Evening star., 1924-06-09
CENTRAL HIGHAAUDS
16-YEAR-OLD ORATOR
Hailed as True Example OF
School" at Chapel Exercises
Held by Principal.
TIED WINNER OF CONTEST
Lost Victor's Award by Narrow
Margin on Second Ballot.

Miss Ruth Newburn, who won the
second Prize OF $1,000 in the national
ratorical contest last week, today was
hailed as "a true example of the Cen
tral High girl at chapel exercises held
at the Central School
The sixteen-year- senior was
given an ovation when she was pre-
sented to the school by Principal
stephen f. Kramer at the exercises
during the course of which medals
and other awards won by Central
students were given out.
Mr.. Kramer declared that the
school WAS proud of Miss Newburn
who had first won The stars prize
for being the best orator at central
then this papers srano ,ha ,orai p1lAe bish
Schools and then second prize IN the
Rational contest.
school Proud OF Her.
We are proud of her. both as
girl and as an orator, frinciPai
kramer told the student BODY. Sne
is a true example of the Central High
school girl
~ 1t became known today for the first
tapc that Miss Newburn tied for hrst
Mace with Don Tyler, the elGhteen-
year-old student of the t,rankiin Hign
SCHOOL. Los Angeles. Calf, VINO was
awarded the first prize of $500 in the
niemorable oratorical contest Of last
Friday night. which Washington is
still discussing, so interesting did the
event prove far and wide.
Won by One Point.
BON the next ballot. it may be stated,
Mr.. Tyler won first place by a margin
of one point. The seven speakers in
the national event were so close IN
ability to speak, that the decisions or
The Judges were necessarily close. .The
other tie was between John NJ Datiam'
ID. of Philadelphia, and MISS Eleanor
Huber of Louisville, ky; M lied tor t tntta 'h;s
place OIL the second ballot Tor TINS
position, Mr.. Dallam won by one point,
and was awarded the third national
prize of $500.
At the exercises at Central High
School today the Washington Chamber
ST! Commerce medal was presented by
Isaac Cans. president of the chamber,
to Tolbert Pelzman, captain of Com
pany F. the winning high school cadet
company. Trophies in rife shooting
Ind the schools "Cs' for athletic anll-
ity were awarded
Several Protests Received.
Several protests were received to-
day by The Star as to the methods
uied last Friday night in seating the
public at the contest in the Memorial
continental Hall.
The entire distribution of reserved
seats and general admission tickets
vas in the hands of the national
management of the contest, Randolph
Leigh of Los Angeles being national
director.
-As result of the crowds at the
hall, it developed that too many gen.
cral admission tickets had been given
out for the event by the national
management, this paper being. but
one Of the thirty-seven metropolitan
newspapers which sponsored the con-
test
Crowd Jams Entrance.
There were so many holders OF
general admission tickets, in fact,
that holders of reserved seats were
unable to get up the steps at the
hall. although they were in plenty
of time to get TO their seats by 7:45
o'clock. the. stipulated time, had they
baen able TO press through the
crowds The matter OF police as
Eistance also was handled by the ma
tional management, and there were
not enough police to keep the enor-
nous crowd in line.
The managing editor of The Star
was himself one of the victims of
the jamming arriving at Memorial
Continental Hall well before 7:45
o'clock. only to find he and his party
could not get UP the steps. After
much ado admittance was secured by
the official. when he discovered that
his reserved seats already were &C
cupied.