The secretary of the H. A. A. has given notice that the entries for the first winter meeting will close tonight. There seems to be some danger that those men intending to enter may forget the regulation in regard to physical examination. For their benefit, therefore, we reprint in another column the standing rule as passed by the athletic committee. It will be noticed by the text of this regulation that disregard of it will bring upon the offender a severe penalty. Owing to this stringency, there seems to be little danger that the rule hereafter will not work itself out. At present, however, lestmen may have forgotten the exact nature and penalty of the regulation, the committee wishes to give contestants fair warning of what is required of them.

We have occasionally heard some grumbling that the rule was unnecessarily strict. As a matter of fact the results in the case have more than warranted the increased stringency. Some years ago parents used to complain that their sons, in an attempt to contest when not physically able, were sometimes seriously hurt. The rule which was then passed for a remedy proved insufficient. For a year or so past, it has been found to work very unsatisfactorily. The regulation now in effect was the only reasonable and thorough solution of the difficulty.