A STEP FORWARD.

To see in the first year of the Freshman dormitories, a change so vital in the history of Harvard athletics, and so broadly in favor of general participation, as the reorganization of football methods is intensely gratifying. The records of Freshman teams undoubtedly will suffer; but the record of a Freshman team is a small thing ten years from now as compared with the good derived from the encouragement of general exercise. In the furthering of general athletics for Freshmen, it becomes apparent what part a good, conveniently located gymnasium would play. That, more than any one change, would be of aid in the development of well-rounded men. Until it comes, however, much can be done by reorganization such as the proposed one, if skillfully handled.