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. Each society annually offers gold medals for excellence in
debating and oratory, and each organization contests for intersociety prizes.
MEDALISTS, 1916-1917.
| Jefferson Society Orator |
Frank Stringfellow Barr |
| Washington Society Orator |
Roy Lawrence Garis |
| Jefferson Society Debater |
Gordon Barbour Ambler |
| Washington Society Debater |
William Lanier Allen |
| Washington Society Declaimer |
William Howard Estes |
