Deadline For Oratory Contest Entries Set

The last day for entering the Boylston speaking contest will be February 24, Robert S. Hillyer '17, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory: announced yesterday. Candidates are to register with Hillyer in Adams B-11 by 5 o'clock of that day.

Candidates are instructed to choose a piece of prose or poetry from English, Latin, or Greek Literature, and submit their choices to Hillyer for approval. After registering an extension may be obtained in special cases.

In a preliminary competition, scheduled for March 13, candidates will deliver their selections from memory and the field will be narrowed to ten. The final competition, open to the public, will be hold in Paine Hall on March 26.

The Boylston prizes, founded in honor of Nicholas Boylston, are of 50 and 35 dollars apiece.