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Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest.

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Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest.

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Roy Wilkins Wins
Third Price in
Oratorical Contest


Roy Wilkins, junior student at the University of Minnesota won third prices of $25 in the annual Pillsbury Oratorical contest held at the university on Thursday night. Mr. Wilkin’s speech was on the lynching evil. Mr. Charles Sawyer won second prize of $50 with a speech on Sovereignty vs International Law, and Sidney Benson won first prize of $100 with an oration on Soviet Russian.

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