The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-09
NO HARVARD FOOTBALL.
DECISIVE PROHIBITION MADE
 FOR NEXT SEASON.

Order to Apply Until Reasonable Game
 Shall Have Been FormuIated-YaIe
 and Princeton Reach Agreement to
 Alter Eligibility Rules so as to Ex-
 cIude Professional, School Students
 and Freshmen from Varsity Teams
 Action Taken at Conference Here
 Wednesday,.
 Cambridge, Mass, Feb. S.-The official announcement that the faculty of Har- ward has expressed it's opinion to the committee on the regulation of athletic sports that intercollegiate football should be prohibited to Harvard stu dents in 1906, and until a reasonable game shall have been formulated, was made to-day by Jerome D. Greene, sec- retary to President Eliot. The attitude of the faculty was adopted at its meet ing on Tuesday, but the announcement vas withheld until to-day in order that the expression of opinion might reach the members of the committee on the regulation of athletic sports, to which by direction of the corporation and the overseers, the two governing bodies of the university, all questions relating to athletic have been delegatd. It was voted at the faculty meeting to send the following to the athletic commit- tee:
 "Ordered, That in the opinion of the faculty intercollegiate football should be prohibited to Harvard students in 1906, and until a reasonable game of football shall have been formulated, and fully exemplifed in the practice in individual colleges"
 Several weeks ago the board of over seers adopted a similar expression of opinion, and while neither the board of overseers nor the faculty now possesses the right to prohibit any form of ath letics, it is realized that the athletic committee will treat the communica- tions as representing the official atti' tude of the university. The committee on athletic is composed of three mem bers of the faculty, three graduates and three undergraduates
 The vote of the faculty is more speci' fic in it's prohibition of the game of football than was the action of the overseers, since the faculty expressly stipulates that to it's mind the game should be prohibited in 1906, and dur ing such a period afterwards as must elapse before the game can be suitably reformed. The vote of the overseers was prohibition pending reformation.
 It is now regarded as probable in atb~ letic circles here that Harvard will play no football next season, whatever may be done in succeeding years.
 The position of the present game of football, as far as college authorities are concerned, is as follows:
 Columbia has absolutely abolished the game, and is seeking substitute There are committees from students graduates and the faculty working over a general scheme of athletics, and football is included. No games will be permitted to interfere with studies and excessive training is believed to be the root of all the evils The committee of the faculty is in favr f the Rugby game as shown by the New Zealand team, and may urge it's adoption by Co., lumbia students.
 Union college has prohibited the game without giving any loophole for it's re- entering into the sports of the college.
 The University of Wisconsin recom- nended to the Western colleges con ference that intercollegiate football be abolished for two years. and the con- ference adopted the resolution Since the meeting Wisconsin has ratified the action of the conference, provided the