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INFORMATION
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High School
Oratorical Scholarship Program
"A Constitutional Speech Contest" |
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PURPOSE |
 The purpose of
The American Legion High School Oratorical
Scholarship Program "A Constitutional Speech Contest" is to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of
the Constitution of the United States on the part of high
school students. Other objectives of the contest include the
development of leadership qualities, the ability to think
and speak clearly and intelligently, and the preparation for
acceptance of the duties and responsibilities, the rights
and privileges of American citizenship. |
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SCHOLARSHIPS |
Scholarship awards are presented
to the three finalists in the Final Round of the National
contest as follows:
1st Place - $18,000; 2nd Place - $16,000; 3rd Place -
$14,000. Each Department (State) winner who is
certified into and participates in the first round of the
National Contest will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Each first round winner who advances to and participates in
the second round, but does not advance to the Final Round,
will receive an additional $1,500 scholarship to
pursue education beyond high school.
The scholarships awarded by the National Organization of The
American Legion to the three finalists, to the Department
winners, and to the first round winners who are eliminated
during the second round of competition may be used to attend
any college or university in the United States. Funds
for the scholarships awarded by the National Organization
are provided by The American Legion Life Insurance Fund.
A contestant must give both their Prepared Oration and the
Assigned Topic Discourse in order to receive the scholarship
moneys they are entitled to.
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ELIGIBILITY |
Eligible
participants in The American Legion National High School
Oratorical Contest shall be citizens of or lawful permanent
residents of the United States.
All contestants must be bona fide students herein described
as any student under the age of twenty (20) years on the
date of the National Contest who is presently enrolled in a
high school or junior high school (public, parochial,
military, private or state accredited home school) in which
the curriculum of said high school is considered to be of
high school level, commencing with grade nine (9) and
terminating with grade twelve (12). Students must be
enrolled in high school or junior high school during the
time of participation at any level of The American Legion
National High School Oratorical Contest.
Contestants must either be legally domiciled within or
attend an educational institution within the Department
(State) that they enter competition. Contestants can enter
competition through only one Department.
The three finalists of the National Contest will be
ineligible for further participation at any level.
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STATE
FINALS AT MID-YEAR CONFERENCE IN LINCOLN, JANUARY 12, 2008 |
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Four Area winners compete at
State Competition in Lincoln on January 12, 2008.
(L-R) Area D Champion Murphy Lierley, Grant; Area A Champion
Jess Rothgeb, Omaha; Area B Champion Nicole Schuster,
Gibbon; and Area C Champion Sean Badeer, Hickman
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(L-R) Fourth Place - Nicole
Schuster, Gibbon;
Third Place - Jesse Rothgeb, Omaha;
Second Place - Murphy Lierley, Grant;
and State Champion Sean Badeer, Hickman |
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NATIONAL ORATORICAL FINALS AT INDIANAPOLIS, IN, APRIL 5-6,
2008 |
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The Department of Nebraska Oratorical Champion
Sean Badeer of Hickman competed in the first round of the
National High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest on Saturday, April
5th, 2008. Sean received $1100 for winning the
Nebraska Area and State competition and then received $1,500 for
competing in the first round of National competition, for a total amount of $2,600. |
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Dept Activities Director Jody
Moeller, Deb and Sean Badeer of Hickman and Nebraska
American Legion Department Commander Ron Ingram following first round
competition in Indianapolis, IN |
2008 First round competitors
from left to right:
Kansas, Nebraska (Sean Badeer), Vermont,
Arizona and Nevada |
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2008 National High School
Oratorical Finals at the University Place Conference Center
and Hotel at Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN. |
The American Legion National
Commander, Martin F. Conatser of Champaign, Illinois
applauds the three finalists of the 2008 National High
School Oratorical Contest |
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