There is much to be done this year if Harvard is to keep the supremacy in debating which has been so clearly hers in the past. At Yale a greater effort is being made than ever before to arouse general interest in the subject and only recently a committee has been appointed by the New York alumni to encourage the practice of "wholly unpremeditated as well as extemporaneous debate and general parliamentary procedure." Obviously Harvard can not afford to rest on her laurels if she proposes to keep them. Not only must those in charge of debating interests here do their best to stir up interest in debate and to stimulate competition for places on Harvard's staff of intercollegiate speakers, but every member of the University should give his sympathy and encouragement if he can not give his personal efforts to the work of the debating clubs.

The number of men who have taken an active interest in debating in the past has never been large and for this reason they can not be given too much credit for the magnificent list of victories which they have won for Harvard. If they are given the support this year which they deserve there is no reason to fear that the record will not be kept up.