To provide an opportunity for competitive public speaking among students on a subject of vital interest to the contestants and to the American people as a whole.
To stimulate self-expression and independent thinking.
To present to the public through the student speakers contests the problems surrounding the maintenance of this commonwealth as a free nation.
To consider the means at our disposal of meeting the present and future world problems
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The speech must be between 5-minutes and 10-minutes.
Santa Cruz Host Lions (local club): $100 to winner, $25 to each other one
zone: $150
region: $250
district: $4,500 scholarship to 15 winners
area: $6,500 scholarship to 4 winners
state final: $10,000 scholarship
Total $21,500 possible to one in state contests
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