Yale News Editorial.

The Yale News yesterday printed the recent correspondence between the Harvard and Yale athletic authorities, with the following editorial comment:

"The much talked of correspondence between Harvard and Yale on the subject of a football game next fall is today made public. The Yale letter, written in a spirit of firm, manly independence, is not dictatorial in tone, nor does it demand that Harvard shall humble herself, as the press of the country would seem to make us think.

"It simply calls in a dignified way for the denial of certain charges, made by Harvard representatives, which (although we believe they are not shared in by the members of their last football team) have done Yale University and intercollegiate football an immense amount of harm. Harvard's apparently diplomatic reply does not require much comment. It means simply that the two great universities will not meet on the football field next fall.

"To begin with it is necessary to quote a little history. The Yale letter, although it deals especially with a particular series of recent charges, has in mind the events of many years. Time after time our team has met Harvard, has fairly won the battle and has returned to New Haven to find that in the eyes of the spokesmen from Cambridge, their victory has been a disgrace.

"All but a few members of the Yale eleven are pictured as if professional sluggers. If this had happened but once or twice we could be kind hearted enough to forgive what was perhaps said in bitter disappointment. But the constantly repeated charges from the athletic representatives and the college press, have now become so numerous and have reached such a climax that something must be done if the reputation of this university is not to be lessened in the eyes of the outside public. It is with no idea of vindicating any individual or individuals that the letter has been written, but, first of all to stand up for a principle.

"Yale men for the sake of the good name of the university cannot, under present conditions, continue an annual contest, which, although generally resulting in a victory for us, has perhaps a worse effect than defeat. And why? Simply because of an unfriendly, unjust criticism of Yale men and Yale methods which have been the result of Harvard's defeats.

"It must also be remembered that this latest move has been made only after the most careful consideration on the part of the management and its graduate advisers. Yale was not anxious to revive any of last fall's unpleasant and unfortunate relations, so decisive action was delayed until Harvard broached the subject of a next year's game. And then came the letter, which, although it was likely to take away one prominent feature from our coming football season, was inevitable in some such form, if we were to maintain our self-respect. We repeat, our stand has not been hastily taken, nor is it representative only of the opinion of a few thoughtless undergraduates - it represents the mature consideration of many, old and young, who have the best interests of the university at heart.

"For many reasons we shall be extremely sorry not to see next year's Springfield game, but it is much better so, than for the elevens to meet again without some previous peace-making. This Harvard has made impossible.

"We do not doubt but that our stand will be severely criticised, but it will remain firm and will in the end command respect. We hope that the action of the Cambridge authorities will prove a blessing in disguise, and that, after things have cooled down for a year, we shall again play Harvard, and a new era of good feeling in athletics will come about between the two universities."