We are glad that it has been decided to have no formal decision rendered in the Harvard-Yale joint debate. An effort was made, we understand, to make arrangements for the rendering of such a decision, but from several causes it fell through. There would have been little to gain by the giving of a formal decision on the merits of the debate. It would not have settled at all any question regarding the general oratorical and debating abilities of the two colleges, but would have been, on the whole, rather an undignified ending to the debate. It is altogether best that no general decision should be given.

In this connection we should like to suggest that the subject for the second debate between Harvard and Yale be of a more collegiate and less political nature. There are plenty of such subjects which would prove of general interest and which would give an equally good chance for the debaters to exhibit their skill. We hope that steps will be taken for the choice of such a topic. In the arrangement for the first debate which is to be held at Cambridge the Harvard Union has been most commendably energetic. The management of that meeting will leave little to be desired.