Juniors will have their last opportunity to try out for the editorial board, and Sophomores their final chance to compete for the news, business and photographic departments when the CRIMSON begins its winter competitions tonight.

The four competitions will get under way tonight at 7.30 o'clock, when a meeting will be held in the President's Office of the CRIMSON Building at 14 Plympton Street. P. M. Sweezy '31, President, will speak briefly at that time to all the candidates, after which they will be shown over the various parts of the building by the heads of departments. Work in each of the four competitions will only be outlined tonight: attendance at the meeting does not obligate an undergraduate in any way to continue in the competition unless he is interested.

The winter competition is the shortest of the year. Beginning now, it is broken by the Christmas holidays; it starts again on January 5, and ends in March. The first week is occupied chiefly in learning routine matters; candidates are not expected to show any real results until they have had time to become thoroughly acquainted with the CRIMSON and its function as a college newspaper.

News candidates gather and write the articles which appear daily. It has been said many times that a CRIMSON news competition is by far the best way to become acquainted with the University in all its phases of activity. The editorial candidates write an editorial each day, while business candidates devote their time to soliciting advertisements and doing a little work in the office, learning the management of the paper. Photographic candidates take, develop, and print pictures of University events.