[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 66 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO ALEX HENLIN, BISHOP GUERTIN SENIOR, AND WINNER OF THE 
             AMERICAN LEGION'S NATIONAL ORATORICAL CONTEST.

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to 
congratulate Alex Henlin, a Bishop Guertin High School senior, on 
winning the American Legion's National Oratorical Contest. This is 
certainly an accomplishment of which he should be very proud and I 
salute him for his achievement.
  Alex, 18, resides in Dracut, MA. He is president of his senior class 
and plans to study government next fall at Georgetown University. He 
was one of the State's representatives to the American Legion's 1996 
Boys' Nation conference in Washington.
  His speech, ``A More Perfect Union,'' reported the U.S. Constitution 
as being a versatile, living document able to address unforseen 
circumstances. Alex warned that amendments should not be created to 
address trivial issues. As a former history teacher, I admire and 
commend Alex's commitment to our Nation's most precious document.
  Alex brought home an $18,000 college scholarship in addition to a 
$2,000 scholarship he received from the State contest. The national 
contest was hosted by Indiana University and Purdue University in 
Indianapolis.
  I congragulate Alex Henlin on his outstanding accomplishments. I 
commend his hard work and perserverance and wish him luck at Georgetown 
in the fall semester.

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