We publish in this morning's CRIMSON the "Articles of Agreement" submitted by the Harvard Conference committee on Athletics to the corresponding Yale Committee at a meeting held in New York, Saturday, March 29. The Yale Committee, we are informed, were unable to agree to these Articles, but announced that they would have them published in the Yale News, Tuesday, April 1, and brought before the body of the students of their university Friday, April 12.

The vital points of disagreement are two. First, Yale desires only one game of football annually between the university "elevens" and that in New York, whereas Harvard desires two games, one at Cambridge, the other at New Haven or New York as Yale shall elect (Article V. S 2). Secondly, Yale wishes and Harvard does not wish to exclude from the teams special students in the Academic and Scientific departments (Article II).

In the original proposition submitted at a conference held in Springfield, February 14, 1890, Harvard proposed two games of football annually, one at Cambridge and one at New Haven. Yale urged that New York, by reason of the large body of its graduates resident in or near that city, was to Yale what Boston is to Harvard, and was unwilling to negotiate further until an attempt had been made to induce the Harvard Athletic Committee to make an exception to the so-called New England rule and allow a football game in New York on Thanksgiving Day. In difference to this wish of Yale and to the strong desire of Harvard graduates resident in New York, as expressed by two of the New York members of the Board of Overseers, the Athletic Committee, believing that, if certain steps could be taken by the two universities in the direction of purifying athletics, the gain thereby secured would more than offset the disadvantages of making a single departure from the principle of college games on college grounds, decided to make the desired exception in favor of the Thanksgiving football game for three years, provided the two universities would agree upon the following points:

(1). That beginning not later than 1892, membership in university teams be confined to members of the Academic and Scientific departments whether candidates for the A. B. and B. S. degrees or special students.

(2). That some effective provision be made for the selection of umpires and referees in football with a view to securing men of the requisite age and character to enforce the rules.

(3). That the disqualification of a member of a football team for rough play in violation of the rules give the opposing team a certain number of points.

(4). That there be two football games annually of which one shall be in Cambridge.

(5). That distinct provision be made for the submitting of lists of players and substitutes of the teams and for the settlement of controversies as to eligibility a reasonable time before the opening of the athletic seasons.

(6). That with the exception of the boat-races and the football games in New York all contests between the two universities be upon the home grounds of one or the other.

These points are all included in the revised proposition. The Harvard Conference Committee had neither the ability nor the inclination to make any further concession. We believe that the great body of her graduates and undergraduates will agree with them and with the Athletic Committee that the plan of having all the football games in New York is not to be entertained.

The exclusion of the college special students is equally inadmissible, since it would impose upon Harvard a handicap without compensation, Much odium, it is true, has attached, hitherio, in athletic matters to special students. But the objectionable practices have been confined to special students in the professional schools, between whom and the special students in the academic and scientific departments there is the widest difference. The special student in the professional schools is admitted without examination, is not required to attend any exercise or pass any examination subsequent to admission, and is subject to no supervision whatever, being supposed to be of an age to look after himself. The college special student, on the other hand, is admitted only after satisfying a committee of the faculty of his competency to pursue with profit the college courses, is required to attend regularly the college exercises and pass the same examinations as regular students, and is subject to a stricter supervision than any other body of students at the University. By a rule of the Committee on Athletics, in order to play on an athletic team he must take the same number of courses that is required of regular students. If he falls behind in his studies, he is at once by college authority put upon probation, and this, by a faculty rule, disqualifies him from taking part in intercollegiate athletic contests. He competes for honors on an equality with regular students, is treated by the latter as belonging to the class entering at the same time with himself and differs from the regular students mainly in the fact that he has not had the same preliminary training that they have had. It is believed that in point of age and general attainments, the college special students at Harvard would rank fully with the students of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale.

In the light of these facts, these "Articles" can hardly fail to commend themselves as reasonable and equally fair to both parties. The consummation of the so-called dual arrangement is generally conceded to be for the advantage of both universities. It is hoped that Yale will see her way to accept Harvard's proposition, which, it will be observed, leaves each university free to make such arrangements with other colleges as may be thought desirable.