HANDS ACROSS THE STADIA

One of the arguments most frequently heard in support of intercollegiate athletics is the fact that they offer an opportunity for contact and understanding between the undergraduates of the various institutions involved. Just how effective the usual type of football weekend is as a good will tour will always remain a bit of a problem, but certain it is that there are potentialities in this direction which deserve development.

In the case of the Harvard-West Point game the opportunities for informal contact between any large numbers of the visitors and those who are nominally their hosts are strictly limited both by military rule and the shortness of the Army's stay. Virtually the only means of contact between the men of the two institutions is that afforded by the welcoming committee. Those in charge of this years group have wisely planned for an unusually large committee, a provision which should make for much greater informality and flexibility than the old plan of assigning but a few men to do the honors of the Yard.

With one hundred men detailed to look after the visitors, there should be no need or excuse for the usual information bureau type of hospitality. Each man need be responsible for but a small group of West Pointers and so feel free to enter into an easier intimacy with his guests than has been possible heretofore.