HELPING MINOR SPORTS.

The fairest criticism of collegiate football and the one hardest to refute is that the system pets and coddles the few giants who can bring victory to the College and neglects the greater part of the student body, those who really need the physical development to be gained from athletics. Harvard comes under this criticism particularly because it is a large College and most of its sports offer no opportunity for the man of average ability.

The report of the Graduate Treasurer which is printed in this morning's CRIMSON shows a marked tendency in the right direction in this matter of caring for the man who is not a star. The expenditures for practically all minor sports show an increase over those for the year before.

This added attention to the minor sports is a policy for which the Athletic Association is to be heartily commended.