DEBATERS WHO WILL MEET TORONTO WIN AT UNION

F. H. Heryer '29 and H. L. Hart '28, representing the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That this house views with apprehension the increased naval expenditures of the United States," won by a small margin from Edward Morley '29 and A. S. Gilmartin '31, arguing for the affirmative, in a debate yesterday evening in the Main Living Room of the Union. L. T. Grimm '29 acted as chairman of the meeting which was sponsored by the Debating Union.

The winning team is the same as that which journeys to Toronto this afternoon to meet the speakers of the Hart House of the University of Toronto on the same question tomorrow evening.

The debate was followed by a short address by Commander R. C. Grady, head of the Naval Science Department and an active member of the United States Navy, who led a fleet of submarines in the World War. He spoke on "Increased Naval Expenditures," bringing out first the point of national policy. People look with apprehension at the bill now before Congress for an enormous naval appropriation. It is true that both up-keep and original cost would involve a total of nearly a billion dollars. But such an expenditure would be not only desirable but indispensable. The United States has at present only ten cruisers afloat, and would in effect be without a navy if war occurred within the next two years.

Commander Grady discussed the technique of the navy, showing the importance of the cruiser and the battleship and indicating their relative speeds in comparison with that of the submarine. He gave a brilliant description of the battle of Jutland and the flight of the Germans, drawing from the struggle an example of the necessity of preparedness. "In view of these conditions," Commander Grady stated in closing, "no one should view with apprehension the spending of money on the proposed program."