Evening star., 1924-05-18
TWO GIRLS AMONG
7 ORATORY WINNERS
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zone, to formulate plan for present
ing The Stars check to Miss New
burn. She already has received, as
has each of the other seven competi-
tors, a check for s100 from this paper
as winner in her district Of the local
zone.
1t is probable that some special
period will be set aside this week
during a school day, SO that the pres
entation may be made in the presence
of the entire school body, and the
prize. orator be cheered on by her
associates to meet the test of the
national competition.
Selection of Miss Newburn by the
Judges was universally applauded
last night, it being declared by many
that the successful contender repre-
sented what is said to be the latest
| fashion in oratory, the calm, even
presentation of facts, with reliance
placed upon intellectual conviction
rather than "arm waving"
+. Russell LutZ, teacher of history
| at Central, who was chairman of the
committee on the oratorical contest
at that school, said last night:
The fact that Miss Newburn won
| the oratorical contest was not a sur
| prise to Central nor to her friends,
| both in and out of the school. Miss
Newburn has put every ounce OF her
| energy into the battle and she was
| fighting for Central
miss Newburn is one of Centrars
best students in every sense of the
| word. There is no task which does
not receive her hearty support. Cen
| tral is willing to place her fate in
the hands of the District of Columbia
| winner, and wishes to assure the peo-
pie in this zone that she can be trust
ed to bring honor and fame to Wash
ington ,,,,,
| passes through diverse stages. Public
| speaking which appeals not so much
| to the emotions as to reason now
| claims the front. To convince with
! with sentiment seems to be the fair
| est way, and Miss Newburn, a clear,
| concise speaker, is an exponent OF
| this style in oratory.
National Director Coming.
Randolph Leigh, national director
of the oratorical contest. will come
from New York early this week to
make preparations for the final meet.
He is a member of the staff of the
Los Angeles Times.
Large newspapers of the country
cooperating in the movement to in
| crease respect for the Constitution,
and which have piloted the contest,
are, in addition to The Evening Star
World, Los Angeles Times, Chicago
News, Indianapolis News, Phila-
delphia Bulletin. Pittsburgh Gazette
Times, Cincinnati Times-Star, Bir-
mingham Age-Herald, Spokane
Journal, st, Louis Globe Democrat.
Kansas City Star, St. Paul Dispatch
and Mobile Register.
| More than two hundred smaller pub
LEGATIONS participated in the work.
For the purposes of the. national
contest, the United States was divid-
ed into seven great geographical
zones, centering in the cities pre-
| yiously mentioned. Each zone was
| divided into seven districts, each dis
| trict corresponding to city. Each
| district was divided into seven
| groups, each group approximating a
| high school or other secondary edu-
| cational institution. such as private
or parochial school.
| The District of Columbia was re-
| garded as of such Importance. being
the National Capital, that it was con-
stituted zone three in the national
contest