Evening star., 1924-05-04
GIRL ORATORS GET
TRIALS TOMORROW
Western and Central Girls, Win
ners in Two Districts, to Be
Heard by Judges.
10TH ARE CONFIDENT
Eliminations to Continue ): Until
Eight Are Tested.

Two Washington high school girls
today are eagerly anticipating a trial
tomorrow before three District
judges.
They are Dorothy &. Smith of the
Western High School who won the
prize in the sixth district of the local
zone. of the national oratorical con-
test, being conducted under the
auspices of The Star. and Ruth New
burn of Central High School. winner
of the prize in the second district.
These two girls will present their
winning orations tomorrow afternoon
before the board of judges, selected
to choose from the tight local district
winners the one to contest with the
six other national zone leaders. Sc
lected as best from the secondary
schools of the nation.
Both Are Confident.
Each girl, appearing by herself at
her own school looks forward to be-
ing chosen ultimately to contest in
the national meeting to be held June
6 at Memorial Continental Hall.
Justices Mccoy and Siddons OF the
District Supreme Court and Justice
Robb of the District Court of Appeals
will try" the first two orators to-
morrow. These are the judges, judges
in their occupation. and now judges
of the eight local contestants for the
grand prize in. the oratorical con-
test, organized to increase respect
for and interest in the Constitution.
Miss Smith will present her prize
winning oration, John Marshall and
the Constitution before the judges
at 3:45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
AT he
Miss Newburn will give her prize
winner, "The Constitution of the
United States at 4:l5 o'clock at the
Central High School.
The three judges will be taken
from their respective courts in an
automobile of The Star to the West
ern and then to the Central schools
At each place they will sit in the
audience, noting the orations as de-
livered.
system OF Grading.
Skilled in all the arts of juriS
prudence, the judges will make men
tai notes of the abilities of the ora
tors, marking them on a basis of 80
per cent for delivery and so per cent
for content of the oration itself.
These two orations will present
something entirely new in this line
in Washington, as they will set the
pace Tor six other adjudications of
the six other contestants for the local
grand prize.
One by one, beginning with the two
judges chosen by The Star will pass
upon the abilities of the eight local
winners in these finals.
President To Preside.
Not until the entire eight nave
been heard will The judges. At a pri
vate meeting, cast up the balance aud
decide which one of the eight wins
q slx II, ~gNl
Capital in the national contest here
June s, at which President Coolidge
is TO preside.
Both of the girls who will be heard
first by the judges are typical high
school girls. who worked hard to
the District winners by The Star.
Winning that prize put them all in
line for the grand prize of $500. and
chance at the three prizes, S3.50o,
$1,000 and $500 to be awarded in the
national contest in June.
Miss smith a Senior.
Miss Smith is n senior at Western.
having won her "W'' in hockey. and
having previously won honors in ora
torical contests. Her home is at 3740
kanawha street, and she is the daugh
ter of DIR. Frederick G. Smith.
The girls were anxious 20 show
the boys at Western that they could
gether in theis contest and that is why
they won" is the modest way Miss
Smith puts il.
She is active in dramatics at the
school, and says that English is her
favorite study. Like many a modern
high school girl, she has bobbed hair.
She expects to go to Carlton College
in Michigan, when she is graduated
from Western.
Miss Newburn is a senior at the
~
member of the debating society and
was captain of the team which de-
feated the Philadelphia Girls School
in debate.
Editor OF Year Book.
She is editor of the senior year
book, the "Brecky"; member of the
Bulletin staff, plays basket ball. also
She has not bobbed her hair. She
plans to go to George. Washington
University. She is the daughter of
T. w Newburn of the Wardman Park
annex.
Thursday will see two more con-
testants, winners in their districts.
judged in the presence of their school
mates. Frank Ingersoil Winant will
be heard at 3:45 o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon at the Mckinley Manual
Training School he being winner in
the fourth district.
At 4:45 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
Edith Miley, winner in the first dis
trict. will be heard at the Business
High School.
At 3:45 O'Clock on the afternoon of
Monday, May IL, Rozier Gaddis of
the Armstrong Manual Training
School winner in the seventh dis
trict, will be heard, while at 4:15
o'clock that afternoon Lillian L..
Washington, winner Of the fifth dis
trict, will be judged at the Dunbar
High School.
Other Dates Are Fixed.
Ruth Greenwood, winner in the
third district, will be listened to by
the judges at, 3:45 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, May 13. at the Eastern
High School and Ruth Craven, win
ner in the eighth district, will be
heard at 4:15 o'clock that afternoon
AS the final judging approaches the
interest in the high schools and
throughout the city has grown by
leaps and bounds, so that it seems
certain that the presentations will
be heard by scores of parents and
teachers, despite the late hour in the
afternoon.
Already elaborate preparations have
been made to give the contestan ts
good send OFF, at some of the
schools II school spirit and pep"
have anything to do with such mat
ters, 1t istlikely that the contestants
will be helped by such displays.
Seven Zones In United States.
The contest, which is being con-
Quoted here by The Star. is of ma
tional scope, the country having been