SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1904.

Certain statements about the class of 1907, made in the CRIMSON's editorial of yesterday, have been considered in some quarters as unjustifiable. If the CRIMSON has created an impression which does injury to the men of that class, it unqualifiedly withdraws the statements in question and apologizes for them as publicly as it made them.

About the main points on which the editorial was based, however, the CRIMSON feels that its convictions were correct. A possible exception may be the case involving athletics. In mentioning the impression of "backwardness" given by the class in its Freshman year, particularly in the case of class football, reference was made not to the results of its athletic efforts but rather to the spirit in which the class acted. The basis for that statement was the reports of the coaches, on which frequent editorial appeals to the class were made; if those statements were incorrect, the CRIMSON regrets that it fostered a wrong impression. As to the present achievements of the class in connection with the Union, the CRIMSON feels very strongly but trusts, now that the class realizes its failure in this respect, that it will do its duty. The crew management is a minor consideration.

If the CRIMSON's statements have been wrong, criticism lies in the undue strength with which they were made. If the impression created has involved injury to the class of 1907 beyond the power of this editorial to repair, it remains for the class, by its actions, to correct such mistaken ideas in regard to it, as may still exist. The CRIMSON is confident that it will do so.