Speech Contest Winners

• 2019 Class of 1866 Prize for Oratory winners: William Synnott '21, "The Costs of Criminalizing"; Peter Charalambous '20, speech title: "Counteracting the Negative State of News"

• 2019 Benjamin F. Barge Prize for Oratory winner: Balt von Huene '19, speech title: "Lust of Possession"

2019 speech composition program

• 2017 Benjamin F. Barge Prize for Oratory winner: Titus Kabega, Class of 2017, speech title: "Letter from the Southern Jail, A Call for Empathy"
• 2017 Class of 1866 Prize for Oratory winners: Jonathan Lu, Class of 2019, speech title: "The Illness No One Likes to Talk About"; Morgan Corley, Class of 2018, speech title: "National Service for National Unity"

2017 speech competition program

• 2015 Benjamin F. Barge Prize for Oratory winner: Kimberly Strauch, Class of 2015, speech title: "Vaccination: Our Best Shot Against Measles"
• 2015 Class of 1866 Prize for Oratory winners: Evan Read, Class of 2016, speech title: "Red Light, Green Light, What Light?"; Titus Kabega, Class of 2017, speech title: "Reclaiming the Narrative of Africa"

2015 speech competition program

• 2013 Benjamin F. Barge Prize for Oratory winner: Benjamin Schifberg, Class of 2013, speech title: "Volition and Determinism: How Free Are Our Minds?"
• 2013 Class of 1866 Prize for Oratory winners: Oladipupo Fasawe, Class of 2014, speech title: "Phones: Connecting People in Different Ways"; Theodore Bommarito, Class of 2015, speech title: "The Power of Intergenerational Communication"

2013 speech competition program

• 2011 Benjamin F. Barge Prize for Oratory winner: Michelle Luo, Class of 2011, speech title: "Facebook Privacy"
• 2011 Class of 1866 Prize for Oratory winners: Laura Kier, Class of 2012, speech title: "A Tradition of Change: Coeducation at Dartmouth"; Christopher Rhoades, Class of 2013, speech title: "Energy Drinks and Alcohol: A Risky Combination"

2011 speech competition program