Williams Oratorical Competition
Abstract
In Academic Foundations II (AF II), the second course in Adrian College’s First-Year Core Curriculum, students continue to develop their knowledge and practice of the rhetorical strategies used in academic, professional, and... [ view full abstract ]
In Academic Foundations II (AF II), the second course in Adrian College’s First-Year Core Curriculum, students continue to develop their knowledge and practice of the rhetorical strategies used in academic, professional, and civic discourse. AF II focuses on Adrian College’s abolitionist history and aims to cultivate an ethic of inquiry that inspires students to live out each of the college’s Ribbons of Excellence.
The speakers in this session represent oratorical achievement in AF II. These students were nominated from among all of the sections of AFII to participate in an elimination tournament. The finalists compete on Ribbons
of Excellence Day for the top prize. Each will present, in character, a short speech from the Reacting to the Past game, Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Constitution: 1845. This game requires students to adopt the personas of historically based characters as they debate slavery and abolition in the United States during the nineteenth century. These debates are thematically tied to Adrian College’s founding abolitionist identity and the fight against slavery that continues today.
One of these speakers will be awarded the Williams Oratorical Cup, which was historically given to the Literary Society with the best oration in head-to-head competition. Members of the Adrian College faculty moderate and judge the competition.
Authors
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Bethany Shepherd
(Adrian College)
Topic Area
Humanities
Session
1F » Oral Session 1F (09:30 - Wednesday, 5th April, Downs Hall Theater)