The faculty has upheld its athletic committee, and inter-collegiate foot ball has been prohibited. This decision of the faculty has not been unexpected, of course, but there has been nevertheless considerable hope that the friends of foot ball within the faculty, aided by efforts of the students, might succeed in giving the latter an opportunity to rid the game of its objectionable features. In this hope, however, we have been defeated and nothing remains but for us to accept the situation with as good a grace as possible.

We think, however, that the circumstances which led to this decision should be thoroughly understood. The committee which was chosen at the mass meeting of the students to prepare a petition to the faculty; offering to play with amended rules and to make such changes as seemed necessary, has fulfilled its duty by simply asking for another postponement of the entire question. As this committee had almost a month to accomplish its work and as the faculty had already granted us one delay, this last request was naturally refused. We regret that inter-collegiate foot ball has been prohibited, and this regret is but intensified when we are informed that to all outward appearances, every effort was not made by the students' representatives.