In spite of the natural chagrin felt by Harvard men at the unexpected result of the Yale game and the tendency to feel discouraged as to the outlook in football, nothing could be more unreasonable than to consider the season as a whole a serious set-back to Harvard athletics.

Much progress of a most substantial nature has been made this year, and especially in the methods of coaching and training. The development of the team has been worked out along logical lines, and after such a consistent fashion as provides a valuable basis for improvement in the future, if only the system be carried out courageously, little by little, to a higher degree of perfection, profiting by each year's experience. Several long strides in advance have been made. No permanent injuries have been received. The team plays better on the offensive than have most past Harvard teams. The defense has been unusually strong. In short it must be remembered that notwithstanding Saturday's failure, the old conditions were reversed. For the first time in years Yale's team, though a strong one, was thrown upon the defensive and was decidedly pleased with its success in avoiding defeat. There is no excuse to offer for the failure to win, but there is much satisfaction to be derived from the real strength displayed. The machine which turned out this year's team may be expected to turn out still better ones in the future.

This fall's lesson is, then, not a rebuff, bitter though its, disappointment has been. On the contrary, it should encourage perseverance. If we have the heart to stick to it, with dogged energy and conservatism, ultimate success is inevitable.