COMMENT

Harvard University, whose tradition is to strive fiercely toward eminence in athletics, has installed a new director of outdoor sports, Dr. Charles Whelan, who proposes to surround his track team, in their track room at Soldiers Field, with photographs of star Yale and Princeton athletes of the past, alongside photographs of former Harvard captains. An elaborate motion picture equipment has been provided for use in the field, to show contrasting achievements of various teams and individuals. Three mirrors are to be bought, one set upon rollers and used at practice to show "form" and another anchored at a certain spot, all to the same end. The track room is also provided with ten rubbing tables and a phonograph, "with the latest records," besides a complaint box for criticism or suggestions.

Harvard University has sometimes been misjudged by the ignorant or the feather-headed as a community where unessential are too highly regarded; experience of years and the cool impartiality of the record alike lead to the conclusion that at Harvard there is a valuable freedom from self-consciousness rather to be envied than decried. Too many undergraduate bodies--and too many persons long outside the academic enclosure--are so keenly concerned lest somebody else think lightly of their actions, that they neglect action for stodgy speculation. Before now, Harvard has had good ideas which she was not afraid to put in practice. NEW YORK EVENING SUN.