The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
.ORATORY EVENT
TO DRAW QUOTA
FROM 7 STATES
Age-Herald's National
Contest In Birmingham
On May 16
MANY EDUCATORS
AMONG VISITORS
South's Champion To Com
pete In Washington
For Big Prize

A notable group of educators and
hundreds of high school students from
seven states will come to Birmingham
on May 16 for the all-southern sweep
stakes in The Age-Herald's national
oratorical contest.
1t will be an epochal event in the
south's educational and patriotic his
tory. The champion high school orators
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida
and Alabama will be here.
These orators will contest for the
right to represent Dixie in the national
finals to be staged before President
Coolidge in Washington June 6.
Prizes Total $1,000
Prizes totalling $4,000 will be award
ed in the finals. First prize will be
$500: second prize, $1,000, and third
prize $500.
The south's champion, to be selected
in the Birmingham semi-final contest.
will compete in Washington with five
other divisional winners. All expenses
of the meet will be paid by The Age
Herald and the newspapers with which
il is associated in promoting the con-
test.
Numbers of the country's foremost
educators and statesmen are aiding in
the contest. United States Senator Os-
car Underwood will come home to pre-
side over the Birmingham meet If he
can leave his legislative duties for a
few days.
The all-southern meet was brought to
Birmingham only after fierce compete
ton with Atlanta and other cities.
Plans for the entertainment of the hum
dreds of visitors. the contestants and
the judges are rapidly taking shape,
according to Ohio J. Sharpe, contest
manager.
To Broadcast Program
. One of the largest auditoriums in the
city will be obtained for the contest
and the entire program will be broad
cast by radio for the benefit of the
thousands who will be interested in
the outcome.
In Alabama finals, held recently, Jack
Turner. Birmingham boy and stu
dent of Phillips High school. won first
place and the right to uphold the hon
or of his state in the all-Southern COM
! petition.
Jack has n splendid Grafton and he
delivers it with telling effect. He prom
1 ises to fight hard to win his way into
the national finals.
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ISOLATED Press, recently conducted
drawings to determine the position on
the program of the speakers in the
southern finals The slip marked ala
bama" was the third removed from the
| hat which means that Jack Turner will
have a splendid position on The pro-
gram.
Based On Constitution
As in the state contest, all ora tions
must be based on the Constitution of
the United States Names of the sew
eral southern champions, together with
the subjects of their oratiOns, will be
announced in a few days by Manager
Sharpe.
The semi-finaI contests for other sec
tons of the country have been scheduled
as follows:
In New York. May q. with Frank +.
Graves. president of New York State
University. presiding; in Philadelphia,
May II. with Senator George w. Pep
per, presiding; in Kansas City. May
16, with r. L. l.. Saner. president of
the American Bar association, presid-
ing in Los Angeles, May IS. with Her
bert Hoover, presiding in Chicago, May
16. with former Governor Frank Low
den, presiding.
Senator Underwood now believes he
will be able to get away from Wash
ington long enough to attend the all
southern meet in Birmingham and pre-
side over it,