Evening star., 1934-02-11
Deaf Students Description
Of Roaring Surf Wins Prize
10y E. GOLLADAY.

Star Staff Photo.
y II USIC in the seas roar and the
M beat of surf on trembling
IVN sands, which he Is destined
l Y L never to hear, provided the
theme which 10y e. Cola
day. Gallaudet College senior. wrote
"The Eternal Triangle" poem ad-
Judged best In the University Wom-
ems Clubs second annual poetry con-
test.
Golladay, a 20-year-old Winchester,
Va, boy, who has been deaf since he
was 8 years of age. won the clubs first
prize of IS with his three -stanza poem,
dealing with the conflict between
mans love for q woman and his love
for the sea.
Golladay also won first honorable
mention with another of his poems,
September Rain"
Other Winners.
Other winners in the contest in
which 80 poems were submitted by 80
writers Of seven universities and col
leges, were: Second prize, IS, John
Coulter, American University senior,
with his poem. Time Taps Monotony
Against My Heart; third prize, IS,
Earl c. Sollenberg, Gallaudet College
senior and claSSmate of Golladay, with
his poem. THE Grave Near Pope;
second honorable mention, Miss Ma
rion Rueth, Trinity College senior,
with her Retrospect" and third hon.
orable mention, Robert True, Ameri-
can University freshman, with his
poem. Garment of Peace"
The poems were judged by Selden
Barber, Mrs. Lewis Chase and Miss
Alberta Walker. The presentation of
the awards was made at a dinner, at
which DR.. Homer c. House of the
University Of Maryland faculty spoke
on the writing of Poetry"
Has Won Other Prizes.
Winning prizes for literary prowess
is scarcely a novelty now for young
Golladay. He won second prize In
the same contest last year, and In
May. 1890. he was the District Of
Columbia winner in the Atlantic
Monthly's national essay contest. Col
laday's winning essay told in COM
pa oeANCAy oAAPAC buG POWcI1ul StylC
the story-his own-of boys going
deaf. The paper described his final
day with normal hearing, discovery of
his loss Of hearing and his first day
as victim Of deafness.
Golladay was stricken i'll with
spinal meningitis when a youngster
on his parents farm at Winchester.
He lay i'll for long time, and when
finally he regained consciousness, he
awoke to find his mother peering into
his eyes and slowing moving her lips.
He thought she was uttering q silent
prayer, he recalled yesterday, until
the thought burst upon him that she
was speaking and that he was not
hearing.
Entered College at Is.
But that was ~ years ago. Since
then he has studied at the West Vir-
ginia School for the Deaf at Romney.
He made such strides scholastically
that he began his college work at
Gallaudet at the age of Is Writing
and reading early became his intense
occupations, and he has developed a
proficiency which has won him his
recognition. He Is at present editor in
chief of Gallaudet's the Buff and Blue,
magazine issued by the institution
He became It's editor In his junior
year, unique attainment at the COL
lege.
Talking with representative of
The Star yesterday-and he does
talk - Golladay commented on the
blow the talking motion pictures dealt
the deaf. But he has a solution for
that. He glanced nervously at his
wrist watch as he spoke.
We'll. how do you manage at the
talkies?" he was asked.
"I-well, you see I have a girl friend