Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20


The Constitution:
Washington and the Constitution.
Hamilton and the Constitution
Jefferson and the Constitution.
Madison and the Constitution.
Marshall and the Constitution.
Webster and the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Constitution.
The only restriction as to the devel-
opment OF these themes is that the
orations must be OF such character
as to increase interest in and respect
for the constitution of the United
States.
Among the major newspapers con-
Quoting the contest are the following:
New York World, Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Daily News, Indianapolis
News, Philadelphia Bulletin, Washing
ton Star, Pittsburg Gazette-Times,
Cincinnati Times-Star, Birmingham
Age-Herald, Spokane Spokesman-Re-
view, Montgomery Journal, Mobile
News-Item, Nashville Tennessean,
New Orleans Item, Savannah Morning
News, Tacoma Ledger, Portland Tel
egram, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St.
Paul Dispatch, Kansas City Star, Mo-
bile Register, Louisville Courier Journ
al San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona
Republican, Oklahoma City, Oklahom-
an, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Buffa-
10 Express and Norfolk Ledger-Dis-
patch. In addition 200 other daily
and weekly newspapers are cooperat-
ing with the major publications in
their respective territories.
For the purposes of this project, the
country has been divided into the fol-
lowing zones: The Northeast, Penns-
ylvania and vicinity, Washington and
vicinity, the South, the Central States,
the Midwest and the Pacific Coast.
The respective clearing centers for
these zones will be New York, Phil
adelphia, Washington, Birmingham,
Chicago, Kansas City and Los Angel
es.
Throughout the contest in its nation
al as we'll as local phases, the judges
will be instructed to- apply but two
tests to the orations; first literary mer
it and delivery (these county fifty
points each) and second, whether or
not they increase interest in and re-
spect for the constitution of the Uni
ted States.
The low-point total system of judg-
ing will be used. The initial elimina-
tons within the schools will be made
by the school authorities. The contest
ants in the final meeting for each dis
trlct in a newspaper territory will be
judged by men and women of prom
inence having no connection with the
schools. Likewise subsequent judging
will be by outstanding men and wo-
men outside the school system
Persons desiring further informa-
ton regarding the contest should com
municate with "Oratorical Contest
Manager" the Morning News, Savan-
nah, Ga.
In the territory of the Morning
News the schedule for the contestants
will be as follows:
First. The period from the date of
this announcement to April 10 to be
used in preparing the orations.
Second. The period between April
10 and April 20 to be used in narrow
ing down all the contestants in each
county to one. The eliminations to be
under the direction of the school au-
thorlties.
Third. In the week of April 20-26,
the winners in the respective counties
are to compete for district honors.
Fourth. On May 2, the district win
ners will compete in the final meeting
in the Morning News Territory at
Savannah.
This will be Friday evening during
the convention in Savannah OF the
Georgia Educational Association. The
Morning News will pay the travelling
expenses of the seven district winners
from their homes to Savannah and re-
turn and one days hotel bill while
they are here.
Fifth. The winner of the first place
in the Morning News final meeting
will compete with the representatives
of the other Southern states in Birm-
ingham on May 10 for the Southern
championship, and his travelling ex-
penses and hotel bill at Birmingham
will be paid by the Morning News.
Sixth. The Winner of the Southern
championship will go to Washington
to compete on June for the national
Should the Morning News represen
tative (who will represent Georgia. win
the right to go to Washington, his or
her expenses to Washington and re-
turn will be paid if that representative
fails to win one of the three major
national awards.
The territory of the Georgia con
test is divided into seven numbered
districts as follows, with the name of
the city in which the districts contest
will be held set in black letters at the
top of the list of counties which COM
prise the district:
First District
Savannah: Chatham, Effingham,
Screven, Bryan, Liberty. Long.
Second District
Statesboro: Bulloch, Gambler, Ev-
ans, jenkins, Burke, Jefferson, Eman-
uel, Washington.