1911-1912 Academic Catalog

C£OARVILL£ CoU.ECE few years the societies have beautified their halls at the expense of several hundred dollars. Literary exercises are required of the students. INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES. One or two debates are usually held each year be– tween Cedarville and some other college. During recent years, such contests have been held with Wilmington and Muskingum Colleges. In 1909 a girls' debate with Muskingum, believed to be the first girls' intercollegiate debate on record, resulted in a victory for Cedarville. ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION. Cedarville College is a member of the Ohio Inter– collegiate Oratorical Association, which, in turn, is a division of the Interstate Association, including eleven of the leading States of the Middle West. A preliminary oratorical contest is held during the first semester of each year, the winner representing the College in the State contest. The winner of the latter represents the State of Ohio in the interstate contest. This association with which the College is connected is the oldest and largest oratorical association in the United States, many of the eminent statesmen and orators of the day having received much of their early training in its contests. DECLAMATORY AND ORATORICAL CONTESTS. A declamatory contest for ladies is held near the close of the first semester, and an oratorical contest for men near the close of the second semester, prizes being given to the winners of first and second and third places. 16