 | University of Virginia record February, 1913 |  |
STUDENTS' 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. It 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 D. H.
Rodgers, President; J. M. Barker, Vice-President; J. I. Viney, Secretary;
C. W. Paul, Adjunct Professor of Public Speaking, Treasurer,
and W. B. Hackley, Assistant Treasurer.
MEDALISTS.
1911-1912.
| Jefferson Society Orator | William Arthur Adams |
| Washington Society Orator | Louis Arthur Johnson |
| Jefferson Society Debater | William Arthur Adams |
| Washington Society Debater | William Martin Storm |
| University of Virginia record February, 1913 | |