HOSKINS WINS SEARS PRIZE

Yesterday in Sanders Theatre from 10 to 12 o'clock, the speaking competition for Sears prizes was held on the subject. "Do public schools really educate the people?" The first prize of $100 was awarded unanimously by the judges to Robert Walter Hoskins '23 of Hartford, Conn., and the second, of $25, to John Carroll Shoe '23 of Newtown, Pa.

All three speakers believed that public schools to "really educate the people," but they gave several suggestions for the betterment of conditions in the public schools, and for the improvement of the teaching force. Each speech was limited to half an hour.