 | University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 |  |
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
Connected with the University are two literary societies of long
standing—the Jefferson Society and the Washington Society. At weekly
meetings in their respective halls, they hold debates and practice extemporaneous
and other forms of public speaking. Jointly they form the
Congress of the Debating Union and follow a procedure similar to that
of the national House of Representatives. Each society annually offers gold
medals for excellence in debating and oratory, and each organization contests
for intersociety prizes.
All intercollegiate contests are managed for the societies by the
Debating and Oratorical Council, which sends competitors for the prizes
of the Southern Inter-State Oratorical Association and the Virginia State
Oratorical Association, and conducts a triangular debate with two other
universities. Its present officers are W. A. Adams, Jr., President; A. R.
Ehrman, Vice-President; E. P. Baker, Secretary; C. W. Paul, Adjunct
Professor of Public Speaking, Treasurer, and B. C. Taylor, Assistant
Treasurer.
| Jefferson Society Orator | John Owen Beaty |
| Washington Society Orator | Roswell Curtis Long |
| Jefferson Society Debater | John Hugh Murphy |
| Washington Society Debater | Roswell Curtis Long |
| University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 | |