The Moratorium was a good thing. Besides its more obvious accomplishments, it kept us away from Providence November 15, the day of the Brown game. Some of us have come to know what the Brown game means-and doesn't mean-by watching some of these contests in the two-thirds empty Stadium. Others have not. But had it not been for the trip to Washington, even some of us who were aware of the game's tradition might have gone to that contest just for the sake of making a trip to Providence. There you can see the Peter Pan Bus Terminal, the room in the YMCA where Rogers Williams College students learn math, and the Beef and Bun. In fact, Cap'n Crunch recommends a trip to Providence today, at about 1:30 p.m.

We are blessed this weekend for the second straight time with a group of four rather unimportant games. We'll proceed in ascending order of importance.

DARTMOUTH-CORNELL: Obviously, Dartmouth is going to win, and I'm not going to be stupid enough to predict otherwise. And being in Ithaca isn't going to be the disadvantage one might expect since Jim Buckley, Senator Jim Buckley, who is reportedly a big fan of Bob Blackman because of his ability to win by such a large margin, will be in Ithaca to cheer the Indians and pick up pointers from Blackman. While Dartmouth is fussing about its national statistics, Ed Marinaro will be doing the same. He may have real trouble with the Dartmouth defense and thus drop in the listing of rushing leaders. Anyway, if Cornell needed two touchdowns in the final two minutes to beat Brown, we can't expect much today. And we don't. Dartmouth 39, Cornell 14.

PRINCETON-YALE: Somehow last year, Yale beat Princeton, apparently in the same sort of way that Harvard downed the Tigers last Saturday. There is no reason why the Elis shouldn't chalk up another win today. On both defense and offense they are superior to Princeton, and the game is to be played in front of a Yale crowd. Surely, we'd have to expect the Tigers to be eliminated from the Big Three title race. But anything can happen in football. Princeton 24, Yale 3.

PENN-COLUMBIA: Unfortunately, this game won't be all it was cracked up to be way back in September. Football aficionados were flocking to the ticket offices then to get seats for what everyone predicted would be a showdown for the Ivy League cellar. Now it appears that only seventh place is at stake since Brown made such an early-season rush for the coveted cellar, emblematic of a school which places scholarship over athletic prowess. Dartmouth, of course, has never finished last. There should be a lot of passing thanks to Poncho Micir, Don Jackson, and all the liquor in the stands, and when everyone finally gets to go home, the winner will be Columbia, 31-21.

HARVARD-BROWN: Bring your sleeping bag. You may get tired, and there's going to be lots of room to stretch out. I can imagine the Crimson's losing, but I have to try hard. Harvard is in the rare position of avenging a loss to the Bruins and will be well aware of what can happen if there is a letup in effort. We may be entertained by some fine running by both sides, and by at least one halftime show. Cap'n Crunch put his whipper snapper to work on this one and decided on the Crimson, 42-7.