Prizes Awarded For Speaking Competition

The Boylston Prizes for public speaking were awarded last night after 10 finalists in the competition recited selections ranging from Clearence Darrow's defense of Loeb and Leopold, to Robert Brownings's "The Pied Piper of Hamlin."

Two first prizes of $35 each were awarded to H. Todd Cobey '65, who recited "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" by Vachel Lindsay, and to Daniel N. Freudenberger '66, who recited excerpts from "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee.

Three second prizes of $25 each were awarded to Michael Ehrhardt '66, who presented "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, to Cheng-Teik Goh '65, who recited "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats, and to Andreas W. Teuber '64, who delivered Glouster's speech from Act III of Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare.

The contest was judged by the Hon. Charles S. Bolster, the Rt. Rev. John Melville Burgess and Mrs. John A. Sullivan.