Competitive Debate.

The Harvard Union held a competitive debate last evening in Sever 11 on the subject "Resolved, That the absorption of the Turkish Empire by Russia should not be opposed by other European powers." After the principal disputants, H. E. Addison '96 and R. C. Davis '97, had spoken, the following candidates for admission to the Union spoke: W. E. Dorman '98, G. P. Drury '97, H. F. Robinson '98, L. L.Gillespie '98, J. T. Cooper 2 G., C. E. Bown '98, W. B. Buck 1 G., G. W. Abele '97, S. R. Wrightington '97, H. S. Smith '98, A. B. Cunningham '98.