Are YOU searching for ethical guidelines to test your
actions?
Consider the 4-Way Test of things we think, say, or
do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
3. Will it build
GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be
BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Are YOU hopeful that your creative ideas, persuasively
expressed, might bring cash awards?
Enter the Rotary District 5790 4-Way Speech Contest
RULES
1. Contestants must be students from the 9th through 12th grade (public, private, or home school).
The subject of “What the 4-Way Test Means to Me” should be closely followed. Material must be original in content and be about applying the Rotary 4-Way Test to an important issue in our everyday relationships with other people. Contestants should write a speech with facts, statistics, stories, examples, and quotations. Add some humor and personal touches, but do not mention your name, school or city of the location of your sponsoring Rotary Club.
2. Written scripts are not allowed: 3” X 5” cards may be used.
3. No props of any kind will be allowed.
4. A five minute time limit for each speech will be strictly enforced.
5. Speeches will be judged as follows:
a) Content – 33%. The speaker addressed the topic “What the 4-Way Test Means to ME”.
b) Delivery – 33%. Vocal delivery including rate, volume, pronunciation, variety, effective
eye contact and gestures.
c) Organization – 33%. Introduction to subject, main points, and conclusions.
CONTESTS AND AWARDS
LOCAL (Preliminary)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 6:00 p.m. at First United
Four speakers will advance to the local finals.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 6:45 a.m. Denton-South Rotary meeting, Radisson Hotel.
Thursday, February 21, 2008, 12:00 noon,
Cash Awards: 1st prize - $400; 2nd prize- $300; 3rd prize- $200; 4th prize - $100.
(First and second prize winners advance to a regional contest.)
For more information, contact your school’s speech/drama teacher or Rotarians Marion Scott at 940-384-1212 or Tim Mangrum at 940-239-0564.