The Princetonian of Oct. 13th says: "We had hoped, in this number, to say something definite concerning the movement among the colleges, restricting the excesses into which athletics are running. Our own faculty have, as yet, the matter under consideration, and have not therefore announced their policy. We feel confident that the spirit among the professors is decidedly favorable to athletics, and no restrictions will be made that will injure them. Whatever is done by the several colleges should be done in unison. If Harvard is forbidden to play with professional nines, it would be placing her at a disadvantage if she is the only college thus restricted. The Princeton faculty has not answered President Eliot's letter in the affirmative. The object of the whole scheme, as we understand it, is to discourage excesses in inter-collegiate contests; to encourage inter-collegiate athletics in every way possible, and to check the tendency towards professionalism. With all these aims, we believe the college at large is in sympathy, as long as we are not placed at a disadvantage in our intercollegiate series of matches."