REJUVENATION

There is one major Harvard sport which has been perhaps more notable for lean years than any other during the past decade; that is track. Stars there have been scattered through the decade, but lonely stars without even good, average settings. A kind of vicious circle of cause and effect was set in motion. Harvard was not considered much of a "track" college, track was relegated to a quasi position between the major and the minor sports, and secondary school track stars were magnetized away by the prowess of Yale or Princeton or Cornell.

Three years ago Coach Bingham took charge with the idea of creating a winning team willy nilly and thereupon created a team which beat Yale. From the results of the meet on Saturday night it is evident that coach Farrell has had the same intentions and is carrying them through. After many years Harvard has produced two relay teams of which it has every reason to be proud. Whether a brightening track reputation will bring school stars flocking to the University "with cap and knee" does not much matter. What is heartening is that thanks to Coach Farrell a new spirit has been infused into this sport, a spirit comparable to that which has prevailed in football since the regime of Percy Haughton--the spirit of fighting to the end for victory.