ROBERTS WON MEDAL IN PASTEUR DEBATE

The Pasteur Debate medal was won by Edward Reese Roberts '16, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., last night. He upheld the affirmative of the question: "Resolved, That the policy of the French in Morocco during the present century has made due allowance for the rights of other European countries." Basing his argument on the paramount interests of France in the country, he showed how successive events have made necessary each step taken by the French, and how Germany, wishing to get control of mining concessions which her merchants had obtained from the Sultan for a nominal price, did everything she could to harass the French until she should be allowed a share in the administration of the land. France accorded Germany all the commercial and economic freedom which she accorded other nations, and which the other nations were satisfied with.

Mr. E. L. Raiche, of the French Department, presided, and Assistant Professor Lord '06, Dr. S. E. Morison '12, and Dr. R. L. Hawkins '03 were the judges.

The prize, a handsome gold medal, was founded in 1898 by Baron Pierrede Coubertin; and is awarded annually to the "successful contestant in a subject drawn from contemporary French politics."