The Marion Rotary Club recently hosted the annual Four-Way Test speech contest, for area scholars.
The Rotary Four-Way Test Speech Contest is an opportunity for any Marion City/County high school student to compose and orally deliver an original speech based on the Rotary Four-Way Test. Contestants may be a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior and may have competed and won in previous years but with a different speech. The speech has to be original in content and be about applying the Rotary Four-Way Test to an important issue in our everyday relationships with other people.
In 1932, Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor created The Four-Way Test, a code of ethics later adopted by Rotary. The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions: Of the things we think, say or do… 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to ALL concerned? 3. Will it build GOOD WILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to ALL concerned?
This year’s winner is Preeyam Gandhi from Pleasant High School. Preeyam received $200 and she will represent the Marion Rotary Club at the Rotary District 6600 Speech Competition to be held on April 17 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio in Van Wert. Awards available at the District competition include $500 to first place, $350 to second place and $250 to third place.
This year’s 2nd place $100 prize went to Sara Goodwin of River Valley.
Runners-up Josiah Sayers – Marion Catholic, Kayla Lester – Tri-Rivers, and Madison Mackay – Harding all received $100.
Participating schools also shared a pool of $350.
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