Evening star., 1926-10-12
PICKED
AS SORATORY JUDGES
Five Distinguished Scholars
Will Act in International
Contest.

Five internationally famous scholars
and linguists. headed by the Ambas-
sador of Spain, will be the judges at
the international oratorical contest in
the Washington Auditorium on Fri
day evening, when the youthful
spokesmen Of England, France, Mex
leo, Canada and the United States will
compete for the worlds speaking
championship.
The Judges will be Senor Don
Alexandra Padilla, Ambassador of
Spain; DR.. Richard Frederick Antoine
Muller, a native of Belgium; DR.. Rob-
ert M. Sugars, a native of Ireland;
DIR. Louis j. A. Mercier. native of
France, and DR.. Richard Henry VIII
son, a native of the United States.
These Judges were chosen because
of their qualifications as linguists and
scholars. Each participating nation
was invited to nominate judges for
the contest In making the selections
every effort was made to secure men
of the broadest possible scholarship.
OF course, each one is thoroughly con-
versant with the three languages to
be used in the contest, French. Eng
lish and Spanish. In addition each one
is familiar with the cultural and his
tOr1Cal OoVelOpneHlS WllIlu tIlC AEO
participating nations.
They will have the difficult task of
Judging literary excellence in three
languages and historical facts from
five viewpoints, as we'll as the moving
power Of five speakers who have
proven their excellence according to
the widely differing oratorical STAN
dards Of their respective lands.
All Well Qualified.
The f1ve judges are declared re-
markably we'll qualified for such a
task.
Senior Don Alexandra Padilla, re-
Gently accredited Spanish Ambassa-
dor at Washington, Is an authority
on International law and has had re-
markable opportunities throughout a
long diplomatic career to familiarize
himself with the governmental inst1-
tutions of Europe and America. He
served for a time as Ambassador TO
Portugal, and has conducted many
important negotiations on behalf of
Spain with the leading nations of
Europe.
DR.. Richard F. A. Moller has dis
tinguished himself as an electrical
and hydraulic engineer on three con-
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spent most of his time on cOnstruc-
ton projects and governmental mis-
sions in North and Central and South
America. He has written many
articles and a number Of books on
governmental problems in French
and Spanish, and supervised for the
government of Ecuador the task of
organizing the department Of Eng
lish in the University Of Quito, one
Of the Oldest and best educational in
situations in the Western Hemisphere,
having been founded in 1868.
Noted Canadian Scholar.
DR.. Robert NJ. Sugars was born in
Dungannon, Ireland educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, and is now
McGin University, Montreal, Canada.
While taking his college course he
spent his vacations in France. He
lived in Barcelona, Spain, for six
years. His wife is Spanish. For the
past Is years he has been in Canada
as a professor, first in the University
of Montreal and afterward in the
McGill University. He is recognized
as one Of the ablest and broadest
scholars in Canada.
DR.. Louis J. A. Mercier was born in
dl LOyOid OIlNCL-
sity (Chicago). the University of Chi
cago and Columbia University. He
is now teacher of the romance Ian
guages at Harvard University. Dur
ing the war he served as interpreter
with the British expeditionary forces
at the front. He has charge Of the
annual French-speaking contest at
Harvard.
Also Noted Educator.
DR.. Richard Henry Wilson. for the
last 25 years head Of the department
Of romance languages, University Of
Virginia, was educated chiefly in
France, Spain. Italy and Germany.
He has made the French and Spanish
departments at that institution among
the best known in any of the Ameri-
can universities. His writings in the
field Of fiction as we'll as that of his
tory are in French, Spanish and Eng
lish. The language Of his household
is French. He was born in Kentucky
Sc years ago.
These five judges, four of whom
are now travelling toward Washing
ton, will meet at contest headquar-
ters, in The Star Building, to discuss
with Randolph Leigh. organizer and
director of the contest, the rules un-