Intercollegiate Debating Meeting

As the result of a meeting of representatives from the debating organizations of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton last Saturday at Princeton, the triangular debating system will be continued for this year, with the additional provision that unless one of the universities objects by November 1, 1910, the system will be continued thereafter. For the selection of the question, as last year, each university will submit two questions on January 14. These six will then be voted on by the universities, and two will be selected by the order of preference in voting. On January 29, a conference of one undergraduate from each university will be held, at which one question will be selected from the two, and worded in a suitable form for the debate. Judges will be selected the same as last year, but three suggestions were made: that preferably men should not be chosen who had written on the question of the debate; the judges should be requested personally to serve; and that if possible, a partial representation of instructors in English or Argumentation should be obtained among the judges. The regulations of last year's debate, including one providing that each university uphold the negative at home, were adopted. The question will be announced February 3, and the three debates will occur March 21.

On Harvard's objection, the request of Yale and Princeton for the establishment of a Freshman triangular system was rejected.

The University was represented by E. R. Lewis 3L., president of the Debating Council, and S. Curtis '05, assistant secretary of the Alumni Association and instructor in English.