In a nation-wide Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Speech Contest, a sophomore student from the English Department---her name is Chung Yi-ti---has won the champion title, defeating those capable combatants from Tai Ta and Cheng (Political) Ta.

TKU was not able to keep the title last year, yielding the first place to another university, but she got back the honor this year through the effort of Yi-ti; so, many thanks to Edith!

A total of 9 colleges and universities took part in this speech contest. Except for the first winner that the Panel unanimously voted for Yi-ti, the second and the third places took them a long time to consider. Finally they reached their decision: National Normal Univ. and Soochow Univ. got the second; Chiao Ta and Cheng Ta got the third.

The Lincoln Society, Taipei, was founded in 1984; its aim is to propagate the free and democratic spirit represented by the American President Abe. Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address Speech Contest is one of the activities to achieve such a lofty end among college students in Taiwan.

They have set up 4 criteria for the Panel to judge: memorization, pronunciation, manners and comprehension.

This was the 18th time they had held such an event.

According to Dr. Lin Chun-chung, Chair, the English Department, Chung Yi-ti is unquestionably the best pick of the group, because she is intrinsically and categorically good. But if every English student has a will to win, he/she can do it, meaning, of course, he/she will have to pay a painstaking price for the goal.

The academic aura in the English Department is beginning to take shape, Dr. Lin said, and he promised more activities of similar nature are in the offing; by that time, more students will be able to show their sleight-of-hands in English.

TKU Mass Communication Department Will Hold the 16th Graduation Show between May 11 and 12

The 16th TKU Mass Communication Department’s Graduation Show nicknamed “Medium Language Festival” will be held at Taipei Youth Recreation Center (Y17) between May 11 and 12.

The show will mainly feature 3 categories: 1) Advertisement/Publicity; 2) Film/Broadcasting and 3) Multi-media.

For the 1st category, we will find such captioned works as the “Screen” troupe; Malcolm and Heisong—Wayne coffee; Tung Yi—for pure tea drinking.

For the 2nd category, there are two dramatic films, 5 documentaries and 1 radio play.

For the 3rd category, there are 20 network stations designed with unique flavor and style.

These are the crystallizations of the soon-to-be graduated students of the Mass Communication Department. In all, they spent almost one year’s time in starting everything from scratch---what an effort!

For those who are interested in sales, advertisement, film, documentary, broadcasting and networks, don’t miss that show!

On the other hand, to celebrate that eventful day, the Mass Communication Department has also invited two local celebrities to give lectures. Mr. Nan Fang-shuo, Publisher of the Journalist Weekly, will speak about “The Manipulation of News Control” on Saturday, at 2 PM at the Youth Center. Mr. Cheng Yun-peng, Director of Publicity and Cultural Affairs, Democratic Progress Party, will talk about “An Analysis of DPP’s Commercials” at 2 PM, Sunday, also at the Youth Center,.

The Youth Recreation Center, Taipei, is located at 5th Floor, La Mode Fashion Plaza, 17, Jen Ai Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei.