Alan Grant Paine '17, of Spokane, Wash., was awarded the first prize of $30, and Julian Henry Spitz '17, of Brookline, received the second award of $20, in the prize speaking contest held by the Massachusetts Peace Society, under the auspices of the Speakers' Club in Emerson D. Each candidate made one long speech and then made a five-minute extemporaneous speech on a subject selected by one of the judges, who were Professor Bliss Perry, Reverend Edward Cummings '83, and Mr. L. L. Cleveland, principal of the Cambridge High and Latin School.