Evening star., 1926-04-15
ORATORY FINALS
DUE IN HYATTSV|LLE
Contest Scheduled Tomorrow
Also at Del Ray, Va,
High School.

The school finals in the National
Oratorical Contest in the Hyattsville
MIDI High School will be held in the
school auditorium, with the faculty
committee as judges and the entire
student body in attendance. tomor-
row morning beginning at $50
o'clock.
The climax of the contest in this
school has been reached with eight
contestants, q most representative
group. according to school authori-
ties. and with the competition
certainly to be marked with n closely
contested final battle. The girls
clearly predominant I'm the last round
of the contest, six being pitted against
two boys.
Names of Contestants.
The names of contestants and their
subjects are: Stella Payne, Marshall
and the Constitution: Irene Mcleod.
Jefferson and the Constitution ;
Mary Blundell, 1.-The Constitution
Julia Arnold, THE Constitution"
Maxwell Anderson, jefferson and the
Constitution: Bertha Werlich THE
Constitution: Bernard Nees. Mar
shall and the Constitution, and Mark
Woods. "'rhe Constitution. Bertha
Weirich's likeness does not appear in
the accompanying picture.
The finals in the George Mason
School at Del Ray, Va, also will be
held tomorrow morning, beginning al
10 o'clock. This contest, likewise, will
he held before the pupils of the school,
with the faculty committee and Prin-
cipal Harry Baker, jr., serving as
Judges.
-Four contestants. equally divided
between the girls and boys, will fight
II out for the representation of this
school in the district finals, which will
he held April 20, in AleXandria.
Equally representative of the most
outstanding in the student life of this
school are the four f1nahsts. They are
Ora Lewis. Elizabeth Adams. Clarence
Hawkins and Harmon Francis. Each
of the speakers will have a different
subject relating to the Constitution.
Lincoln, Marshall, jefferson, Hamilton
and Americas contribution to consti
tutional government being the themes.
Eastern High Finals.
A report from Miss Kate D. Buck
nam, faculty chairman at Eastern
High School. states that the semi-finals
in that school will be held next Wed
nesday and Thursday and the finals
April 30. Twelve pupils, eight girls
and four boys, will appear in the semi
final eliminations. This list includes
Laura Barrett. Margaret Bell, Ger
aldine Carpenter, Laura Haynie, Ro-
herta Harrison, Myrtle Posey, Mar
garet Peed. Josephine Tremaine. Alvin
Graves. Peter Manganaro, Norman
Homiller and George Roth.
Marked interest in the closing
stages OF the contest. among the
Virginia schools is evidenced in a !
report from Mrs. Eugenia II. Osbourn,
principal of the Manassas Agricul-
tural High School, The winner in !
this school is Dabney Waters. Claude |
Smith and Theodore Ritter, also COM |
petedi the closing event, which was |
Judged by Prof. r. c. Hayden, divi- |
sion superintendent of schools |
Thomas Didlake. lawyer of Manassas. !
and A. A. Walter. instructor of |
history in the Snaveiy School for boys. |
AS an indication of the intensity of |
the interest In the contest in this
school, Mrs. Osbourn states that about
20 class mates of Dudley Waters plan
to make the trip to Alexandria for
the final meeting to lend their moral
and vocal support to their school
champion.