It may not be out of place here to point out that even this rule is incomplete, and needs many additions to render it useful and binding. In order that each college may not decide for itself, who is a professional, and who is not, a definition of the meaning of the word, as here employed, would be both advantageous and necessary.

Rule three provides:

"That no college organizations shall row, or play base-ball, foot-ball, lacrosse, or cricket, except with similar organizations from their own or other institutions of learning."

In regard to this rule, we must object strongly to a limitation, which, if enforced, would deprive our crew of the right of rowing an amateur race with such crews as that of the Union Boat Club of Boston, or the Narragansetts: which would deprive our foot-ball eleven of the privilege of playing games with amateur elevens from Canada, or even with a picked eleven composed of graduates from this college; our base-ball nine from playing with the Beacons, (with whom an annual series has been played in past years), our cricket eleven from playing with the amateur elevens from Philadelphia, etc., etc.

The fourth resolution provides:

"That there will be a standing committee, composed of one member from the faculty of each of the colleges adopting these regulations, whose duty it shall be to supervise all contests in which students of their respective colleges may engage, and approve all rules and regulations under which such contests may be held,"

Either the committee which it is proposed to form would be an unmeaning nonentity, having little or no power, or it would be possessed of powers whose exercise could not but be detrimental to all interest in athletics on the part of the students.

One of the purposes in organizing such a committee, would probably be to decide all questions arising between the athletic organizations of the different colleges; as these questions could not always be settled to the satisfaction of all parties, just as much ill-feeling and rancor would result as under existing methods of settlement.

As the smaller colleges, being in a large majority, would hold the balance of power, the decisions of the committee would probably tend to favor the smaller colleges at the expense of the larger ones. We believe that the undergraduates are entirely competent to make all necessary rules, to settle all disputes, either directly or by arbitration, and to exercise a general supervision over all necessary measures in their particular departments. Controversies are as likely to arise between members of a committee composed of older men as between undergraduates, as the experience of the past has shown.

All disputes which the students have attempted to settle for themselves have been amicably arranged, and no lasting ill feeling has resulted. Could a committee composed of members from various faculties do better? We think not. No committee containing human elements can be infallible, and we believe that instead of lessening the friction between athletic rivals, the committee proposed above will only change its direction.

Rule five provides:

"That no student shall be allowed to take part in any intercollegiate contest as a member of any club, team, or crew for more than four years."

The general objection to this rule is that it deals with a matter of detail, and is principally of concern to the students themselves. Its enforcement might debar bona-fide students in the Law or Medical schools, for instance, from rowing with the crew, playing on baseball, or football teams, and in general indulging in sports which are intended as a recreation. Thus a principle which is well meant, and is intended to prevent objectionable features in athletics, is vicious in its tendencies, and its advantages are outweighed by its objectionable results.

Rule six provides:

"That all inter-collegiate games of base-ball, foot-ball, lacrosse, and cricket shall take place on the home grounds of one or other or the competing colleges."