Pasteur Debate Trials

The preliminary trials for the Pasteur Debating Medal will be held in Harvard 5 this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Each contestant will speak on the subject. The principle of Ministerial Responsibility in its Relation to the French Parliamentary System." As a result of the trials six or seven men will be retained to take part in the final contest in the Fogg Lecture Hall on Thursday, December 15.

The use of notes will be permitted, but men must not read their speeches. Not only logic and clear presentation of the subject, but general knowledge, manner of delivery, and literary style of the competitor, will be considered in the judging of the speeches. The judges will be E. R. Burke 3L., H. B. Ehrmann '12, F. W. Sullivan 1L.

The Pasteur Medal Prize was founded in 1898 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin and is awarded to the best speaker in an annual debate on a subject drawn from contemporary French politics.