Hard ing's poetry cl ub, of eight members, is interested in the appreciation and writing of poetry, and also in oral interpretat ion. Many of these members participated in the speech fes tival thi s year . A contest was held thi s year fo r the best essay written on the Constitu - ti on. It stimulated much interest on the campus and ten entr ies were made. Den nis Allen, Virgil Bentley and Monroe Hawley wrote the bes t essays as judged by Dr. Georg e S. Benson, Pro f. E. M. Hughes , Prof. Batsell Ba xter , and Dean L. C. Sears. These three essays were sent to Dr . Samuel B. Pettengill , who sponsored the contes t and chose the winner, Dennis Allen. A prize of fifty dollars was presented by Dr . Pettengill to the author of the best entry. These papers were also entered as an event in the speech fes t ival . Poetry Club and Constitutional Contest
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