The Yale News of Thursday contains an account of a meeting of the Yale freshman class that is thoroughly characteristic of Yale. The meeting was called to discuss what action the class thought best to take on the arrangement of the first freshman ball game with Harvard. After considerable discussion about the correspondence on the subject that had already passed between New Haven and Cambridge, one of the speakers, Mr. Goodwin, declared that "upon consultation with a large number of upper classmen, and upon finding the views of the class on the subject, he thought that the whole college would sustain the freshmen demanding to have the first game played in New Haven on the 24th of May or not at all. Upon unanimous agreement it was resolved to have Mr. Goodwin's views communicated to the Harvard nine." We do not doubt that Mr. Goodwin was entirely right in stating that the whole college would support the freshman in this demand, or in anything else the freshmen might determine upon, although the remarks of the Courant hardly point that way. But it is this blind support that Yale always gives all her organizations, without regard to the justice of their position, that we complain of.

As Yale seems determined in this matter, it rests entirely with the management of our freshmen nine whether or not we are to have the annual contest this year. If the Harvard freshmen are willing to swallow the threats of Yale and yield in a case where they have right on their side, the usual game will be played at New Haven on the twenty-fourth of next month. If, on the contrary, the Harvard freshmen decide that the time has come for a stop to Yale encroachments, the game will probably be abandoned and the Yale freshmen can march to their fence in peace. The attitude of the upper-class men at Harvard is not at all a matter of doubt ; they look to the freshmen to claim their rights regardless of consequences. Whether '87 is willing to give up the game or play the game on any conditions, is a question for that class to decide.