Committee on Debating.

At the last meeting of the Advisory Committee on Debating the question of the relation of the committee to the debating clubs was thoroughly discussed and settled. It was decided that hereafter all the details of the intercollegiate debates will be left with the clubs as in former years. The committee will settle all questions of policy and retain the vote power. It was the unanimous feeling of the committee that its work should be to suggest and to assist the clubs rather than in any way to interfere with their plans.

It was voted to accept the invitation of Yale and Princeton to a conference on debating to be held in New York in the near future. The work of the conference will be simply to discuss questions of dates and general policy and to bring the three universities into closer relations. It is hoped that this will interest the graduates of the universities in debating as there will be a prominent graduate of each institution present. It was left to the three debating clubs to select the undergraduate member while the committee will select the graduate member. The conference will have no power to make arrangements but it is believed that it will do much to bring about a better understanding between the three institutions and to inaugurate a permanent policy for conducting intercollegiate debates in the future.