OFF THE GOLD-STANDARD

Yale's announcement yesterday that prices for football games in the fall were to be reduced considerably is a somewhat tardy aping of the reduction which took place at Harvard a year ago. It is but another addition to the list of afildavits that testify to the growing lack of interest in the great collegiate sport.

Yet the reduction in the price of the Harvard game next fall is a step which the H.A.A. might do well to imitate. True the reduction is only slight--the now price will be $3.85--but to the undergraduate interested in company the insignificant out is magnified.

Harvard has already set the double standard for most of the early games and Yale is but copying the arrangement instituted here. But from the attendance at the games last year it would seem that a still further reduction in the price of the Dartmouth and Army games would materially aid in the difficult job of filling the Stadium.

The argument often put forth by the H.A.A. against a suggestion of price-cutting in the major games, is that the space between the goal-lines is filled at any price. If that is the case the price for seats in the extreme ends of the Stadium could be cut drastically. Taking the H.A.A. at its own word, the seats between the goal-lines would still be filled and in addition the bowls would be populated by persons, who, at present, are kept away from the games because of financial considerations. Any demands for reduced ticket prices consider the dual goal of adding to the income of the H.A.A. while at the same time bringing the football games within the financial grasp of the student and general public. If a mean could be hit upon, and the attractions of the major games could be capitalized, both would be attainable.