Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27
i. Of D. Selects
ItsChdmpions in
0rdtory Contest


University of DetrottS ofatoriealt
champions we're chosen today for
the Times Thomas jefferson Me
mortal Contest
The contestants there held their
contests. one for senior college
and another for the junior college,
ahead OF Wayne University and
the other junior and senior col
leges. carefully keeping secret the
place and hour of their finals
WAYNE was selecting its junior
and senior champions today.
UPPERCLASS CHAMPION
John r. Baumgartner, %, I. OF
d. senior. who Is in the naval ar
-C0rpS ana awaiting cait fet-tfaifi-
me. rs the upperclasS champion.
Roberta Edwards. rs, freshman
in the Junior college, took the ute
there.
BaumEartner is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Royden F Baumgartner
80 Lawrence. Miss Edwards Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Louis A. Edwards 1924 Wis
iConSin
Neither has ever participated in
any previous Detroit Times con-
Test. although both have had con-
siderable, oFatoTical experience.
Baumgartner started his FIRST year
Af-ti.ef D=by winning the fresh
man oratorical contest and has
been ranking among the school 5
best speakers ever since.
Miss Edwards came 20 Y. OF d.
from BEDFORD High School where
she was prominent in erstory and
defamation contests. This is her
first acclaim as collegiate
speaker.
The L. Of p. winners are both
students of Dr. Michael kInsclla,
director Of speech at the unlver-
sity. They survived repeated class
Examinations 10 get to the tlnais
where, all contestants agreed,
the going was really tough.
School Judges under DR.. kinSella'S
4dlrector, handled the finals.
SEMIFINALS THURSDAY
-tHof DIS champions fneet=the
Junior and senior victors Of Wayne,
Detroit Institute of Technology,
and Mercy College, in the two
divisions semifinal or district,
Examinations, at Mercy next Thurs
day night.
Then the winners will battle
each other for the Greater Detroit
college championship over the air
before CKLW microphones the
next night. April ?. TO determine
which shall represent this city in
the Middle Western zone elimina-
tionS in Chicago, April 4.
On the CKLW-Times program
the Junior and senior high school
city titalistS also will vie against
each other for the all-city high
school crown and the right 10 con-
test Milwaukee. Pittsburgh and
Chicago champions in the zone
meet.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
PerShing. Crosse Pointe. Ham
tramck. Hazel Park. DENLY, South
western and De La Sale highs
picked their champions yesterday.
The winners are.
PerShing, Frances Goelet, 16,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Goelet,
l9343 Fleming.
\ Crosse Pointe, Robert Stanley,
son of MIR. and Mrs J. Dean Stan
ley. PSI Mckinley
Hamtramck, jerome Lewandow-
ski, Is. son of ex-MayOr and Mrs
Joseph LewandowSkl 1910 Hol-
brook
Hazel Park. Moral McNeely Il
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Malice,
80 w. George.
DENLY, Evelyn Hufnagel, II. son
OF Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hufnagel,
1869 Saratoga.
Southwestern, Harry Tarpinian.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Tar
pinian. $50 S. Cotterell
De La Sale. Robert kalthoff, Il,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A.
Kalihoff. $500 Nine Mile road.
The Junior high champions
chosen up 10 this morning are:
Wilson Intermediate. Shirley
BcnnlnG, ID, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs Eugene Benning. 1920 Spring
wells
Ncinas Intermediate. Myrtle
Wlhela. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Emil Wlhela. 1873 Vinewood
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