Preliminary Trials for 1913 Debate

The preliminary trials for the 1913 debating team to debate against Yale on April 29 at New Haven, will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in Harvard 5 and 6 under the direction of the following committee: R. H. Smith '10, chairman, W. C. Greene '11, P. J. Stearns '13, and C. M. Makepeace '13. Each man will be allowed five minutes to speak on either side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of subsidies other than our present mail subsidies for the encouragement of our Merchant Marine." The list of the order of speaking is announced in the notice column of today's CRIMSON, and will be posted at 12 o'clock today on the bulletin board in Harvard Hall.

The judges for the trials are H. H. Breland '11, T. M. Gregory '10, A. H. Elder sL., and R. W. Kelso '04. As many men as warrant further trial in the opinion of the judges will be retained. The second and third trials will come next Friday and next Monday, respectively, in Sever 11 at 8 o'clock.