In the issue of the CRIMSON of last Friday, the executive committee of the Lawn Tennis Association announced that it had held a meeting and had chosen two of the three men who are to represent Harvard at the Intercollegiate Tournament, and that the third man would be one of two more men whom the committee named. The committee, in choosing these four men, may have selected the four best men in college; for we have no reason to believe that the committee does not know far better than any other set of men the standing of the players in college. But in the committee's action, the college has some cause for complaint that the choice is seemingly arbitrary. We are perfectly sure that the committee is far from desiring to adopt any high-handed methods; and their good intentions are shown by the fact that, in spite of the announcement of last week, several test matches will be played.

What the committee should have done, however, and what it should yet do, is to give some public notice that any man in the University who thinks he would have, in an open college tournament, a chance of being one of the representatives, may have the privilege of playing the representatives who have already been chosen. The committee should then make all arrangements for whatever matches may be necessary. In spite of the fact that no notice has been given such as we speak of, several men have come forward as contestants for a place on the Harvard team. But it is altogether propable that new men would hesitate to come out; and for their benefit the committee should give public notice that every competent player may have the chance to show his worth. In almost every former year a preliminary contest has been held which has gone far towards developing new material. The policy of the executive committee in the present instance really acts against such development.