Harvard-Yale Debate.

Preparations for the debate against Yale, to take place in Sanders Theatre, January 19, have been going on for some time, and the chief details have been arranged. The Harvard speakers devoted considerable time to the debate during the Christmas recess. The question is, "Resolved, that independent action in politics is preferable to party allegiance." Yale has the affirmative, and Harvard the negative, with the restriction that parties shall be considered as necessary. The question is a live one and one that is intended to call out the personal feelings of the debaters. There is no doubt that it will be more evenly contested than any previous debates, for the reason that especial efforts for success are being made at Yale.

Some officer of the University will probably preside. Two of the three judges have already been selected. They are Gen. Francis A. Walker, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Mr. Carl Schurz of New York. The third judge will be announced later.

Pains will be taken to make the minor details of the debate better than usual. In order that people may not become weary at protracted speaking, the debaters will be restricted to fifteen minutes each and no more. There will be an admission fee of 25 cents charge. The managers regret the necessity of this step, but could not otherwise pay the expenses of the theatre and the travelling expenses of the judges. As these debates are becoming more and more university events, there is no reason why the theatre should not be well filled, even if an admission is charged, especially as they are the only literary events of the year in which students alone participate.