The Contests

Prof. ïrueblood. is enthusiastic over the prospects for the year in the work in his department. Instead of fifteen or twenty men trying for the places as is usually the case, this year there are about sixty live. Prof. Trueblood says we never had a stronger f orce upon which to draw for represen tation. The literary societies are feeling the effec s of the enthusiism, the contest nts flocking into them for preliminary trainin. Every student ha-i two chances to represent the Univera ty. He may represent it once in the oratorical contest anrl once in a debite, but is ineligible asecond time in en her. This insures a maintainan.ee of inrerest. Let the. good work go on, as this is valuable advertisement for th [Jnivi rsity. Many of those now n the c n tests were drawn here by our former successes.