THREE MEN CHOSEN TO SPEAK AGAINST OXFORD NEXT WEEK

As a result of the trials held late yesterday afternoon in Sanders Theatre, the speakers who are to represent the University in the debate with Oxford University on the night of October 9th were selected by Coach Berle 3L. as follows: R. S. Fanning '23 of Chattanooga, Tenn., R. S. Bowers '24 of Brookline, Mass., and P. R. Harmel '23 of Cleveland, Ohio. The alternates are: E. G. Wesson '25 of Montclair, N. J., A. E. Zinn '25, formerly of Swarthmore College, and P. W. Williams '25 of New Bedford, Mass.

The team was chosen with the assistance of Professor H. B. Huntington '97. The final selection was the result of consultation and practice debates held at regular periods during the past week.

The Oxford debaters who are to meet the University team in Symphony Hall are as follows: Edward Marjoribanks of Christ Church College, Kenneth Lindsay of Worcester College, and M. C. Hollis of Balliol College.

Governor Channing H. Cox will act as the presiding officer. Invitations to be present have been sent to prominent men throughout the country, including the Senior Senator from Massachusetts, Henry Cabot Lodge '71.

Announcement has just been made that the University and Oxford debaters have been invited to attend a banquet in their honor to be held at the Harvard Club of Boston the evening of the debate.

The voting in the coming debate will not be conducted as previously announced. Ballots will be printed on the programs, which, at the conclusion of the speeches, are to be detached and passed to the ushers. The decision will rest on the vote of the audience. The debating schedule of Oxford has included several of the leading American colleges and universities. In each case the Englishmen have taken the affirmative of the proposition that the United States should join the League of Nations. The Harvard debate will conclude the tour of the Oxford team.

The time allotted to the speakers for the presentation of their material is fifteen minutes. In accordance with the practice of English debating there will be no rebuttal.

Tickets for the debate are now on sale at the Cooperative, Leavitt and Peirce's, and at Symphony Hall