PASTEUR DEBATERS TO DISCUSS STATUS OF FRENCH LEFT BANK

The preliminary trials of the debate for the Pasteur medal will be held Wednesday evening, March 26, at 8 o'clock in Sever 10. Candidates will speak five minutes on either side of the question: "Resolved, that the demilitarization of the left bank of the Rhine, under international supervision, is necessary for the maintenance of peace in Europe." The finals will be held April 28.

This is the twenty-seventh annual debate for the medal established in 1898 by Baron Pierre De Coubertin who had been sent by the French government to study American educational institutions. He established contests under the names of Frenchmen of importance in Harvard, Yale, Princeton and a few other colleges, naming the one here after Pasteur. The purpose of the debate is to acquaint American students with French life and institutions.

The debate consists of a five-minute speech by each of six men on a subject important in contemporary French life, the winner receiving the Pasteur medal. The debate is under the joint control of the Debating Council and the French Department.