The annual competition for the "Boylston Prizes for Declamation" occured last evening in Sanders Theatre. The number of candidates who presented them serves at the preliminary trial was larger this year than usual. Over thirty men spoke before the committee at this preliminary trial and the twelve who were chosen from these spoke last night. The order of the spoke last night. The order of the speakers was as follows:

1. John Cummings. The Prisoner of Chillon.- Byron.

2. Henry Bradford Washburn. What is Human Knowledge? -Edward Everett.

3. Harry Edwin Burton. Under the Flag.- Wendell Phillips.

4. Myron Francis Hill. The Diver.- Schiller.

5. Harvey Humphrey Baker. Pro Milone.- Cicero.

6. Frederic Sprague Goodwin. to the Young Men of Massachusetts-Carl Schurz.

Intermission of five minutes.

7. Edward Stetson Griffing. American Nationality.- Rufus Choate.

8. William Edward Burghardt DuBois.

American Battle Flags.- Carl Schurz.

9. George Bridges Henshaw. The New South.- Henry W. Grady.

10. Robert Treat Whitehouse. Hofer's Defence.

11. Leroy Blanchard Williams. Concerning Affairs in America.- Chatham.

12. Francis Parkman Denny. Invidious Distinctions.- Hugh S. Legare.