THE HARVARD FRESHMEN OUGHT TO ROW YALE.

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON : Now that the Yale freshmen have refused, and I may almost say properly so, the challenge of Ninety to row on the Charles, after the race at New London, is there not an alternative?

Surely there are many sheets of water not far from either Cambridge or New Haven where three crews could row without one being at any disadvantage. Then why should not the Harvard, Columbia and Yale freshmen row on one of these, Lake Quinsigamond, for example?

Ninety has as good a crew, as far as can be ascertained at this time, as most of the preceding freshmen, and why should they be afraid to risk a race with Yale?

Columbia would probably agree to whatever Harvard should propose in this line, and as Yale has always been the most prominent competitor in all athletics, she should not be shut out of the freshman races without very good reasons. If this scheme is found practicable, there is no reason why Ninety should not create a precedent of having Yale in the freshman races, as they have little reason to be afraid of being beaten on an even course.

X. C. L.