Evening star., 1924-05-03
Eight Winners Polish Speeches for
Delivery Before.
Judges.
JURISTS BUSY AT DUTIES
Eminent Justices Take Great In.
terest in Contest.

contest being conducted here under
the auspices OF The Evening Star.
These men, Justice Frederick L.
Siudons of the District Supreme
Court, Justice Walter ]. Mccoy. chief
justice OF the same body, and Justice
Charles IL. Robb, acting chief justice
of the District Court of Appeals. feel
that the contest, organized to in
crease interest and respect for the
Constitution, is worthy OF the earnest
consideration of the busiest men.
That. together with their love OF
the great Constitution OF their coun-
try. is why they will begin Monday
afternoon hearing the eight prize
winners in the eight local districts, as
announced in The Star yesterday, in
order to make the final selection of
the grand prize winner in this zone.
The grand prize winner, chosen as
the result of elimination from 1000
local contestants, will have the honor
and distinction of representing the
National Capital in the great final
contest to be held at Memorial Contl-
mental hall June s.
President to Preside. :.
AT that time President Coolidge
will preside. as the District repre-
sentative competes with six other
zone grand prize winners. selected
from the more than a million second
ary school pupils who have competed
In the nation wide oratorical contest
on the Constitution and it's relation
to some great man in the life of the
nation.
out of more than 1000 local schol-
ars who put their best effort into
their work. both from the standpoint
OF composition and oratory, the eight
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1t Is from this list that the three
eminent jurists, the local judges, will
make the flnal grand selection.
The winner, after the individual
hearings before the Judges during the
next two weeks, will be able to feel
that he or she Is regarded as the
best school orator I'm the National
Capital.
The judges, leaving their work in
their respective courts. will devote
an hour or more on the afternoons of
May 5, May s, May IL and May l3 to
hearing. the local preliminary win
ncrs, who were selected according to
local districts" eight in number,
schools.
Monday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock
the judges will hear Dorothy B.
Smith. winner in the district, at the
Western High School. in presence of
the faculty and associate pupils.
Work of JudEes.
The judges will sit silently in the
audience and note her work, judging
It from the standpoint OF deliver
and content, weighed equally. II
From this school they viii bytaken
in an automobile OF The Star to see
Central High School. Whspe at 4:15
o'clock they will judge Ruth New.
the local zone.
In no case whatever. IL must be
remembered. will the judges make
any announce after such judg-
enire nf Ha list "n Of ess sasy oea as1 hsasa dsre s
winners viii the judges compare
notes"
After all the flnaIists have been
heard, the three judges VIII decide
viii be announced in The Star.
Each of the eight contestants was
mailed today a check for 500 by
this paper, which Is cooperating
with other metropolitan newspapers
torical contest on the Constitution.
The grand prize winner here will
be the recipient OF the $500 grand
prize, and will then contest June s
In addition to this first prize a sec.
ond prize OF 81 900 will be given and
a third prize of $500. These material
awards. of course, are in addition to
the tremendous prestige and real
honor which will 60 to the winners
Followers OF Webster.
This is the land OF Webster and
their voices swinging down through |
the decades in unendinE support OF
the basic groundwork and foundation |
on which this country stands--the
Constitution.
The two scholars to be judged Mon
day and the six others TO be passed |
upon later feel the thrill of the con-
test, and we're busy today putting the
polishing touches to their 1.60o-word
otations, in preparation for present
THURSDAY. May s. at 5:45 o'clock
at the Mckinley Manual Training
school. the judges Will hear Frank
fourth district, and a 4:l5 o'clock. at
the Business High School Edith Miley, |
winner in district one.
Monday. May IL. they will judge |
Roster Gaddis at 3:45 o'clock at the
winner in the seventh district. and
at AIS o'clock will hear Lillian L
Washington. winner in district five, |
at the Dunbar High School.
Tuesday: MAY u, S.s1n, at s;4S o'slosk, clock
will hear Ruth Greenwood. winner in |
the third district, at the Eastern High |
School. and conclude their hearings
at AIS O'Clock that afternoon by
listening to Ruth Craven, winner VI nnsr in
and parochical schools. at the Holy |
Cross Academy.
Experienced Judges.
The judging will be done by vet |
Grams, tried In many case in court, |
who have been tested and found Of |
such worth that they now sit In the |
highest tribunals Of the Federal City. |
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great document, the Constitution, |
about which the contest, both here |
and throughout the nation, 30 vividly !
The orators will feel that their
fate is in firm, kindly hands, as these !
men are known for thir good judg- |
ment and absolute justice through
out not only the District but the |
country as we'll
Justice Mccoy ess hsssn c'tS the in praesies ssss
and was engaged in civic and polit- |
teal activities in New Jersey until |
1910. when he came to this city as |
member of Congress. He entered the |
Supreme Court in 1915.
Justice Siddons, whose latest civic |
work prior to the ensuing judging is |
the chairmanship of the local welfare
legislation commission, appointed by
the Commissioners. is a graduate Of |
the George Wsshinston University
District in 1887.
Justice Robb is native Of ver- |
mont, practicing law in that state
until 1902. He was assistant attor-
ney general until 1906. when he be-
came connected with the Court of
Appeals. |
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She-Sheiks of Sahara Real vamps.
Men of the Sahara Desert, most of
whom could be ranked as swarthy |