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Harvard men will have a chance this evening to show in a more acceptable way some of the enthusiasm which the celebration of last week has proved to exist. For many years there has been no event in athletics equal in importance to that which we take pleasure in announcing this morning. The gift of Mr. Higginson is unsurpassed alike in generosity and in the direct benefit it will bestow upon athletics. Through his munificence the problem of accommodation for athletic sports has been satisfactorily solved. Harvard is to have a magnificent field, as large as all the grounds now in use. The soil of the new field is better than that of Norton's Field, and can be made ready for use with little difficulty. As soon as that is put into shape, work will be begun upon the adjacent swamp land belonging to the college, and this will be gradually reclaimed, until at the end of twenty years, Harvard will have the finest athletic park in the country. These grounds, too, are within only seven or eight minutes walk of the yard, and close by the Weld boat house, which has already become a centre of attraction. When the university boat house is moved up to the new field and tennis courts and ball grounds are laid but there, the athletic interest of the college will turn as much to the new grounds across the river as to Holmes Field, and perhaps more.

The donor of this magnificent gift is already well known to the public as a generous and public-spirited man. He is especially respected by Harvard men as a liberal giver in response to appeals from the university. Year after year he has made generous bequests in an unobtrusive way, until, even before his last gift, he stood among the first of Harvard's benefactors. Now he has shown his loyalty to the students' interests in a way that must make every man personally grateful. Tonight Harvard men will have an opportunity to make his acquaintance. No true son of Harvard will neglect to avail himself of this opportunity and do his best to give Mr. Higginson a rousing welcome.