The National Football Rules Committee will meet this morning at 10 o'clock at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, to discuss changes in the present rules to suit next season's play. As the terms of seven members of the Committee expire on January 1, it is understood that these men will be re-appointed today, and the Committee will be empowered to prepare final rules for 1907. According to statements made by several members of the Committee, there will be no radical changes this year, the only alterations being a few minor ones. Coach W. T. Reid, Jr., '01 will attend the meeting.

At a meeting of prominent officials held in Philadelphia on November 30, expressions of opinion as to the best changes in the rules included: revision of the rules in regard to the forward pass, no increase in the number of downs, the abolition of the rule prohibiting tackling below the knees, an increase in the length of the halves to thirty-five minutes, the abolition of the second umpire, that the control of the condition and progress of the ball be the duty of the referee, and the actions of the players that of the umpire.