Note and Comment.

At last we are on the tide wave of advance, and hope to send a team to Mott Haven. On looking over the records, it will be found that Williams won first prizes in the one hundred yards dash and quarter-mile run, in 1876, the first year of the annual meetings. Now, why has she so ignominiously failed to hold her own since that day? Simply through a lamentable lack of enthusiasm. When we think that other colleges of our size are training a dozen or twenty men, we ought to feel rather "tired." In fact, the reputation we have so calmly earned of caring little or nothing for field athletics, is, to say the least, disgraceful. The plan, as we understand it, is follows: - all those desirous of competing will please hand their names to the directors as soon as possible, together with the events they intend to enter, that an open eye may be kept on them and some system of training prepared. It is folly for us to expect to do much, but let us drag out of this slough of despond instantly. For the benefit of those who may be inclined to compete, we add a table of times that must be made before any person can hope to find his name on the list of fortunate aspirants: one-mile run, 5 minutes; one-half mile run, 2 minutes 10 seconds; one quarter mile run, 55 seconds; two-hundred and twenty yards dash, 24 seconds; one hundred yards dash, 11 seconds; hurdle race, 19 seconds; two-mile bicycle, 7 minutes 10 seconds. If convenient, there will be a trial of the different men on Saturday, May 22, one week before the inter-collegiate meeting. Come, turn out, train hard, and give our own records, at least, a hard pull.- Williams Fortnight.