Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-08
LYF0RD PRIZE
SPEAKING CONTEST
AT COLBY TONIGHT

The annual Lyford interscholastic
prize speaking contest will be held
this evening in Memorial chapel at
Colby college when contestants from
large number of secondary schools
throughout Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts compete for the
four prizes which are offered. Con-
testants began to arrive in Water
vile last night and the fraternity
houses were we'll filled with second
airy school men who were to be en-
terta1ned until Saturday morning.
The Lyfords are an annual event
at Colby and this year there are
even more contestants entered than
usual. Special prizes aggregating
the sum of 800, the gift of Will
Hartford Lyford of the class of 1879
of Chicago. are made available to
the college and are open to young
men students attending preparatory
schools in Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. The chef object
of the prizes is to encourage public
speaking and awards are made for
the general excellence of the work
performed. 1t Is necessary for a
school to enter the names Of the
contestants at least one month be-
fore the time set for the contest and
selections which are to be given are
to be limited to six minutes in
length. The contestants are required
to speak excerpts from orations or
addresses delivered by some we'll
known public speaker within COM
paraively recent years. The board
Of judges awards prizes on the basis
of so points, of which Interpretation
shall count 25, appearance Is and
the pronunciation shall count 10.
The prizes which are awarded are as
follows: first prize, SO; second prize,
s25; third prize, SIS; fourth prize,
$40.
DIR. Herbert c. Libby, head of the
department Of public speaking has
announced that the list of contest
ants is complete and yesterday af-
ternoon gave out this list. The
names of the contestants and the
schools which they represent is as
follows: Bangor high school, Harold
Schiro and Roderick O'Connor;
Classical high school, of Worcester,
Mass, William A. Niman and
Charles S. Whelan; Good Will high
school, Robert A. Johnston and Will
liam L. Ransom: Kingfield high
school. Wesley Winter and Austin
Thomas; Cony high school of Au-
gusta. Howard Stiles: Hallowell high
school. Leonard Stephenson and
Munro Getchell; Orono high school,
James Ashworth; Sangerville high
school, Stuart Conley and Floyd A.
Lambert; Bridgton academy, Charles
Hamlin and George Larson; East
hampton high school of Easthampton.
Mass. j. Francis Shaw and Charles
Hanson; Bridgton high school, Gill
bert H. Harmon and Joseph Magper,
Jr.; Casco high school, Kenneth
Hancock; Coburn Alassical institute
of Waterville, Donald Mason and
James Woods: Hartland academy.
Frederick Stearns: Skowhegan high
school, Chester Clayton: Rever high
Rosenberg and Frederick w. Hill
man: Hebron academy, Malcolm w.
Muchmore and Packard Glover;
Deering high school, Roger 3. Ray;
Canton high school, Waldron Morse
and Herbert Sweat: Lisbon Falls
high school. Howard Gerrish and
Raymond King; Sanford high school.
Frederick E. Hanscom; Edward Lit
tie high school of Auburn, Hubert
Trip and Parker Mann.
The preliminaries are to be held in
the, coilege chapel this afternoon at
which time all of the contestants
will be required to give their selec-
tons and from the large number. a
smaller group will be chosen to give
their speeches in the evening.