The following subject has been selected for the first triangular debate between the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton freshmen on May 5: "Resolved, That the United States should fortify the Panama Canal (legal right being conceded)." The first trials will be held in Harvard 5 and 6 next Tuesday, at 7.30 o'clock.

Twenty men will be retained for the second trials, which will be held in Sever 11 next Friday. Twelve men will then he retained and divided into four teams of three men each. The final trials will probably be held April 6. The time of speeches in the first trials will be five minutes; in the second, ten minutes; and in the last, ten minutes with five minutes for rebuttal.