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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

By a recent issue of the CRIMSON, I perceived that the "Speaker's Club" of Harvard University held a competition. May I ask, who and what is the Speaker's Club?

First comes the natural question, who are the speakers of the college? We venture to name some of them; those engaged in debating, in competition for the Pasteur Prize, the Boylston Prizes for Public Speaking; and, of course, those especially interested in public speaking, because it will be an asset to them in a profession or business.

Does it Include Speakers?

How many of the above are included in an organization which terms itself the Speaker's Club? We venture to say not 50 per cent of the debaters, not 20 per cent. of the candidates for the public speaking contests, while none of those successful in the Boylston contest are "Speakers."

It may be conceivable that those men engaged in speaking of the most public character have no inclination to belong to an organization of their kind, but have they had the opportunity?

What would the world think of a Harvard Anti-Saloon League, for instance, which did not aim to include all those interested in the cause of temperance?

What do those interested in Harvard's life think of a Speaker's Club which does not aim to include one-half of the men who show the most vital interest in speaking? J. K. TEBBETTS '13.