"PRE-WAR" AND "PRESENT"

The "Varsity Club,"--that organization which has appeared like a "club without a purpose" to the average undergraduate,--has taken a step that will do much toward freeing itself of such a label by planning a series of luncheons for the "H" men in the vicinity of Boston,--both graduate and undergraduate. In this way the club will do a great deal for athletics at Harvard by establishing a closer connection between the present and past Crimson athletes, and thus helping to revive the athletic traditions which the war has interrupted. Last spring the many breaches of athletic discipline" which shocked a large number of former Harvard letter-men were attributed largely to the lapse which made such a gap in the customs of Soldiers Field. "Mike" seemed to be the only connecting link between "pre-war" and "present."

At that time, in co-operation with the President of the Club, the CRIMSON recommended closer contact between past and present athletes as the best cure, and the new scheme is the outcome of this idea.

"Luncheons for H men" will b of great value to the first-rate athlete, but will exclude a larger group,--the substitute, and the loyal "reoter" who is equally anxicus to revive his connection with the past. Only those who have been fortunate enough to hear Jimmy Knox tell his stories about former Harvard Yale games can realize how much an acquaintance with football history contributes to the interest and enthusiasm of the spectator. A series of talks in the Union under the auspices of the Varsity Club on "Harvard's Athletic History," given by the men who made it, would certainly be enthusiastically received by the college as a whole. Such a plan would make the Club a thoroughly useful adjunct to the life of the college: It would not only offer entertainment to the undergraduate, but greatly increase his interest in and loyalty to the athletes who wear the Crimson on the field, rival and track.