FRESHMEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE THE CRIMSON

The second complete competition for the CRIMSON for the class of 1934 will open on Wednesday evening, March 25. A meeting in the President's office in the CRIMSON Building, 14 Plympton Street, will officially open the competition, which will last eight weeks. Men coming out may try out for the News, Business, and Photographic boards of the paper.

This is the first time in many years that the CRIMSON is holding two complete trials for members in the Freshman class. It is doing this in line with its recently adopted policy of shortening the length of the competitions, which, besides lightening the work of the men trying out also allows first-year men two attempts to make the board.

Eight-Week Competition

Men coming out on Wednesday will complete for eight weeks, finishing up approximately a week before final examinations begin. The Spring vacation, which this year comes to ten days, will provide a respite from work about half-way through, while work during the reading period will be light.

The work in trying out for the News board is similar to that of a reporter on any daily. Men gather the news and write it up for publication the following morning. Assignments which the candidates must cover, are provided by the editors but the greatest stress is laid on the number of "scoops", or original stories, which the candidate digs up independently. Harvard and its surroundings provides possibility for practically every type of regular newspaper story: the straight news story, the sport account, feature article, interview, and human interest story.