NEW HAVEN, Oct. 19, 1895.

The university world as well as the public has perhaps heard quite enough of the football controversy. It is sufficient in discussing the matter to say that both institutions at heart regret the loss of the annual meeting. Of course recent decisions have had no influence on the move, but the plan of developing the English game of Rugby Union has been advanced by the Alumni Weekly and will probably receive some attention.

What effect this game would have on the present one is hard to forecast, but it surely possesses certain advantages in the opportunity offered to light men. Mr. Camp, in an article advocating the plan, considers that the games might be developed side by side at an advantage, besides giving a much larger number of men a chance to take part in the sports. That Harvard will play Princeton in football is welcome news to all. Each university has considered the other its inferior for some years, and a game cannot be otherwise than a close struggle. As the meeting will take place on College grounds all taint of the too great publicity of university sports will be removed and the position of the game naturally strengthened.

The work of the football squad during the week has been most satisfactory to the coaches. In the Dartmouth game the play was fast and snappy, a decided contrast to some of the earlier exhibitions. The freshman material is being worked hard, but as yet few men heavy enough to be of much use can be found. A balance of $2,286.39 is shown by the report of the Financial Union for the last year. This sum is left after meeting all expenses of the Cambridge games and the annual subscription to the Field Fund. The fact that no increase is recorded in the number of students enrolled seems to be a heavy weight on the public press and with the usual ingenuity of that body the state of affairs has been generally explained. To these commentators the Alumni Weekly replies in a comprehensive editorial which closes with the statement that "no body about the university is seriously worried over the condition of the institution." If it were known that the standard of the Scientific School had been raised enough to throw out a large number of men on the entrance examinations perhaps people at large would not express such surprise.

The first regular meeting of the Union was no less a success than the opening session of last week. The question for debate was handled with unusual care and the attendance was much larger than at any time during the past year. Better men have gone into the work with the determination to develop it and place it on a strong footing.

YALE NEWS.