The Harvard Crimson of the 1st inst. contained a report of a plan proposed at a meeting of the Harvard Base-Ball Association, for the union of the different athletic organizations of the university. The prime objects of this union are the regulation of expenses and consolidation of athletic interests. I should like to see such an union formed here. It certainly could do no harm and probably would be very beneficial. It would undoubtedly be more economical, for, as the system is at present, there is a tendency to extravagance. Each association receives subscriptions and makes expenditures independent of the others and has a separate set of officers. This is of course necessary, but, if a committee or advisory board of men unconnected with any team, whose supervision should extend over all the associations and should have the power to remove any officer who should be found incompetent for his position, the result would doubtless be advantageous to all interests concerned. As I understand it, the foot-ball and base ball associations are at present not only self-supporting, but even have a surplus in the treasury, while the navy and athletic associations have to depend largely upon subscriptions for support. One of the rules of the constitution of the proposed consolidation at Harvard is that, if a surplus remains at the end of the year in the treasury of any of the associations represented after all the expenses have been paid, it must be turned over to the committee to be expended by it as it may seem fit, but for athletics. In this manner the surplus in the treasury of those of our organizations that are self-supporting could be used to aid the navy and the other organizations in the union, which have to depend upon subscriptions for support. It is obvious that this consolida-would not work to advantage unless all the associations joined and should not be entered into under any other considerations; but a compact of all the athletic interests bound by a sound constitution could not fail to be both economical and beneficial to the college.

I would therefore be pleased to see a union formed at Yale modeled somewhat after that proposed at Harvard c.

Communication in Yale News.