HARVARD-YALE DEBATE.

The Harvard Committee on Intercollegiate Debating have chosen the affirmative side of the question for the Yale debate: "Resolved, That the United States should annex the Hawaiia Islands." This decision was taken after careful consideration and consultation with those most conversant with the question.

Out of 42 contestants in the preliminary trials at Yale yesterday eight men were chosen to compete in the final trials. The men were: H. Richardson '98, C. L. Darlington '99, H. G. Fisher '98, B. C. Smith '99, J. H. Clark '99, K. Bruce 1900, J. M. Ripley '98, H. Bingham '98.