Harvard has been the first to lay emphasis on the idea that college athletic games should be played on college grounds. It is interesting to see that the principle has met approval elsewhere. We are not ourselves convinced that the principle is altogether feasible: it is certainly best, all things considered, to select such grounds as will give gate receipts large enough to make private subscriptions to the teams unnecessary; and tie games cannot well be played on the grounds of either of the competing teams.

On the other hand, it is plain that, with due regard for business management, it is practical to approach the ideal more nearly than has been done in the past. The games in New York are recognized to be of very questionable value to college athletics, and the innovation, suggested by the Harvard management this year, of playing a tie game on the grounds of another college, was well made. The success with which this was realized will, we are confident, cause many other college games to be arranged on the same plan.