There is nothing to be gained by prolonging the discussion between Harvard and Yale on the football question. Statements have now been issued by the athletic authorities of both universities and upon the real merits of these statements, Harvard men need have no fear to rest the issue. We should be inclined to let Manager Foote's announcement in yesterday's Yale News pass without comment, as too utterly disingenuous to deserve a can did consideration, were it not for the fact that by making it appear that Professor Ames has acted arbitrarily and even tyrannically, Mr. Foote has left it to be inferred by the general public that Harvard undergraduates have held a passive, if not, indeed a hostile attitude towards Mr. Ames's policy.

In view of the personal reflection which Yale has here implied, let it be understood distinctly, once for all, that not only are Harvard undergraduates convinced of the fairness and consistency of Professor Ames's position throughout this controversy, but that they are satisfied that every important step has been taken only after a full consideration of the opinions of Harvard men, both graduate and undergraduate; that in no case has the authority vested in the Athletic Committee by the Corporation, been used to hamper of restrict in anyway the liberty of any Harvard man to think or act as he pleased in matters of a personal nature.