THE men who spoke for Harvard in the Yale debate night before last did themselves and the University proud. We congratulate them heartily for their well earned victory. The preparation it required was a long and tedious one, involving not a little self denial and worry. For all this the University thanks her representatives with a full appreciation of what they have succeded in doing. To win such a debate in the presence of a crowd of Yale sympathizers and on our opponents own ground, makes the victory even more gratifying. Apparently the scheme of these intercollegiate contests is becoming more and more popular and we look to the day when they will interest a still larger portion of the University. Certainly the custom of rendering a decision on the debate proved to be a vast improvement over the old plan. It lends excitement for the moment and increases the satisfaction afterward, at least for those who win. And yet even to the losers themselves there is that satisfaction which comes from the assurance of a well argued question and a victory narrowly missed.