East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE OBATORICAL CONTEST HE pupils of East High hear only the final oratorical speeches and possibly think that all one has to do is to write the essay and deliver it. What a mistaken idea and how much so-called red tape there is to go through with before the essays are presented! First of all, there is the question of eligibility. To be eligible, it is necessary to have had an average of at least 752, in all B and A grade subjects and of at least 8095 in both B and A English until the time of the contest. This year, all who were eligible and wished to compete were to hand their names to our elocution teacher, Miss Aldrich, by Thursday, January 20. Friday morning all directions were given for the preliminaries which were to be held the following Wednesday after classes. Eighteen dignified Seniors met that Wednesday afternoon and nervously reviewed their selections for the last time. The speeches were to be taken from some famous American orator and were not to exceed 250 words in length. These students were judged on the carrying power and the tone quality of the voice, perfectly memorizing the selection, and their general appearance and delivery. Mr. Jenkins, Miss Baehr, Miss Conner, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Aldrich, all teachers of the East High School were the judges. Ten of these eighteen pupils then received typewritten instructions as to the writing of the essay. Titles could be chosen from a large number of very interesting topics, which had been suggested as suitable subjects. The compo- sitions were not to exceed 800 words and had to be submitted, typewritten and in a sealed envelope, on or before March 7. With the essay, another sealed envelope was handed in containing a pledge to the effect that the essay handed in under a nom-de-plume was the student's own composition. March 7 finally came, as alldays will, and the twenty sealed envelopes were submitted. From these, five were chosen to deliver their essays in the auditorium before the entire school on May 9. 4 EDYTHE BUERKLE, '21, The finals in the oratorical contest were held in the auditorium, Monday, May 9, 1921. The contestants and their subjects were: ' 1. Time to Close the Gates .....,................. Sue Stanley 2. The Japanese Situation .... .... L awrence Ustick 3. The Invasion of America . . . . . .Robert Mclntosh 4. Our Duty to America .... ...... C arlton Rust. 5. The Soldiers' Memorial ......... .... R uth Garver Ruth Garver was declared the winner. msn

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Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room HOME ROOM PRESIDENTS 7 -Mary Ustick 9--Chas. Duncan 10-Mary Curry 11-George Smith 16-Raymond Clark 19W-Louis Grabensteder 101-Albert McClelland 103 105- Griflith Dye R. G. Hunt 107-Eleanor Ryan 108-Harvey Stevens 110-John Fitzer 122-Mary Kumler 123-Ray Powell 126-Ervin Dietz 128-Harry Smith 131--Chas. Layport 132-Albert Moeser 133-Ralph Metzger 134-Chas. Burns 201MMi1dred Martin 203-Aileen Falbush H831 Room 206-Louise Storey Room 207-Vivian Zorens Room 208e- Mildred Lockwood Room 209-Carolyn Bryant Room 21,7-Robt. McIntosh Room 226g-Clara LeRoy Room 227WMildred Bookwalter Room 228- Room 229! Helen Martin Jane Becker Room 302-Dorothy Crull Room 303--Sarah Fern Sharp Room 304-Mildred Boss Room 3054Marion Long Room 306-Garnet Grimme Room 307-Albert Molloy Room 311-Stanley Rimmer Room 312-Carl Biltz Room 313-Edgar Rippey Room 314-Margaret Taylor Room 318-Sabina Fromhold Room 319-Martha Slusser Room 322-Mildred Flesher Room 325-Lucy Raymond