Bailey Oratorical in Review

The 2017 Bailey Oratorical was the best I have been to yet. Let it be known that his is only my second Bailey, but I did thoroughly enjoy it last year so my expectations were high. Last year the prompt was “what can we do to transform the way we live, learn and work to make our…

The Bailey Oratorical

The Bailey Oratorical is the longest reigning contest and tradition at Juniata College. For over one hundred years, the award has been given out to students who were brave enough to respond to a rhetorical situation laid out by the committee. Students this year were given the prompt, “At…

Healing Divides Within Our Community

Juniata College’s annual Bailey Oratorical speech competition was a “charged moment” to be a part of this year. It was truly a blessing and an honor to be present in hearing seven outstanding speeches given by outstanding members of our community. This year, they…

The Bailey Oratorical is truly one of Juniata College’s greatest traditions and one of the reasons why I am proud to be a student here at Juniata. To be able to listen to seven great speeches written by fellow students here at the school, it shows how amazing this college really is. Powerful observations about how we look at life is common in the…

The Power of Speech

Recently our college hosted its annual Bailey Oratorical speech contest which allows any student to compete against each other in for the most powerful message. This year the topic was: “At the heart of the liberal arts is civic engagement: How can we use the values of our liberal arts…