There is a nasty rumor circulating in the Ivy League these days that one Williams W. McCurdy is slowly building a cross-country dynasty at Harvard that in a year or two may completely submerge the rest of the league.

What gives truth to this rumor is not only the strength of his present varsity (undefeated this season), but the freshman teams he has produced in the last two seasons.

Last year, the Yardling team, captained by William Morris, and led by Richard Wharton, David McLean, and Phil Williams, all outstanding on this year's varsity, finished its season undefeated. This included winning the little Big Three title down at Princeton.

By completing its season without a loss, the Class of '57's team equalled a mark set in 1920. No other freshman team in that period had gone through a year without a loss. This season's team lost one meet, but it was practically as strong as last year's squad.

For one thing, this year's team had the fastest runner in Yardling history. Arthur Reider, who prefers the name of Pete, and who comes from San Francisco, broke numerous first year marks, including last Friday's shattering of the little Big Three mark. He was captain of the team which lost only to Providence.

From Reider's record-breaking, it might seem that he was way out in front of his team mates, but this is not true. There were two other runners, Ralph Perry and Dave Norris, who stayed up with Reider all season. As a fitting climax to the Crimson freshman season Friday, these two finished two-three behind Reider, as the Crimson easily won its third straight little Big Three title.

Besides these three, McCurdy had steady performers in French Anderson, Mike Liles, Ken D'Arey, Sergel Smegireff, and John Biggs.

The freshman have finished their cross-country season all right, but for many runners the real work has just begun. The Yardling track teams have not lost a meet in over two years, and from the way the cross-country team looked, there is a rumor that a track dynasty may be forming--but that's material for another story.