North Dakota Law Review/Volume 1/Number 2/National Oratorical Contest on Constitution

NATIONAL ORATORICAL CONTEST ON CONSTITUTION

The final meeting of the national oratorical contest on the Constitution was held at Washington, in Memorial Continental Hall, on June 6. President Coolidge presided, and was presented to the audience by Temporary Chairman, Hon. R. E. L. Saner, President of the American Bar Association. The judges of the contest were Chief Justice Taft and Justices Van Deventer, Sanford, Sutherland and Butler. Mr. Don Tyler of Los Angeles won first place in the contest, and a prize of $3,500. Miss Ruth Newburn of Washington won the second prize of $1,000 and Mr. John M. Dallam, III, of Philadelphia, the third prize of $500.