Authority and Responsibility.

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:--

A "possible harm" from the CRIMSON's discussion of the rowing situation which Coach Herrick did not mention is the prolixity of letters, which may rival that of the anti-beer campaign.

Coach Herrick is perfectly right in his contention about the power of the Athletic Committee. No difficulty is insurmountable as long as that body "has authority to regulate all sports." But in the present situation, that is not the issue. Are we going to allow this power to die through inertia, and hope the necessity for its resurrection may never come, and that it will, never be appealed to, or shall we insist on a closer relation between authority and responsibility?

The possibility of a dissension is always present; why not remove that, and likewise the discontent, by bringing the crew to a parallel with the other sports? H. F. SMITH '16.