FOOTLESS CRITICISM.

If we had time for such minor considerations it would be interesting to discuss the psychological aspect of undergraduate criticism. Apparently everyone is blaming the next man for lack of confidence in the team, while the only ones to surrender are a few half-hearted graduates who are anxious to gain money and universal odium by the use of their pens. The sooner these "Cassandras" find out that they are talking to their own hurt, the better it will be for them and for every one who has the interest of the Harvard team at heart.

Last night, in the rain, one of the largest parades of undergraduates which has ever assembled marched over Cambridge and cheered until they were hoarse. Does that indicate that the men who have backed the team throughout the season are running to cover under the so-called "Harvard indifference," merely because we have two defeats behind us and a hard game ahead? Let us ignore technical perfection for a few days. No team ever won a real victory by that alone, and many "invincible" teams have learned that the right sort of a fight will disturb the most thoroughly perfected plans.

Next Saturday Yale's renowned offence and Mr. Camp's skill will be opposed by a less impressive team developed by coaches of less experience. But the Harvard team is made up of strong players, and of fighters who will use everything they know to win a victory. Let the undergraduates do all that is in their power to assure the team that the University is behind them to a man, and that no one who is worth while will admit defeat any more than the players themselves.