Regina Collegiate Institute - Souvenir Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Contestants tn The Balfour Orottory Contest 1912-13. xx f, - , vw ,332 . AI' V. f 'f - Q. R . X. .mbgv :.'N'1 Top Row: F. MART! R 'lunn FF G C1 LLON Second Row: W. XNILSON, I DOVWSWELL 5 HOGARTH. THE WINNERS OF THE CONTEST FOR 1912-13 WERE LELA DOWSWELL AND ROBERT TURRIFF.

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The Literary Society 1912-13 Although the Literary Society has always played a promi- The personnel of the Executive is as follows: nent part in the studentis education, this year it has exerted a greater influence than ever. This'is due chiefly to the new organisation of the society. Owing to the large number of students in attendance this year it was thought that tlie one general society would not be able to serve all the students equally well. Consequently the main society was subdivided into three lesser organisations, the Senior Literary Society, for the Students of the Senior and lyliddle School, the Second Year Literary Society for its students, and one for the first year. These met on Wedliesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons of each week respectively. Students from the Senior Literary Society only were allowed to compete in the Balfour Oratory Contest. Each of these societies elected its own chairman, secretary and form representatives, the chairman to hold office for one month only. These committees arranged for the weekly programmes and controlled any entertainments that were for their own students, while the general business pertaining to the Literary Society was conducted by the lylain Executive. To the careful attention and the activity of this Executive is due tl1e success of the At Home, which was held in December, 1912 and the publication of this Souvenir Number in 1913. Honorary President .... Mr. Justice J. T. Brown Honorary lst Vice President .... J. A. Allan, Esq. Honorary 2nd Vice President. .lNIrs. Robert Sinton President ,.................... Fred. YV. Martin 1st Vice President .... Qnd Vice President ..... . . . Secretary .......... f 1 1 reasurer ,... Auditor .............. Senior Form Councillor lVIiddle A Councillor ....... Middle B Councillor. . . Junior Junior Junior Junior Junior Junior H A Councillor H B Councillor I A Councillor .... I B Councillor. I C Councillor. I D Councillor .... . .Lela B. Dowswell . . . .August Muller Adeleine Armstrong . . .James S. Balfour . . . . . .George Wells Harold Longworthy ........Vera Cline . . . .Dan MacLean .......Harry Hay . .A .VValter Milligan . . . . .Tenie Sinton . . . .Ruth Schiefner ......EfHe Heron . . . . .Eva McLean -L. DOWSWELL

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The Balfour Oratory Contest at 1 i muwnfm 4 y lil? ' a A. S ll T ':.!' .lf ' lf f A i hill. - 'IU ' , '7 fr TQ-Q BTW ,Z if M f r . rr i t tj, .ffFmNlll.lMi1itt 'fgf.lt i In 1903, Mr. Jas. Balfour, the present Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Regina Collegiate Institute, donated medals to be competed for annually in the Balfour Oratory Contest. This contest extends over the school year under the guidance of the Literary Society, and, during the past few years, has taken the form of a series of debates, throughout Which a special committee, chosen from the teaching staff and the students, is expected to take notes of the debates and select the best speakers. From these students thus chosen three girls and three boys are elected to take part in a final debate to which the public is invited. The judges of this debate have a very onerous task imposed upon them because of the dual duty expected of them to decide the debate and to determine the best speaker from the three girls and the best from the three boys. The students have always entered into the contest with splendid spirit and great good has been obtained by the students because of this opportunity to cultivate the art of public speaking. The prize winners in the contest since its beginning are as follows: 1903 Miss Bessie Stewart, lVIiss lNIabel Scott, lNIr. Stanley Skeene. 1904-Miss Vera Trew, lVIr. Wlalter Low. 1905-Miss Irene Gray, Mr. Orson Dane. 1906-Miss Pearl Dowswell, Mr. A. C. VVest. 1907-Miss Mabel Marshall, Mr. Arthur Chatwin. 1908-lNIiss Thurza Boies, lVIr. Douglas Fraser 1909-Miss Hester Young, Mr. VV. C. Laird. 1910-Miss Etta Boies, lNIr. C. E. Smith. 1911-Miss Edith Longworthy, Mr. Emmet McCusker. 1912 1913 -Miss Eva Creighton, lNIr'. Don McCannel. Miss Lela Dowswell, Mr. Robert Turriff. This year the final debate was held Thursday evening, lVIay Sth. The subject was, Resolved, that the state should henceforth gradually acquire and control all public utilities such as telegraph, telephone and express systems. The affirmative side of the question was upheld by Messrs. Fred. Martin, VVilfred VVilson and Robert Turriff, while the negative was taken by Misses Lela Dowswell, Geraldine Gallon and Sadie Hogarth. The judges awarded the debate to the negative and the medals to Miss L. Dowswell and lNIr. R. Turriff. A. ARMSTRONG.