The Mail

(No letters of more than 200 words will ordinarily be printed. The editors of the SERVICE NEWS reserve the right to out letters before publication.)

To the Editors of this SERVICE NEWS:

As just one of the guys who likes to play lacrosse, I feel that your recent criticism of the Harvard lacrosse team was unfair, uninformed, and discouraging. Unfair to my teammates, only four of whom ever played lacrosse before,--yet who come out a afternoons, at least anxious to learn, and to play on a Harvard team during their short stay here.

Uninformed, certainly. Lacrosse is a contact game and those unfamiliar with the rules have little right to publish their ignorance, representing fight and spirit as sadistic brawling by a gang of "sore losers." Discouraging to all Harvard men who are proud of their teams, who want to see hard-fought, yes, clean games.

The lacrosse team has been a poor team. Whose fault is that? The best coach can't make a goo team of ten out of not more than twenty, for the most part novices.

The SERVICE NEWS could perform a real service if it set about encouraging the student body to take advantage of the coaching and facilities offered here at Harvard, instead of taking pride in witty fault-finding. Give us a break, and at the same time encourage athletics; Harvard needs them. A member of the team.   Howie Foster.