Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal . ional Honors. Challenge To Century. is ThemeOF Oration Which has Been Quite Widely Published. No greater honor has been brought to the Oratory depart-ment of Ohio Wesleyan University than by the winning offirst place by DeLoyd F. Wood, 18, of Portland, Ind., in theInter-state Prohibition Oratorical Contest, held in Indian-apolis last June before the national convention of the Anti-Saloon League. Representatives from twelve states com-peted against Mr. Wood, each man having won first place inhis own state contest. Thus has Ohio Wesleyan not onlytriumphed over the twe
Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal . ional Honors. Challenge To Century. is ThemeOF Oration Which has Been Quite Widely Published. No greater honor has been brought to the Oratory depart-ment of Ohio Wesleyan University than by the winning offirst place by DeLoyd F. Wood, 18, of Portland, Ind., in theInter-state Prohibition Oratorical Contest, held in Indian-apolis last June before the national convention of the Anti-Saloon League. Representatives from twelve states com-peted against Mr. Wood, each man having won first place inhis own state contest. Thus has Ohio Wesleyan not onlytriumphed over the twelve colleges represented, but alsothe sixty or more previously disqualified. A Challenge to the Century was the title of the orationwhich took the $75 prize. In it, Mr. Wood undertook toshow that national prohibition will come when some politicalparty declares for it as a governmental policy and is electedto power to enforce it. That he was able to take first placewith an oration which advocated a policy which the organiza-. delloyd f. wood Ohio Epsilon 18 A Notable Achievement 39 tion before whom he was speaking stringently opposes addsto his trimph. The representative from New York State, aSyracuse University man, won the second choice of thejudges, speaking on The Responsibility of the this speaker. Wood had a lead of two points, there beinga difference of only five points between the judges scoreof the four high men. The manuscript of the Ohio WesleyanUniversity orator was unanimously given first place, whilein delivery he received second. Each man competing was an experienced orator, Woodbeing the only underclassman among them, and youngest inpoint of years. The speaker for Wesleyan University (Conn.)had won the Inter-state Peace Oratorical contest, and hadreceived fourth place in the national. In the mind of LeeColvin, an alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan University and presi-dent of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, thecontest was the strongest ever hel
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