The twelfth annual debate between Harvard and Princeton will be held in Sanders Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. Of the previous eleven debates Harvard has won all but three. The question submitted to Princeton by the University Debating Council is: "Resolved, That intercollegiate football in America is a detriment rather than a benefit."

The Princeton team, which will support the affirmative, is composed of K. M. McEwen '06, P. McClanahan '06, and T. S. Clark '08, who will speak in the order named. In the rebuttals, however, McClanahan will speak first, Clark second, and McEwen last. S. K. Jackson '06 is alternate.

The Harvard team, which will support the negative, is made up of G. J. Hirsch '07, A. Fox 3L., and A. Tulin 3L. Tulin, however, for the past week has been ill in the Infirmary. It was hoped until the last that he would recover sufficiently to speak this evening, but the doctors have announced that his sickness is more serious than it was believed at first, and that he will not be able to leave his room. W. M. Shohl '06, who had been appointed alternate, will take his place. In the main speeches the order will be : Hirsch, Fox and Shohl; in the rebuttal speeches Fox will probably speak first, Shohl second, and Hirsch last. Each debater will be allowed a main speech of twelve minutes, and a rebuttal of five minutes.

The judges for the debate will be: John Taggard Blodgett of Providence, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island; Robert Archey Woods, head worker of the South End Settlement House, of Boston; and John McLane, Governor of New Hampshire Louis Dembitz Brandeis L'77, a prominent member of the Massachusetts bar, will preside.

After the debate an informal entertainment will be given in the Dining Room of the Union to the members of the two teams, the judges, and the presiding officers. All members of the University Debating Council are invited to attend.

Tickets for the debate are on sale at the Union, the Co-operative, and at Thurston's. All seats are reserved at 50 cents each.

The Harvard Team.

The Harvard team was not definitely, chosen until last Saturday, when a second team, composed of W. M. Shohl '06, G. T. Stephenson 2G., and J. A. Harley '06, was also selected. For several weeks the University debating squad has held frequent debates, under the personal supervision of R. W. Kelso 2L.

Alan Fox 3L., of Detroit, Michigan, prepared at Andover, where he won the Means and Draper prizes in public speaking. At Yale University, where he graduated in 1903, he was a member of his freshman debating team, won several prizes in oratory, and was on the team which debated against Harvard three years ago. He is a member of the Phi Bota Kappa, and in his senior-year was manager of the Yale University football team. Fox has never before represented Harvard in debating.

Gilbert Julius Hirsch '07, of New York City, entered College after one year of study at Columbia University, where he was alternate on his class debating team. In his Freshman year at Harvard he was a member of his class debating club, and was on the class team which debated against Exeter. Last year he was on the 1907 class team which defeated the Freshmen, and this year he won the Coolidge debating prize of $100 for the best undergraduate work in the trials for the Princeton debate. This is his first year on a University debating team.

Abraham Tulin 3L., of Hartford, Conn., prepared at the Hartford High School, where he won the first prize in elocution: At Yale University, where he graduated in 1903, he was chairman of the executive committee of the Yale Union Debating Club, and was alternate on three teams which, debated against Harvard and Princeton. Last year he represented Harvard in the debate with Princeton, and in the trials for that debate won the Coolidge debating prize.

Walter Max Shohl '06, Cincinnati, O., alternate, attended the Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, where he was president of the debating club. In his Freshman year he was president of his class club, a member of the team which debated against the Seniors, and alternate on the team which debated against Exeter. Last year he was secretary, and the previous year was treasurer of the University Debating Council, and was also an undergraduate editor of "Bothsides."

Robert Wilson Kelso 2L., who has been coaching the team, graduated from Harvard in 1904. In his Senior year he was a member of the team which debated against Princeton. He is now an assistant in the department of English.

The Princeton Team.

Kenneth Martin McEwen '06, of Amsterdam, N. Y., prepared at the Academy of Oberlin College. After entering Princeton he became a member of his freshman and sophomore debating teams, and in his sophomore year was winner of the class of '76 Prize Debate. In his junior year he took first prize in the junior oratorical contest, and he has recently been elected orator of the senior class. He is now a member of the senior debating society. Although he has been on four intercollegiate second debating teams, this is his first experience as a regular intercollegiate debater.

Paul McClanahan '06, of Morning Sun, 1a., is a graduate of Monmouth College in Illinois. He is now taking the work of the senior year at Princeton, and is a member of the Cliosophic Society. He participated in several intercollegiate debates and oratorical contests in the West, but this is the first time he has represented an Eastern college in debating.

Thomas Street Clark '08, Cortland, N. Y., prepared at the Cortland Normal School. In the American Whig Society, has was winner of last year's freshman prize debate, and in the trials for the present debate he won the Spencer Trask debating prize of $50. He was a member of his freshman debating team which debated with the Yale freshman last spring. This is his first debate as a member of a University team