The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
GREAT WELCOME 5 WILL BE GIVEN ' ORATORS FRIDAY Ten Contestants Coming To Compete For State
 Championship JUSTICE ANDERSON PRESIDING OFFICER Chief Justice Commends The Age-Herald For
 Patriotic Project

When Alabama's 10 best high school speakers assemble in Bt aingham next Friday to compete forfy < Sswide hon ors in The Age-Hersz ,al ora torical contest, they SS~ .he glad hand of welcome M to greet them.
 A number of 6 ' leading edu- cators, includi .s A officials of several Alab es, will meet them, and kart Justice John c. Andery Side over the con test FriG
 These you.. Fators will come here | fresh from tru.. jhs in their respective congressional districts. Citizens of their home towns in large numbers will ac- company them to cheer them on to vic tory.
 The Age Herald offers three scholar ships to any college in Alabama to the winners. In addition, the state cham pion will be sent to the all-southern meet on May 15, which will be preliminary to the national contest in Washington later in the year.
 Intense Interest Aroused
 The contest has aroused intense in- terest throughout Alabama and has been acclaimed by many leading educa- 
 educational and patriotic progress of the state. ss@
 The certainty that tremendous crowd will attend the contest has caused the managers to begin a search for the largest auditorium in the city.
 All the district winners will have automobiles placed at their disposal im- mediately after arriving in the city. and banners showing their names. districts and the subject of their declamations will, fly from their cars.
 At g. o'clock Friday afternoon. the contestants and their partisans, in ad- dition to the many. educators who will be here for the contest, will stage q parade through the downtown streets.
 Thus far. eight of the 10 congress sionaI districts have held final contests and selected their Representatives. The Mobile district contest is set for Tues day evening, aud the hsf diatrict meet will be held Tuesday or "Wednesday in Dothan. S Seven of the eight district champions already named are boys. In the eighth district, Miss Marjorie Pointer of the Decatur High school, won first place. Almost 200 high schools over the state entered students in the district meets. First each high school conducted an le1i1ai1atfon contest and the innsFs were sent to the dsstfiet as4 et @ sS
 Based On Copsgi gitlti0sf s
 All orations to be heafdNip the final contest Friday evening Will .Sbe based on the eohsfitption okthsst 0ftsd States, The major rule of tiiesc6Htest is that all the contestai1ts must deliver speeches calculated to increase interest in and respect for the constitution. Supreme Court Justice Anderson, in accepting the invitation to preside over the statewide contest, {. declared The Age Herald is being congratulated throughout the state for "this unselfish effort towards increasing interest in and familiarizing our citizens with the con stitution of the United States.
 This is most laudable undertak- ing,' he added. II appreciate the honor of presiding over a contest that is cer- tain to mean much to the furtherance of interest in education and patriotism in Alabama"
 Managers of the contest are fast com pleting all arrangements to make the district champions enjoy thoroughly their stay in Birmingham. Before they meet to make their bids for state honors they will be taken for tour of the city and will be feted at dinner to be attended byf leading citizens. all of whom have indorsed the contest as a great forward step in Alabama history.