Journalistic ability in the class of 1914 is either latent or exhausted. By means of two strenuous competitions the CRIMSON has weeded out and taken unto itself the most efficient material which has presented itself, but the supply appears to be at an end. Six 1914 candidates now strive for final honors in our news department, while sixteen aspire for editorial positions. Although there are always more Freshmen than Sophomores in the news competition, this season shows the grand total of thirty-five first year men, as compared with the above-mentioned Sophomore six. With as many as five vacant places waiting for the right men, the small number of applicants from one class alone is little short of extraordinary in the history of the CRIMSON. Even the Junior class, to which only one position is available (and that on the editorial end) far surpasses 1914, there being over twenty third-year men now writing trial editorials.

For the benefit of any 1914 would-be journalists we would say that the competition will remain open through this evening, when by applying at the CRIMSON Office, full instructions may be obtained as to the nature of either news or editorial competition.