THE PRINCETON DEBATE

Fifty-two men came out last night for the preliminary trial for speakers to represent Harvard in the coming debate with Princeton. The question was: "Resolved, That the English claims in the controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." The judges, Professor Ames, Professor Baker and Mr. I. L. Winter, chose the following twelve men to speak at the second trial Saturday, Nov. 11: F. S. Bayley 3L., E. P. Bennett, Jr., '00, F. G. Bauer '00, R. C. Bruce '02, R. D. Crane '00, P. E. Fitzpatrick '02, J. Frank '00, W. S. Heilborn '01, H. B. Kirtland '01, E. Mayer '01, W. Morse '00, H. A. Yeomans '00.

The speaking was most encouraging in the sense that it showed the great interest that is being aroused in debating by the present system of class clubs. The number of men who tried is unusually large. As might be feared from informal camp debating, some of the men betrayed a lack of stage presence, certain defects in form, and an unfortunate weakness in delivery. But the general tenor of their speeches, and particularly of the more experienced Law School men, was very satisfactory. In the allotted five minutes, the speakers usually attempted, and with fair succes, to confine themselves to proving or disproving some one claim set up by the affirmative. There was considerable "haggling" over the question, especially as to whether its interpretation should be general or specific.

The following men spoke: E. S. Wise 1L., E. H. Cassels 1L., R. C. Bruce '02, A. W. Wise 1L., W. P. Stanley '00, H. A. Yeomans '00, W. H. Ferris 1G., F. S. Bayley 3L., M. T. Hall '01, A. A. Benesch '00, W. Catchings '01, J. H. A. Symonds '01, P. E. Fitzpatrick '02, R. P. Benedict '02, W. S. Heilborn '01, R. J. Davis '00, E. W. Stout 1L., W. C. Dennis 2L., C. H. Scovell '03, F. P. Bennett, Jr., '00, J. Frank '00, G. A. Towns '00, E. H. Letchworth '02, M. A. Sullivan '01, J. R. Locke '01, F. G. Bauer '00, E. E. Sargent '00, M. Seasongood '00, D. C. Hirsch '01, C. P. McCarthy '02, R. D. Crane '00, C. K. Robinson sL., W. H. Lough '02, W. M. Chadbourne '00, H. S. Bowers '00, B. C. Mead 2L., H. H. Stipp 2L., H. P. Chandler '00, J. H. Holmes '02, A. S. Bullet 1L., J. G. Pierce '00, H. B. Kirtland '01, P. A. Atherton '00, W. A. Heilprin '01, E. Mayer '00, J. M. Gates '02, H. J. Baldwin sC., W. Morse '00, G. E. Fleming '00, D. D. Walton '03, R. S. Earle '02, A. G. Alley '01.