ROUNER WON LEE WADE PRIZE

Arthur Acy Rouner '20, of Omaha, Neb., was awarded first prize in the fourth annual Lee Wade II Prize Speaking contest held last night in Sanders Theatre. Second prize was won by Whitfield Whittemore Johnson '20, of Galva, Ill.; and third by William Hettleman '19, of Baltimore, Md.; while Thomas Harold Greenberg '19, of Dorchester, received honorable mention.

Each of the nine contestants delivered. "The Defence of Blennerhassett," by William Wirt. The defendant in this case was charged with complicity in the Aaron Burr conspiracy in 1805. All the declamations were given with energy and conviction.

Edward S. Crandon, of the Boston Transcript, took the place of Wendell McMahill as judge.

Dr. Francis Henry Wade, the father of Lee Wade II '14, in whose memory the contests are held, presided, and gave the prizes. Charles McNeil and Robert Lungers of the Radio School sang solos after the first and second groups of speeches, and the University Glee Club Quartet rendered a group of six songs while the judges were deliberating on the decision.