Evening star., 1925-04-24
DISTRICT ORATORy
FINALS TUESDAY
Six Boys and Two Girls Will
Compete for Local
H0norS.

| Evening Stars territory in the ma
tional oratorical contest, will be
heard by the board of judges dur
| ing next Tuesday morning. The
| contestant designated as the District
of Columbia champion will receive
The Evening Stars District Of Colum
| bia prize of $500 and automatically
will have a place in the nationa
finals to be held in the Washington
| Auditorium May s.
Tn eight District winners are as
| follows: Central High School,. Brad
ford Abernethy; Eastern High School
| Asenath Graves; Western High
| School, Samuel Levering; Mckinley
/ High School, Warren Magee; Business
| High School. Edith Raphelson; Dun
bar High School, Robert Weaver
Armstrong High School, Manning
Johnson, and Raymond Ready oi
Gonzaga High School, in district eight
were eliminated this year. Ruth
Greenwood. alternate for the Dis
trict of Columbia in the national con
| test last year, was defeated by
| Asenath Graves. Rozier Gaddis was
Armstrong; representative last year
but lost to Manning Johnson in this
| years contest.
! Judge TO Visit Schools.
| The board of judges, made up ot
| United States Commissioner OF Edu
cation John J. Tigert, Mrs. Edna M
Colman, national president OF the
League of American Pen Women, anC
| Judge Mckenzie Moss, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury, will visit each
school in turn and hear that schools
| representative speak before his owr
classmates for the District of Colum
bia honors.
| The schedule on which the con
testants will be heard by the judges
| is as follows:
| Nine o'clock, Eastern High School
$50, Armstrong High School; 10, West
ern High School; 1890, Central High
Dunbar High School; IL, private anc
parochial schools champion at Con
Zaga High School, and 1890, McKin
| ley Manual Training High School.
The order of the speakers is based
on drawings made by Frank B. Noyes
president of The Evening Star Co.
and was determined along exactly the
same lines as those made for the
| other zone competitions and for the
national finals, in which the District
of Columbia champion will this yeal
| nave HTSt pace
Each to Receive $100.
! Immediately after each contestant
| has delivered his speech in his oWr
school auditorium on Tuesday he vii
| receive a check for 500 as the prize
for winning his school championship
| The judges will use the low-point
| total system and will not consult ir
| arriving at their ratings Of the eight
| contestants.
The winner of the District of Co
| lumbia championship will receive his
| or her $500 award from The Evening
| Star on May l at special exercises
| in the auditorium of the school whose
| representative achieves that honor.
Eastern High Schools finals were
| held Yesterday and won by Asenatf
! Graves The competition between
/ Miss Graves and last years winner
| Ruth Greenwood, was particularly
keen. The two speeches stood out
| for their excellence of composition
! and delivery. The subject used BY
both was THE Constitution" which
was also chosen by all the orator:
at Eastern High School.
The six who were chosen to TAKE
| part in the finals were Lydia A. Ed
| wards, Olin w. Everett, Asenath L
| Graves, Ruth Greenwood A. Laura
Haynie and Durward s. Keats.
| Feature of Meeting.
| The contest was made feature o
| the April meeting Of the Home ant
| School Association in order that par
ents might hear the speakers. Th'
judges were George ]. Jones. heat
| of the history department in Washing
| ton high schools; Mrs. Nanette B
Paul and Mr.. Paul B. Cromelin. Mrs
| Byram's orchestra played.
| The winner Is an honor student, q
| member of the staff of the schoo
paper and is prominent in dramatics
| Mckinley High School chose 1t:
representative, Warren Magee. at 6
regular assembly yesterday. His sub
ject was THE Constitution" which i.
! the most popular of the eight sub
| 1ects that may be used.
| Joseph Sorrell was runner-up ant
was named alternate. The Other
sneakers were Charles Miner, Olgs
| Vowel, John Mauchly and Johr
| Tearson. All spoke on "The Consti
| tuition.
| The Judges were Frederic William
| Vile. Miss Sarah e. Simons, head o.
| the English department, and George
7. Jones of the history department
Frank Daniel, principal, presided a
|
teacher of history at Mckinley, ha'
had charge of the contest from thu
| first.
Gonzaga Winner Chosen.
| RAYMOND Raedy of Gonzaga High
| school won the contest in distric
liz which was held last night a
| Gonzaga. The finalists came from
the private and parochial schools o
| Washington.
| Delegetions from all the schools
represented crowded the auditorium
to support their representatives Th
lcompetition was quite close, Raymond
Raedy winning only by a marrow
margin.
rather Alfred M. Rudtke, manage
Of the contest for district 5, preside'
at the meeting. Judges were Rev
Peter J. Guilday of Catholic Univer
sity. Rev. Leo McVay of Catholic Uni
yersity, Rev. John Edwards, Catholi
University; Sister Mary Antonine o
st. Mary's Academy. at Alexandra
and Rev. John Easy Of Georgetown
| University.
Five students worked their wa
to the finals. They were kathry
Bowers of Immaculate Conception
Academy, M. Louise Edmonston o
Holy Cross Academy, runner-up Il
the contest; Paul Keough of Dewitt
Preparatory School, Joseph Haltfga
; of st. PauPs Academy and Raymon
Raedy of Gonzaga High School.
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