Show ROCKY MOUNTAIN ORATORY TRYOUTS TO TU BE HELD T TODAY Many Students to Compete In F Fir First i r s t Intercollegiate i Orator Oratory Contest in West Vest Three Winners Will Receive Award One to Compete in Finals at Boulder May lay 8 S. Preliminary tryouts in the Rocky M Mountain Oratorical League will be beheld beheld beheld held this afternoon at 2 p p. p m m. in inthe inthe inthe the assembly hall This will be the first intercollegiate oratorical contest contest contest con con- test the University of Utah has par par- According to Coach Herbert Herbert Her- Her bert B. B Maw this is the beginning of ofa a i series of oratorical contests sponsored sponsored spon spon- by various schools and leagues lea lea- sues gues ues of which the University of Utah IS s a member This activity will hold holda a place as important as any of the theother theother other activities sponsored by the pubic public public pub pub- lic ic speaking department Similar awards will be given successful en entrants entrants entrants en- en trants in these contests as those re received received received re- re by deb debaters S Students trying out for this contest contest contest con con- test have been working on their speeches for several weeks Requirements Requirements Requirements Require Require- ments for the contest made it possible possible possible pos pos- sible for a large number of students students students stu stu- dents to compete The entrant could I choose his own subject on any topic that he wished The length of the I speech cannot exceed ten minutes Judges fudges will be selected from a list submitted by the various schools in inthe inthe inthe the league The students giving the three best speeches will be selected by the judges These three men will work on their speeches for another week and ind will receive all the help possible possible possible pos pos- sible from the public speaking department department department de de- de- de during that time Then another mother meet will be held and the jest best man sent to Boulder Colorado to represent the University of Utah Utahn in n the final tryouts At the final tryouts to be held at Boulder Colorado on May 8 8 representatives representatives rep rep- from all of the schools of the intermountain region will try tryout out The winner will receive beside beside beside be be- side the usual debating aw award rd a I prize of thirty dollars The second prize r ri e wilf will be he fifteen dollars There are six schools entered in inthis inthis in inthis this league In most of the cases the hc schools have had no experience in n this type of public speaking The schools entered are the University of Ut Utah h Brigham Young university University of Denver University of Wyoming Montana State college University of Boulder and University University sit sity of Arizona |