COMPETITION OPEN TO EDITORIAL MEN

In an introductory meeting in the president's office at 7.15 Monday evening, the Crimson will open five competitions to Freshmen and Sophomores. Members of the class of 1936 may compete for the News, Photographic, and Business Boards; members of the class of 1935 may compete for the Editorial and Business Boards. All competitions will last eight weeks; no previous experience is necessary.

CRIMSON Editorial competitions generally attract the sort of man who has opinions of his own and would like to learn how to express them tersely, in coherent English. For the term of candidacy is primarily concerned with inculcating in prospective editors the desire and ability to write cogently, and with providing them the opportunity to form opinions on matters pertaining to the University, to education in general, and to the outside world. The stint of one editorial a day, though at first repugnant to the customary undergraduate ideas of the ways and means of leisure, is far from difficult after the candidate has found what is expected of him and where best to look for his subjects.

There are many material advantages accompanying a CRIMSON competition. First of all, the candidate learns how to think, and to adapt his thinking to a new medium. Secondly there are the contacts with prominent University officials and news sources. Then there is the required ability to concentrate, and to budget one's time in order to make the ends of competition and study meet. And finally there may be the primrose bed, the seat of the mighty, of the domineering Legrees who call themselves editors; and with that position all the accoutrements of authority, of social life, of free movies and plays.

But aside from all these mundane returns, there is that inward satisfaction which comes to men of a type when they see their productions in print. To write an editorial, to see it in print, to hear it discussed and to remain anonymous,--there is all the thrill that any man could desire. And the price is not too great; for most men who try the grade find that a more careful account of their time and closer concentration when actually studying result in marks as good if not better than were customary before entering the competition.

The path, of course, is not easy. There is much work to be done, but the eager man will find the rewards equal to the effort. Past experience is not at all necessary; any sophomore is welcome at the meeting on Monday evening, at which candidates will be given further details about the competition and shown around the building. Work will not begin until Tuesday night