The decisive action taken by the Executive Committee of the I. C. A. A. A. A. in regard to the registration demands of the A. A. U. brings the question of the registration of college athletes to a climax, and we believe clearly defines college feeling. From the beginning a rule making it necessary for an amateur athlete recognized as such by the I. C. A. A. A. A. regulations to purchase recognition from the Union, has seemed farcical to say the least, and now that the rule has had the effect of decreasing the number of college competitors in open meets, the time has come for its repeal as far as the I. C. A. A. A. A. is concerned.

The rather ludicrous part of the whole proceeding is, that the A. A. U. is laboring under the delusion that what the college athlete objects to first of all is the payment of one dollar, and therefore with the design f humoring the I. C. A. A. A. A. committee, they have kindly consented to reduce the charge to fifty cents. Very likely the charge of $1.00 has kept a number of novices from competing, but that is not the point. The A. A. U. must understand that if an amateur is recognized as such by the Intercollegiate Association, he does not need an additional certificate. When an athlete is allowed by his college to compete in its name and is recognized by the Intercollegiate Association, his position is unimpeachable, while any professional under an alias who can get three real or fictitious characters to sign his registration blank, will be recognized by the A. A. U. Registration Committee simply because they have no grounds on which to question his standing, or do not attempt to question it.

To sum up then: The attempt of the A. A. U. to make registration general in its effect on college athletes has put a check on amateur sport. An examination of the entry lists of recent contests held under the A. A. U. rules is sufficient to prove this. Further, college opinion has so crystallized that the I. C. A. A. A. A. has demanded as its rights "absolute exemption of all its members from the registration scheme of the A. A. U." There the matter stands. The Intercollegiate Association is far from wishing a break with the A. A. U. The A. A. U. can fill its place and fill it well; that is recognized. But it is not the place of the A. A. U. to decided the amateurism of a college athlete.