The long-awaited conference with the Yale committee on athletics, to be held this evening, will be a matter of great interest to both colleges. As far as Harvard is concerned the result may be received with confidence. Whatever the outcome is, we may rest assured that it will be reached only by the vote of a committee of able and experienced athletes, unanimous in their opinions and actions. At the head of the committee is Professor Ames, also a member of the Athletic committee. He is well known to be thoroughly familiar with college athletics, and will be able to supervise any written document with a lawyer's clearness. Next best known, perhaps, is Mr. S. E. Winslow, captain of the famous '85 nine. No graduate can have more respect and confidence than a man who built a champion team out of a nine which had been ingloriously defeated the year before. With his generalship and experience in base ball to help guide our policy, we may be sure that our nine will not suffer. The crew will have for one of its representatives, Mr. H. W. Keyes, who is at present acting as coach, and is looked to by the college to teach Harvard a winning stroke. Mr. W. H. Goodwin, Jr., is famous as a record-breaker in running, and a former supporter of the crimson at the Mott Haven games. He has kept up an active interest in athletics since his graduation, and can be depended upon to act for the greatest good of track and field athletics. Besides these graduates the committee will consist of the captains of the four teams, with Mr. J. H. Hunt of the H. A. A. as secretary. A stronger committee could hardly be suggested. With such representatives, unanimously decided upon a policy which has been adopted as the result of thorough discussion, Harvard may fell confident of making satisfactory arrangements with Yale, and maintaining a dignified attitude. If steps are taken toward a dual league, they should be accepted as for the best interest of the college. If the conference comes to an end without such action, we must make up our minds to do without any league at all this year.