Huron University - Rubaiyat Yearbook (Huron, SD)

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F' J 'ilu' if 1 X all l 3 . L-.,.. E7 it '1 ffl . ,.f iff, ff ti - f- -f 1 ,i '. it its i Gila? :ll lid 'ill 'px . in 3 'liillifflfiillfi zgqjlizjfi file -li'-M K, '-' 'r.,t1g,4n. -. '-.-+ f--H Masai, rz'1r2L?1,.vWf2.f- i R l 1 l 1 .ix r m 1 Jia ff, -Q- J' w nf. 5 , a 4: H ll li i ll .t i vl 'ailia 65 5 -r p .- :-fssimfgrffff SJ ' l l , . fl X. 'Ib iilql . .N l' f LESTER THONSSEN ig.. l 5 QW 4 ,fbi M EXTEMPORE t,,tg.i,5 f 5. lg? 'xii 1 -Q, ESTER THONSSEN won first place in the local extempore speaking l . R A s ,N-,Nw . . . .1 fdlli iii? contest over a field of fourteen participants. This was Thonssen's fiftfg li Ex: second successive year to represent Huron College in this line of forensic - 'in ' activityg since he Won the local contest both years. Catherine lVIcCune won second place and Elinor Jones third. - .ii yi fm' . V Wfifx In the divisional contest in oratozy and extempore speaking of the State Forensic img Association which washeld in Huron on the eleventh of February, Thonssen was . . . . . . . '. 2 ll? successful in winning first place in extempore. Paul Vincent placed third in oratory, . . ll Y losing second place by a scant margin. gi . 'EL..,r.1 -I l The final state contest occurred on February twelfth at Brookings. Thonssen ffm? Lf' was again victorious, as he was awarded first place by a goodly margin. Thonssen ' f . . . . - lu met real competition in both contests and his success was notable. lam . . . . ,K . li7fE'i At the divisional contest Thonssen talked on Samuel Gompers, Patriarch of NUM I Laborf' His subject at Brookings was Woodroxv Wilson.,, His time for preparation li lil ill- in both instances was less than four hours but both speeches were finished products. - f- At the regional Pi Kappa Delta Convention held at Mitchell, April 9-IO, Catherine lVIcCune Won Hrst honors by defeating seven of the best extempore speakers I It !' HI it from Iowa, North and South Dakota. Jfliiiw 0 .l Fifty-five' E fs: 7 he - ---tc .M ..., .S ,. 512'i, il LL-, Pi W. at ttlsfsa-