The annual oratorical contest which is sponsored by the Bison was held this year in connection with the Speech Festival. Weldon Casey and Mary Bess Love won top honors in the men's and women's divisions respectively. Mr. Casey spoke on "The Stars of the Future" and Miss Love on "Our National Flag." T. Coy Porter and Mona Belle Campbell, runners-up in the contest, spoke on "Freedom for All" and "God's Jew." The orators were judged on subject matter and delivery. For two years Dr. Samuel B. Pettengill of South Bend. Indiana. has sponsored an essay contest on America's Constitutional Liberty. This contest is designed to stimulate an interest in and a better understanding of our constitution which will safeguard our liberty and our American way of life. A faculty committee serves as preliminary judges of the essays and sends them to Dr. Pettengill who chooses the winner. A prize of sixty dollars, fifty dollars by Dr. Pettengill and ten dollars by Mr. R. E. Dutcher of Pierce, Nebraska, is given to the author of the best entry. Entrants in this year's contest are Diamond Perkins, T. Coy Porter, Wyatt Sawyer, Weldon Casey, and Dale Larsen. They also entered these papers as an event in the annual speech festival.
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