Evening star., 1926-04-28
TWO HIGH SCHOOL
ORATORS CHOSEN
Virginia KettIey of Business
and Philip Evans of Western
Gain HOn0rS.

Perseverance and ambition to gain
oratorical success prevailed in the
final contests held this morning at
business and Western high schools.
when winners in both events were re-
Warded after two years Of determined
effort to gain the championships in
these schools.
Virginia kettley emerged victor in
a field of four tinalists at business
High and Philip Evans gained the
highest forensic honor at Western
over five other speakers. In both
contests the judges reported great
difficulty in determining the winner.
their contention in each instance be-
ing borne out by the length of time
required to come to Il conclusion.
Dorothy Cook. the only girl contest
ant at Western. was adjudged sec
ond hest in her school. and another
girl. Louise Lindsey. was given the
runner-up position in business.
The winner at Mckinley is the
da ughter Of Mrs. Margaret y. kettley'
of II street northwest. She Is
prominent in school affairs generally
and has one more year ahead of her
prior to graduation. She is II years
old and her subject was The Consti-
tuition"
Il
Westerns champion is the l6-year-
old son of Representative and Mrs.
John NJ. Evans of Montana. Like
virtually all of the winners in these
contests. Philip also is a thoroughly
representative student and popular
with his Schoolmates. as the applau
following the judges decision indi-
Gated. He is particularly prominent
in school dramatics and debating. He
will be graduated this year.
The auditoriums of both schools
were filed with the pupils of the
respective schools and special musical
programs marked each contest, as did
the enthusiasm shown by partisan
followers of the various contestants.
The schools principals, Prof. Elmer
G. Newton and Prof. Allan Davis.
presided over the contests.
The judges We're as follows: Bust
ness High-Frederic William Vile:
Prof c. s. Collier of George Wash
ington University: Judge Mary
O'Toole. Miss Sarah E. Simons. head
of the department of English in the
District of Columbia public high
schools. and A. Leftwich Sinclair,
LAWYER. Western High--Miss Helen
Newman. graduate of that school of
the class of 1922. member of the bar
and now secretary of George Wash
ington University Law SCHOOL, DR..
Paul Kaufman, professor of English
in the American University, and the
Rev. Bernard Braskamp. pastor of
the GuntonTemple Memorial Presby-
teran Church.
Other contestants besides the win
ners at Western were Richard Green
wood. Frank WeitZel, John Wheeler
and Robert Leonard. and at Business,
Edith Raphaelson. last years winner,
and Ray Walters.
Heroic Young Orator. Is
A letter has been received at the
national headquarters of the oratori-
cal contest in The Star Building from
Representative George n. Seger of the
seventh district of New Jersey con-
tanning a newspaper clipping which
gives an account of the heroic and
successful efforts of a young orator
of Paterson, n. j.. to attain victory In
the contest while suffering from a Sc
we're physical ailment.
The account of this incident. which
appeared in the Paterson Evening
News. termed it moderniZation of the
ancient story of the Spartan lad who
carried a wolf in his waist. concealing
his agony. while 1t gnawed at the
vitals of his body, in order to prove
his true Spartan courage. Carlton
Hopper, a pupil in the East Side
High School of that city, had been
kept away from school and in bed
by severe attack of appendicitis. but
his determination to participate and
win in the sectional contest in that
State, which is in the territory of the
New York Times, was so great that he
insisted on arising from his bed and
was able to take his place with diff
Guilty in the contest.
His valiant and what proved to be
his winning effort on Webster and
the Constitution thus brought i'm.
portant honors to him and his school
and his courageous victory over seven
other school champions Immediately
elevated him to the role of hero IN
the eyes of his entire student body.
Also accompanying the newspaper
clipping was a note from J. Gordon
Garfield, secretary of Representative
Seger, which attested Mr. Seger's high
interest in the contest and his hope
for son or daughter of one of his
constituents to gain national honors
in the contest. 1t said:
MIR. Seger who. for the last two
years has heard the finalists in the
national oratorical contest in Wash
ington, has urged the boys ana girls