing the possible effect of the draft on his personnel. "After all," he pointed out, ("no football player, not any student for that matter, can be certain where he'll be next year. But the football player, if he is back to play for us, owes it to himself to be ready and we're going to see that he is. There'll be no casing up at all this spring."

The draft, although it hasn't affected his squad directly as yet, has already given Jordan his share of uneasy moments. "When I was in Cincinnati recently, I read in the papers there that Cal (Lowenstein) had been inducted into the Army. You can imagine how I felt." What had happened, Jordan went on to rolste, was that the wire services had expanded Lowenstein's receiving a pre-induction notice into the fact that he had already gone into the service. "It certainly was a relief to see Cal when he reported for practice," he smiled.

It selective pervice riddles his squad next fall, Jordan's long range rebuilding plant will be set back considerably. "When we started out last year, we had its known quantities in the way of variety material. As a result, a lot of sophomore who should have been playing Jayvee ball moved up to the varsity." Now, he explained, those sophomores are inside to be whisked away by the draft and he may once again find himself without with which to work. "A real rebuilding program takes about four years to get rolling, and we may be stymied before we can make a start," he said.

Jordan had no comment to make on freshman eligibility, except to say that he was surprised that the Big Ten had removed its ban on first year men. He speculated that the Big Ten's action may cause the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (of which Harvard is a member) to review its recent action. The E.C.A.C., at its last meeting, voted to allow certain small member colleges the option to play freshmen next year. The Ivy Group, however, is known to oppose the measure in principle and whether it would go along with the E.C.A.C. if that body decides to vote general freshman eligibility is highly doubtful.

Right now, Jordan's concern is with looking over the material on hand and deciding where it can do the most good. "We're not thinking of any of the new players in terms of replacements for men who have been graduated. We'll do lots of shifting around. In the spring, we place fellows in the positions where we want them. In the fall, it's up to them to win those positions."

And, after four days of indoor practice, how does the squad impress him? "Fat," be said. "But not for long."