Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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VESTA PIERCE President Grant Essay, College MELBA BOYLE President Grant Essay. H. S. LEGRANDE NOBLE HYRUM HARTER CARLYLE E. MAW Special Student Body Oration Extemporaneous Speaking Thanksgiving Oratory Contest Contest

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F. NEWMAN E. W. PARKINSON Nevada vs. B. Y. U. RANK NEWMAN and West Parkinson went to Reno this year to represent the B. Y. U. in the annual Nevada-B. Y. U. debate. The boys arrived at Reno, Thursday, and were met by the debating manager of the university. Friday they visited school and the most interestijig places in the famous city. So interest- ing, is the Riverside Hotel for divorces the boys lodged there. In the debate the boys did commendable work, but the Nevada team was given a unanimous decision. However this was the first de- bate out of ten that Nevada has won from the B. Y. Saturday they left for California, here they visited Los Angeles, San Francisco and Long Beach, before returning home.

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FRANCIS KIRKHAM Oration Contests ■ ONTESTS in oration an d declamation have been many and splendid. The Thanksgiving oration medal given by the student body -M was won by Carlyle Maw. The Puritan Tercentenary essay, December 21, medals by the faculty won by Leland Wentz and Paul Roberts. Washington Birthday oration, the medal given by Beckstead, won by Reed Morrill. Extemporaneous speaking contest won by E. H. Harter took the beautiful loving cup so generously given each year by Rulon Dixon alias Abe. The Heber Jex medal (at date of publication not complete) was won by Leland Wentz. Especial thanks is due Francis Kirkham for his generosity in the giving of debating medals. Each of the debaters participating in the Triangle debates receives a beautiful gold medal from his hand. The honors of the sort mentioned here, given by the big mien of the state are the ones to be appreciated by our school, they encourage competition and on the whole tend to make this department the favorite of the institution.