CAMBRIDGE, March 3, 1893.

N. H. Swayne, 2d, Manager of Yale University B. B. A., New Haven. Conn.

DEAR SIR. - Your letter, bearing date of March 1st, was not received until this morning.

We share your desire to bring about a reform in intercollegiate athletics and differ only as to the method of attaining our common object. As I wrote you in my letter of Feb. 17th, we think the new rules should be uniform for all the sports; that they should be permanent, and not for a single year; and that they should not go into so immediate operation as to, debar students who are now at the university and eligible under existing conditions. We believe also that Harvard being a university, should be represented by university teams rather than by college teams.

Acting upon these principles our athletic organizations have, after careful consideration, drawn up a set of rules, which shall regulate hereafter the constitution of our athletic teams. It had been planned to publish these rules next Monday. But we are very glad, in response to your letter, to make them known at once, and accordingly enclose herewith a copy of our plan of reform.

Since you have quoted the opinion of the chairman of our Athletic Committee, Professor Ames desires me to say that he still believes that the adoption of the undergraduate rule would be a great gain to intercollegiate athletics, but that he also believes a still greater gain would be accomplished by combining with a time limitation of four years, as in our Rule 3, the more stringent measure recommended by Mr. Walter Camp, excluding students who have not resided one year at the university, to which our Rule 2 is a close approximation.

The statement in your letter in regard to Harvard's attitude at the Athletic Association meeting in New York last Saturday requires correction. Harvard voted against Swathmore's amendment, requiring one year's residence solely because it was proposed to put the rule into immediate operation.

It is a great satisfaction to us to be assured of your readiness to arrange for the season's games. Nothing could be fairer than your proposition and we hope that our reply will convince you of our readiness to cooperate with you in your attempt to purify athletics.

Yours sincerelyLEWIS D. HILL,Manager of H. U. B. B. C.The set of rules referred to is given below: