A lightened football schedule for next season, featuring Colgate, Davidson, and Washington University of St. Louis, was announced by the H.A.A. last night. Missing from the schedule are Cornell, Army, and Holy Cross.

The schedule, drawn up when William J. Bingham '16 was still Director of Athletics, falls in with the policies expounded by Provost Buck as long as a year-and-a-half ago.

In March, 1950 Buck said. "We shall not over-schedule. We shall have a schedule commensurate with our material and that of our opponents... We shall look upon Yale as our traditional rival, followed closely by Princeton... We shall not schedule games in terms of possible ticket sales."

Shepard at Davidson

The CRIMSON last year broke the story of the scheduling of Washington and Colgate. Davidson, a college of 1,000 in North Carolina, was for 13 years the home grounds of basketball coach Norman Shepard. Shepard was basketball coach and athletic director there until he came to Harvard in 1949.

Colgate has a record of three and three so far this season. It lost 34 to 6 last week to Holy Cross, which beat the Crimson by 33 to 7. The Maroon beat Brown 22 to 14, but lost to Yale 27 to 7. Another opponent in common between Colgate and Harvard was Cornell, which beat the former 41 to 18, the latter 42 to 6.

Davidson has lost five games and won but one this years. Playing in the southeastern conference with Presbyterian and Citadel, it winds up the season against North Carolina and Georgie Tech. In 1937 the Crimson played Davidson and won, 15 to 0.

Washington Even

Washington, noted for its high degree of athletic purity, has broken even on its six games so far this year, losing its last three to Michigan State Normal, Western, Missouri, and Wayne. Neither Washington nor Colgate has ever played the Crimson before in football, but the teams have met in other sports.

Athletic Director Thomas D. Bolles would not comment on the schedule last night, but Provost Buck was quoted as saying that some of the teams dropped were "too formidable for our material."

Sept. 27, Springfield.

Oct. 4, Columbia; 11, Washington University; 18, Colgate; 25, Dartmouth.

Nov. 1, Davidson; 8, at Princeton; 15, at Brown; 22, Yale.