MANAGERSHIP CONTESTS.

As already stated, the CRIMSON believes that our system of financing minor athletic teams-or rather, attempting to finance them-by subscription is doomed. How then, it is asked, shall we be able to choose the right undergraduates to manage our teams?

The present managers are the first ones to admit that as a competition collecting subscriptions is a farce. No one can judge of a man's qualifications to manage a team by his ability to collect money from the students; and the managers are therefore taking into account the candidates' general fitness to do the necessary work. The result is unsatisfactory to everyone-to the managers, who are placed in an unpleasant position; and to the candidates, who frequently feel that they have been unjustly dealt with.

The CRIMSON feels that if a competition is to be held at all, its terms should be strictly adhered to; but believes that under present conditions any kind of competition is as undersirable as the subscription nuisance itself. Although open to numerous objections, by far the most rational plan yet suggested is to allow a nominating committee, - composed perhaps of the president of the class from which the candidates are to be chosen, and the captains and managers of the four major sports, - to pick five men whose qualifications are generally admitted. Then let the class choose a winner.

Under this system there could be no unjust charges of favoritism, no difficult choices devolving upon the managers, and, best of all, no attempt to bolster up a competition for the sake of drawing out the comparative qualities of the candidates.