Show 14 COLLEGIATE ORATORS MEET IN SL S S. S L. L EVENT EVENTA A Regional Finals Set For Tuesday Night at Banquet Fourteen college students from Utah and other western states cleared their throats Tuesday in preparation for Pacific region finals in a wide nation-wide extempore discussion contest on inter Ameri can affairs The contest finals will take place at 7 p. p m. m Tuesday at a Pan- Pan American banquet in the Newhouse Newhouse Newhouse New- New house hotel The winner will represent represent represent rep rep- resent the region at national finals in Washington D. D C. C on May 14 and also will be awarded an expense ex cx- pense paid trip to South America this summer as guest of Nelson I Rockefeller United States coordinator coordinator coordinator of inter American affairs who is sponsoring the contest Idahoans Will Vill Judge Judges for the finals will be Dr Charlton G. G Laird Dr Oscar Hammen Hammen Hammen Ham- Ham men Dr J. J R. R Ni Nichols hols Dr Carl W. W McIntosh Oscar Kaplan and Mary Carroll all of the faculty of University of Idaho southern branch Contestants are Richard Mon- Mon sen University of Utah Merle Borrowman Brigham Young university university uni tint Miss Pearl Steiner and Miss Jacquelyn Judge both of College of the Pacific George Grover and John Baird University University sity of Southern California Paul Clark University of Colorado Theodore and Robert Alsup University of New Mexico George Mooney University of Washington Henry Lopez Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver university Charles Coffey Washington State college Tom Klink Pacific university and Walace Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace McCall Willamette sity Miss Steiner ana Miss Judge only women contestants to survive district contests said in panel discussions discussions discussions dis dis- that exploitation by American business men has hindered hindered hin bin dered development of natural resources resources resources re re- re- re sources and inter-American inter trade and argued that whatever ties the axis has achieved in Latin-America Latin are as much the fault of the exploitation exploitation ex ex- tactics of Americans as of South Americans themselves Mr called attention to I the racial problem as it exists in South Am America rica pointing out that different races dominate political and economic spheres in different republics Of the Latin Latin- Americans he said about are Indians negroes whites and of mixed origin Mr Alsup said Latin temperament temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment should be considered in a serious light when trade and cultural cultural cul cul- cul- cul tural tuna relations are expanded and urged suggestion and education rather than coercion in furtherIng furtherIng furthering further- further Ing the good neighbor policy Suspicion Toward U. U S. S Dr F. F S. S Harris president of Brigham Young university speaker speak speak- er at a Monday night public meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in the Newhouse hotel used the topic Critical Attitudes in Latin America to declare that South Americans have an attitude of suspicion toward people of this country and said United States citizens take an attitude of superiority superiority su su- su- su toward their neighbors to the south He suggested we inform ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves about Latin-America Latin rather than try to reform the South Americans Round table discussions on Latin-American Latin affairs took place Tuesday afternoon in the Union building and in Kingsbury hall hail University of Utah campus with contestants participating under guidance of Laverne Bane of the University speech department who is regional contest director |