Ten Student Orators Survive Preliminaries Of Boylston Contest

Ten finalists for the Boylston Prize Speaking Contest were chosen after a preliminary competition among 24 students yesterday afternoon in the New Lecture Hall. The finals will be held March 29.

The winning speakers were: J. David Baumann '52, Cambridge; Walter C. Carrington '52, Lowell House; William J. DeMuth '53, Lowell House; Richard J. Larkin '51, Kirkland House; Roger A. Moore '53, Dunster House; Donald C. Mork '52, Newton; Edward S. Wells '51, Ayer; John J. Trudon '51, Dunster House; Edward L. Snow '53, Revere; and Marvin E. Mazie '52, Kirkland House.

Two $35 and three $25 prizes will be awarded winners of the final contest. Judges for the preliminaries were Howard L. Miller, Jr., instructor in Public Speaking; Frederick C. Packard, Jr., associate professor of Public Speaking; and Irwin Swerdlow, teaching fellow in English.