Evening star., 1924-06-01
STUDENT ORATORS
HERE EARLY IN WEEK
Californian Expected to Be First
on Scene, of National
Contest.
PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND
Continental Hall June 6 to Stage
Brilliant Affair.

Out-of-town competitors for the
grand prizes in the national oratorical
contest to be staged on the night of
June d, at Memorial Continental Hall,
will begin to arrive in Washington early
this week.
AS the day for the national finals
draws near the eyes of the secondary
school world of the country turn to
the National Capital, where, with
President Coolidge presiding. the
seven contenders. representative of all
sections of the land. will battle for
premier honors in .oratory.
In twelve-minute addresses the high
school boys and girls. winners in their
respective zones, will speak in honor
of the Constitution. The prizes Will
be s3,500, $1,000 and $500. and the
honor of being acclaimed the best ora
tors among more than a million stu
dents
California Due First.
Coming the farthest. Don Tyler of
Los Angeles. Calf. is expected to ar
rive first in Washington, the other
six out-of-town contestants to arrive
shortly thereafter. Mr. Tyler, winner
in the Pacific zone of the contest. will
arrive at 8 am. Tuesday morning.
according to word received here.
He will be accompanied by E. F.
Blanks Of the University of Southern
California, his coach, and manager of
the oratorical contest in the Pacific
zone, the country having been divided
into seven zones for the purposes of
the contest, sponsored by leading
newspapers of the country.
Fourteen other persons, educators
and others, are expected to come
with the young orator. The inter-
est in the contest in California has
been exceedingly keen, and the back
ers OF the orator from that state are
placing great hopes on his chances
in the contest here. He Will stay at
the Hotel Washington.
The south probably will be second
represented on the scene from out
of town, with Jack Turner OF BIZ
mingham, Ala. scheduled to arrive
here Tuesday afternoon. He, too, ac-
cording to advance reports. will be
accompanied by a delegation. He is
TO stop at the New Willard Hotel.
Philndelphian Here Thursday.
John NJ. Dallam, Sd, of Philadelphia
Is to arrive here Thursday. He will
make the Arlington Hotel his head
quarters. He will be accompanied
by his father and mother and a large
delegation.
The other three, looked for by
Thursday, are George Chumos OF
Topeka, Kans.: Eleanor Huber Of
Louisville, Ky, and Vail Barnes OF
New Brighton, n. Y.
The seventh contestant is already
here. She is Ruth Newburn Of Ward
man Park Annex, sixteen-year-old
senior of the Central High School,
chosen as representative Of the, Dis
trict of Columbia recently out Of a
field of more than 1000 local high
school orators She was the grand
prize winner in this zone, having
been awarded The Stars prizes of
500 as winner in her school and $500
as successful contender over seven
other local high school orators.
1t will be a brilliant audience be-
fore whom the seven high school stu
dents, the youngest sixteen and the
oldest eighteen years old, will pre-
sent their addresses. Older hearts
have been known to quail at the
prospect of speaking before the Pres
ident of the United States, the Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, four associate justices of the
same court. the Secretary of State,
and other dignitaries who will be on
the stage and in the audience.
Event to He Broadcast.
There will be the added thrill, too,
Of speaking not only to visible au-
dience in Memorial Continental Hall,
but also to hundreds Of thousands Of
persons who will listen in" by radio,
as the event will be broadcast by
station WCAP, Washington. D. c.,
WEAF, New York city, and WAR,
Providence. r. l.
President Coolidge is to preside at
the contest to begin promptly at SIS
o'clock on the evening of Friday.
June 6, at Memorial Continental Hall.
The Marine Band Orchestra Is to
play. Chief Justice Taft will head
the board of Judges, the other men,
bers of which are Justices Van De-
vanter. Sanford, Sutherland and But
Ter Of the Supreme Court. Secretary
Hughes Of the State Department is
to be on the stage.
Entertainment events provided for
the orators include a theater party at
Keith's Thursday night as guests of
the Monarch Club. a luncheon at 1890
o'clock Friday at the Raleigh Hotel
as guests Of the same club, a parade
in their honor after the luncheon,
with winning high school cadet COM
panies forming an honor guard; a
reception Immediately after the con-
test by the Washington Chamber of
Commerce Aat the New willard Hotel,
and an all-day sightseeing tour Sat
urday as guests of The Evening Star.
LANGLEY ENTERS RACE.