Evening star., 1924-05-23
TAFTTO HEAD BOARD
TO JUDGE ORATORS
Four Other Members of U. S. Su-
preme Court Will Aid in Sc
lection of Winner.
RECEPTION PLANS MADE
Miss Newburn, Star Prize Winner.
Youngest Finalist.

Five justices Of the Supreme Court
of the United States. including the
Chief Justice, will comprise the board
of judges in the national oratorical
contest to lie held June at Memorial
Continental Hall.
The board selected today is as fol-
lows:
Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
Justice Willis Van Devanter, Justice
Edward Terry Sanford. Justice Pierce
Butler and Justice George Sutherland
The seven national contestants, in
which number is Miss Ruth Newburn
of Central High School. who will rep
resent the District of Columbia thus
will speak on the Constitution before
most distinguished group of con-
stitutional authorities
Chief Justice Taft, a former Presi-
dent of the United States, will de-
LIVER the awards of $4,000, $1,000 and
dent of the United States, Calvin
Coolidge, will preside.
Reception Plans Made.
Selection of the board of judges
was completed as plans were being
made for the reception of the six
zone winners who are to come here
in June to compete with this city's
representative
Headed by Chief Justice Taft, the
board of judges will use the low
point system" of marking the orators
as they speak on, the Constitution in
delivering their orations on the night
of June 6, in the hall made famous
as the place of meeting of the inter-
national conference on the limitation
Of ornaments.
Each justice will set down his estima-
ton OF the seven orators and their ora
tions is his own estimation of their
ranking in relation to each other.
Thus the grand prize winner with a
perfect score would be marked a.
by each Judge. receiving perfect
however. that any one contestant will
be so ranked by all the judges.
A box score" will be issued after
the judges have made their decisions,
so that the standing of each con-
testant as judged by each justice will
be made known. To the contestant
whose score totals lowest will go the
grand award of $500: to the second
lowest, $1,000 and to the third lowest,
$500.
Miss Newburn Youngest.
Miss Newburn, the sixteen-year- old
Central High School senior, youngest
of the seven competitors, has been
awarded The Stars grand prize of
$500 as winner In this zone, and pre-
viously had received The Stars prize
of 800 as winner in her school. To
each Of the eight finalists in this
zone went a check for 800. The Star
is custodian of the national prizes.
Each of the contestants will speak
on the subject, THE Constitution"
with the exception of the competitor
from Topeka, Kan, whose subject is
Hamilton and the Constitution"
Miss Newburn will speak fourth in
the list of seven premier secondary
school orators.
Selection Of the board of judges
was widely applauded today. The
Chief Justice of the United States
needs no introduction to the American
people. His distinguished service as
lawyer. Judge, first civil governor of
the Philippine Islands, President of
the United States president OF the
American Bar Association, president
of the American Red Cross and other
works are known to the world.
Mr.. Taft was appointed Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court by Presi-
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