During the spring semester Coudersport Rotary Club holds a Four-Way Test Speech Competition. It is a competition offered to high school students where the student must prepare a five to seven minute speech to illustrate the principles of the Rotary Four-Way Test. Cash prizes are awarded.

Four Coudersport Jr/Sr High School Students spoke before the Coudersport Rotary Club on March 25th, 2024, at A&W West End Grill.

The Four-Way Test is one of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of ethics, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions of the things we think, say and do:

Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Our first contestant, Alyssa Dunn, spoke about the Rural Electric Youth Corps. Contestant number two, Alia Piaquadio, spoke on the topic, “We Are Not Our Parents”, our third contestant, Amilee Atherholt spoke on the Value of Music, and our fourth contestant, Joanna Chen, spoke about Peer Pressure.

Contestant number four, Joanna Chen, was our first-place winner and will be going on to the district competition in State College on April 27th.

Thank you for great speeches from all of our contestants and good luck to Joanna!