St Benedict High School - Benedictum Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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The BENEDICTUM Public Speaking Honors We have every reason to be proud of our orators and declaimer and to be gratified by the splendid work of their teachers. In the February elimination contest sponsored by the Michigan Catholic for students of the Catholic high schools of the city and state, Margaret Weber and Harold Ostenfeld were the respective oratorical and declamatory winners of their district. Although our oratorical contestant received no prize in the finals, we are proud of her efforts and the credit which she reflected upon herself and the school. In the finals for the boys, our declaimer, Harold Ostenfeld, was awarded second place and received a prize of ten dollars. ln the State Oratorical and Declamatory Contest, sponsored by the Detroit News, wc again hoped to show our ability. The school elimination contest was held on March 6, in St. Benedict Auditorium. Vincent Desmond delivered his oration, The Constitutionf' in a most praiseworthy manner and was awarded first place. Harold Osrenfeld, by his splendid delivery of Spartacus to the Gladiatorsf' merited first honors among the declaimers. To our winners, we offer hearty congratulations and sincere wishes for their future success in the oratorical and declamatory fields. Our Debating Team This year, for the Hrst time in the history of the school, St. Benedict was represented by debating teams. The subject of the inter-scholastic debates was Rapid Transit. Though both our affirmative and negative teams met defeat, we are not disheartenedg on the contrary, we are much encouraged, for with experience and the continued diligence we have witnessed, success is ahead. Wil- liam Eardly is the only member the teams will lose by graduation. The other members, Edward Byrne, Francis Crossland, John Dohany, Alice Eardly, and Clifford Huckle, with this year's work as a foundation, will forge ahead and raise the standard of St. Benedict Debating Teams. Essay Contest From the earliest days in the history of the world, contests have been promoted either for the mental or physical development of youth. In the annals of the Senior Class of 1928 may be read the fact that this class boasts of William Eardly as one of the final eight parochial school contestants in the Union Trust Essay Contest. Though all the members of the Senior Class submitted essays, William's alone was chosen to represent the school. As the annual goes into print the seniors are still awaiting the judges' decision, which they sincerely hope will name their classmate the winner of a 51,000 scholarship prize. Page TlJir'fy-ffirfe

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