St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Inter-Collegiate English Contest NOTHER of the annual institutions of St. Xavier, the Inter-Collegiate English Contest, was held on Monday, March 30 This contest presents a splendid opportunity to the students to display their literary skill as well as. their knowledge of current world topics, partie cularly those of moment to Catholics. It is open to all students of the Liberal Arts Colleges of the Missouri Province. The contest consists in writing: an essay on a subject not disclosed until the day of the contest. Six hours are allowed the participants. The authorities of each college then select the three best papers in their respective schools and forward them to St. Louis where all the manuscripts from the entire province are judged by a body of thirty-six judges. The prizes for the province are $50.00, $20.00, $15.00, $10.00 and $5.00. Besides these general awards, this year, the faculty of St. Xavier offered a prize of $5.00 to anyone from the school obtaining- one of the ten places in the contest. The subject for the essay of 1925 was ttPotent Catholic Life . The win- ners from St Xavier were Thomas J. Manion 26, Earl J. Winter ,26, and Ed- ward J. McGrath '28. At the time this book goes to press the winners of the entire contest have not yet been announced. Page One Hundred Sixteen

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THOMAS J. MANION The Verkamp Debate NE of the most hotly contested debates of the season proved to he the Verkamp Debate which was held in the Hamilton County Memorial Hall at Grant and Elm Streets on the night of the 24th of April. The especial occasion was the Silver Jubilee of the inception of the debate held for competition for the much coveted Verkamp Medal. A rather slim crowd was present to hear the topic that was up for discussion, namely, Resolved: That in excluding Japanese, the United States adopted the best policy. The Affirmative, which was rendered the de- cision was masterfully upheld by James P. Glenn, Thomas J, Manion and Frank A. Arlinghaus. Richard T. Deters, Earl J. Winter and Edward J. McGrath fought valiantly for the negative side of the question. The medal was awarded to Thomas J. Manion, T26, by a vote of the judges, three in number. The notable manner in which the negative side defended their points of issue, was a subject of much comment, Their arguments in their first speeches were very effective, but; they appeared somewhat weak in the rebuttals. The line of argument as followed 'by the affirmative, was virile and consistent throughout, Consequently the deCision was a very popular one. Page One Hundred Fifteen

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The Intercollegiate Latin Contest HE Latin Intercollegiate Contest is held each year between the twelve colleges and universities of the Missouri Province. On a certain day the students of these institutions submit papers in competition for a gold medal, offered by the Rev. F. X. McNenamy, S.J., head of the Missouri Prov- ince. Matter for the contest is divided into two parts; the translation of a given, classical English selection into idiomatic Latin, to which is alloted the better part of the morning hours, and then the transposing of an excerpt from one of the 01d Latin Masters into correct English, which consumes not more than an hour and a half. The whole contest is thus limited to less than five hours. To their papers, the competitors sign only an assumed name. In another envelope, they place their real names, and also, the name signed to the contest paper. This envelope is then sealed, and not opened by the Faculty Members who handle the contest, until results of the contest are returned from St. Louis, where the papers are sent for adjudgment. Three papers are sent from each College in the Province, forming a grand total of thirty-six papers, to which are given ten awards; the first receiving the above mentioned Gold Medal. The selections of the contest matter this year were; a character description of Sir Thomas Moore, to be transcribed into Latin, and a section from the Dialogues of Tacitus, for correct English renderihg. The papers of Eugene Perazzo, 52.7, John B. Stem, '2'? John Tangeman, '27, and Francis A. Arling- haus, '26 were the choice of those submitted, and have been sent to St. Louis to represent St. Xavier College. Page One Hundred Seventeen