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Show 'CONTESTS TO BE FEATURED IN HIGHSCIIOOLS Sponsored To Acquaint ' Stmlcn.s With P,)st War And Current Plans To acquaint high school students stud-ents with current and postwar problems, contests will be held in all high schools of the state, one each in February, March, and April, Dr. T. Earl Pardee, chairman of the Victory Speakers' Bureau of the Utah Council of Defense announced this week Winners of the local school contest con-test will compete in district contests; con-tests; district winners in division contests, and division winners in a state contest. The state finals will be held in Salt Lake City during dur-ing the third week in April. The first contest is to take place the first week in February, the second in March and the third in April. Subjects for discussion will be "Conservation of Food," "How Students Can Help to Avoid Inflation," In-flation," and "Cause and Cure of Juvenile Delinquency." The first contest will be strictly an oratorical oratori-cal contest not to exceed ten minutes; min-utes; the second an essay, memorized, memo-rized, not more than ten minutes, min-utes, and the third an extemporaneous extempora-neous speech of six minutes after a thirty-minute round table discussion. dis-cussion. Springville is in District 5 which includes Utah and Juab counties. School contests in every case will be determined by the public speaking departments of the individual indi-vidual high schools, and they will compete in a district contest to be arranged by the districts themselves. them-selves. For each of the monthly contests, there will be a division contest for Northern Utah and one for Southern Utah, with $25.00 war bonds awarded the winners, six in all. The six division winners will compete in the state finals for the state championship and a $50 war bond prize. District and Division chairmen will be named later, according to Dr. Pardoe. Rules of the contests con-tests and reference material will be furnished the high schools through Dan M. Whelan, executive officer, War Services Division of the Utah Council of Defense from its offices in Salt Lake City. |