ABDIAN IS WINNER OF TIMES CONTEST

Haig Gregory Abdian '30, of Arlington is the winner of the New York Times Current Events Contest which was held on February 15. The announcement was made public yesterday by Dr. J. F. Sly Ph.D. '26 of the Department of Government, who had charge of the examination at Harvard.

According to arrangements which had been made before the contest Abdian will receive the entire prize of $250 offered by the Times besides a New York Times medal. Honorable mention was given to Harry Herbert Kleinman '30, of Hartford, Connecticut, and to Robert Keen Lamb ocC, of Washington, D. C.

Abdian, who last year won second place in the Baldwin Municipal Government Contest, will have his paper submitted to the Executive Board and entered it a national contest where it will be judged along with the winning papers in 19 other colleges. A prize of $500 will be awarded the winner of this second test. C. E. Wyzanski '27 won this contest in 1926. Last year's Harvard contest was won by T. A. McGovern '29, who was just recently appointed Rhodes Scholar at large for the country.

There were 26 men who participated, seven fewer than last year. In commenting on the contest Dr. Sly said that all the papers were uniformally of a high quality and showed evidence of extensive preparation.

The examination was divided into two parts, a list of identifications and a number of essay topics. Dr. Sly revealed the fact that the essay topics were handled considerably better than the identifications.