Evening star., 1924-04-04
100000 co AFTER
ORATORY AWARDS
National Contest on Consti-
tuition Draws Boys and
Girls in All Sections.

A million boys and girls are par
ticipating in the national ratorical
contest on the Constitution. That is
the outstanding fact of reports from
all parts of the country, which have
been used as the basis for statistics
sent out today to participating news
papers, from national headquarters,
in New York.
The magnitude of the undertaking,
and the enthusiasm with which it
has been received, are reflected in the
following summary of the contest to
date.
Contestants (approximate), 1,o00,-
600
Schools participating, 1921.
Metropolitan newspapers, Al.
All other publications, 572.
Adult co-operators, 53,132.
The contest, which is Il clean-cut
newspaper contribution toward bet
rer citizenship and has no CONNER
cial features attached has received
the support of publicists and educa-
TOTS everywhere. Among the in
dorsers of the movement are the
presidents of the leading universities
of the land. including Yale, Harvard,
Princeton and Columbia. 1t also has
received the Endorsement of the
president of the American Bar AS
All Agencies Aid.
In virtually every community, the
local committee of the bar associa-
rion has aided the newspapers in this
work of stimulating interest in and
respect for the Constitution of the
United States. Likewise, the leaders
in the chambers of commerce, Rotary,
Lions and Kiwanis clubs, and other
organizations of a similar nature are
unStinting in their aid.
An important feature of the con-
test has been the publicity given to
1t in the student publications
througbout the nation. Similarly, the
cooperation of thousands of libra
rians and their assistants has facili-
tated the researches of the contest
ants, and has helped to quicken the
interest OF the general public in the
subjects under consideration.
Made Part of School work.
The number of contestants in sew
eral states has been greatly increased
by the fact that the school authori-
ties have made work on the orations
a part of the curricule, with the re-
suit that all the students have
entered$ the contest. In all contest
centers the school authorities have
given the project their support.
The honor of having the largest
number of contestants in any one in
stitution in the nation goes to the
De Witt Clinton High School, in New
York city, all of whose S,661 pupils
have participated.
In addition to public schools, pa
rochial and private schools have
entered enthusiastically into the con-
test. The result is that it has been
truly national, not only in the terri
torial, but in the social sense. 1t has
reached into the most exclusive east
ern institutions, and into the most
cruedly equipped schoolhouses in the
distant places. Even the citizenship
classes in the night schools have
taken up the work. despite the fact
that most of their members are above
the age limit of nineteen years. They
have found it to be a splendid prepa-
ration for their citizenship examina-
tions-
First Nationa-Wide Test.
Americans of all races and colors
and conditions of life have We'd with
one another in this first nationwide
test of the youthful talents of the
various sections.
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