Press Release - For Immediate Release

High school students in their sophomore, junior or senior year during the 2007-2008 school year are invited to enter the 62nd Douglass G. High Speaking Contest, the Ohio Division of the Joseph S. Rumbaugh Oration Contest conducted by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. This contest is open to students attending public, parochial and private schools. Scholarship awards will be as follows:

Ohio Contest 1st Place - $300 2nd Place - $200 3rd Place - $100

National Contest 1st Place $3,000 2nd Place $2,000 3rd Place - $1,000

All other National Finalists - $300 and all other National contestants - $200

The contest is for an original oration of not less than five minutes or more than six minutes. Topics shall deal with an event, a document within the context of the Revolutionary War, or a personality, showing the relationship it bears to America today.

Before the state winner may speak in the National Contest, a copy of the speech, a photograph, and a complete biographical sketch of the entrant must be submitted. Each speech must be essentially the same as the script submitted and notes may not be used. Expenses involving lodging, meals, and transportation to and from the NSSAR Congress will be borne by the sponsoring state society. Chaperones for the entrants shall be the responsibility of the state society. The National Contest will be in Sacramento, California, the weekend of Sunday, July 6, 2008. The contest at all levels will be judged by members of the SAR, who will select the winners on the following basis: A. Composition, B. Delivery, C. Logic, D. Significance, E. General Excellence, and F. Time allocated for delivery.

Additional information may be obtained by contacting: Chairman John H. Franklin, Jr. at (330) 656-9066 or E-mail at JHFBMWM5@AOL.Com.