Some time late in July or ealy in August, two debates will be conducted in Wellingon by the V.U.C. Debating Society against a visiting team of two Americans—Mr. Robert K. Burns and Mr. Lyle M. Spencer, junior, of the University of Washington. These two debaters have an ambitious tour before them, for they have already visited Hawaii, Japan, Manchuria and China, and are at present held up by sickness at Manila. Their next ports of call are Australia and New Zealand, where they will debate with all the major Universities. From here they will pass through India, South Africa, Asia Minor and Europe before returning to America.

The objects of the tour are to advance international understanding and goodwill by providing for the interchange of opinions. The speakers hope to come in contact with every faction of University life in debate or in discussion; for they are also willing to give lectures on certain subjects.

Students in the East.

"Less than thirty per cent, of the college graduates in Japan have found more than menial jobs during the last four years," writes Mr. Spencer to the N.S.F.A. " We have had the opportunity of meeting a great many students from the principal Universities of Japan. Many of them are very radical. More than 30,000, according to police statistics, have been jailed at one time or another since the Manchurian outbreak for Communistic leanings."

The Debaters.

Mr. Burns, a major student in the economic class of 1933, is manager of the team. He has participated in 'Varsity debating for three years and has won distinction in a number of inter-collegiate forensic contests. He is a member of the Tau Kappa Alpha National Forensic fraternity and a ranking student in economics. This is his second tour around the world, and he was awarded a trip in 1930 as a result of a national competition.

Mr. Lyle M. Spencer, secretary of the tour, is a major in philosophy, and has had three years' experience in inter-collegiate debate. A graduate of the class of 1983, he is a member of the Tau Kappa Alpha Forensic Fraternity, Alpa Kappa Delta Sociology Honorary, Phi Bita Kappa National Scholastic Honorary Fraternity, and has held important editorial posts on the University of Washington Daily, Student Newspaper.