Most sincerely we congratulate the Forum and the Union for the step they have taken in the interest of Harvard debating. It is naturally hard to give up traditions of rivalry, memories of victories won, and ambitious thoughts for the future of the society one supports, but when the sacrifice is made with the knowledge of a worthy cause, other considerations become trivial.

The new University Debating Club has everything in its favor. First, the men who have formed it will not fail to see that it is firmly established; second, the best debaters in college by coming into closer contact with one another will gain mutual benefit; third, a central organization is calculated to encourage the best form of rivalry and to place a higher standard on debating, and last, by setting a higher standard membership in the club will grow in general esteem.

Certainly Harvard debating is becoming well organized. Freshman clubs are now a regular part of the training and could not be spared, the new Sophomore Club has found a place to fill and is filling it well, and courses of instruction provided for the two upper classes. Finally, in the new club one and all have a single goal to attain which casts no shadow of petty rivalry in the path leading to victory over Harvard's rivals.

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