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The Crimson complains that the athletic meetings are rendered uninteresting and "boresome" by the candidates for the general excellence prize doing the same feats over and over again. This the Crimson hardly thinks a necessary evil, "but if it is," the editorial concludes, "then by all means let us do away with that prize." We do not deny that the events of the meetings are often rendered uninteresting by the repetition of feats, but this objection applies not only to the candidates for general excellence, but to all who are contesting for the prize in almost any event. We must, therefore, either do away with the prizes, or submit sometimes to be bored. But perhaps the Crimson means that the institution of the general excellence prize induces men to entering events in which they can do but little good work. This may to some extent be the case, and if this were carried to an extreme, there would be good reason for doing away with the prize for general excellence. But so far is this from being the case that one of the chief arguments for giving the prize is that it induces a larger number of entries, and brings out good men in events which otherwise they would not have thought of entering. It is to be regretted that in our gymnasium athletics we cannot do away with the necessity for the repetition of feats, but this presumes a much higher standard of excellence than we can hope to attain. On the whole, we think that the contest for general excellence will be of great benefit in bringing out good men, and another year, when there will be a good opening for this prize, we hope to see a large number of contestants.