About this time last winter the college papers recommended in strong terms that athletes, foot-ball men especially, should embrace the opportunity for exercise afforded by the lacrosse team. In spite of the general call for candidates made by the lacrosse men very few out of the large number of desirable athletes chose to come out and practice. This was a great mistake. The simple principles of lacrosse do very much to perfect a player in the points requisite for foot-ball, while they give him a test of speed and endurance necessary for track athletics. One of the most brilliant and successful players of last year's Princeton team owes his preeminence in dodging to his lacrosse training. Princeton has already waked up to the necessity of spring training for her foot-ball men, and the papers are urging them to take up lacrosse, on the ground that it will give them many points which will be of advantage to foot-ball players.

Besides our lacrosse team is not only the champion college team but the champion amateur team of the United States, and it is no small honor to play on it. The cage in the gymnasium offers an excellent opportunity of learning the rudiments of the game and the points which will enable men to use their natural abilities with full effect. Now, therefore, seems to be the time to take this matter into consideration and to begin practicing for the spring season. But whether the candidate succeeds in securing a position on the team, or not, he may rest assured that he is adopting the best possible means for improving himself for almost any branch of out-door athletics.