Deerfield student wins American Legion oratorical contest
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From staff reports
DAWSON — Harshil Joshi, a Deerfield-Windsor School senior, won the Post 335 and the 12th District American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program-A Constitutional Speech contest. He was awarded a scholarship check for $375 and will advance to the Area 2 competition in Americus on Feb. 19 at Georgia Southwestern State University.
Harshil, presented his 8-10-minute oration entitled “Constitutional Robotics.” He delivered his 3-5-minute assigned topic speech on Section 1 of the 14th Amendment dealing with citizenship.
This is Harshil’s fourth year of competition in the oratorical scholarship program, from which he has won more than $1,500 in scholarship monies.
Since 1938, the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship program has encouraged the nation’s high school students to study the U.S. Constitution and to hone their public speaking skills.
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