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In connection with the editorial which appeared in our last issue, and which defended the application of the term "'varsity" to our college teams, we wish to offer the following brief account of the origin of the word in question. The word "'varsity" comes to us from the English universities. It was first used on the "bumping-course" at Oxford, where the "bargemen" dubbed the Oxford University eight, "the 'Varsity." This word was speedily adopted by the college men at large, and before long it made its appearance in America.
This short explanation as to its origin adds another word in defence of the continued employment of this disputed term. - Princetonian.
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