Evening star., 1926-06-03
CEORC|ANS HOSTS
/. TO YOUNG ORATORS
FinaIists Here for National
Contest Tomorrow Night
Are Feted.

Three of the seven regional ftna list =
in the third annual National Ora
torical Contest who tomorrow night
will compete at the Washington Audi
torIum for the coveted title of ma
tiOnal finalist We're lauded as repre-
sentatives Of 400 900 American high
school pupils lin the greatest con
test in the history of the country" at
a banquet given In their honor by a
group of prominent Washington
Georsia ians at the White Peacock. Sl2
Seventeenth street last night.
sitting at the head of the table be.
tween Senators Harris and George
and Representatives Charles q. Ed
wards, William ID. Upshaw and Carl
Vinson of the, Georgia coneressiOnal
delegate the trio OF naiistS. Joseph
Mullarky Of Augusta. Ga; Miss Myrle
Posey of the District OF Columbia
and Herbert Wenig of Los Angeles
Calf. were praised without stint br
speakers. who extolled their oratorical
ability and predicted for them the
same leadership in life that they
already have obtained in the school.
Japanese Wins Applause.
John Also. is. a Young japanese.
who is president OF the Southern Cali.
fornia Oratorical Association and a
debating colleague of Wenig, the Los
Angeles representative also an honor
guest at the banquet, made a brief
talk. In which he convinced the
Georgians of his outsta nding speaking
ability. Also provoked vigorous ap-
plause when he explained that he was
born in the United States and has
lived here all of his life. and that
while have the body of japanese.
| have the mind and morals of an
American" He said that he had hea rd
much OF Southern hospitality and as
sured the Georgians that he was so
delighted at the sample offered last
night that ne had determined to seek
entrance in Southern educational in
stitution.
Leaders In Life's Affairs.
Senator George, the first speaker.
stated that he had observed that
those who are first in competitions
the competition of life. He declared
that whether the orators won or lost l..
they could rest assured that the effort
was well worth the cost. He pointed
out that he some oa years ago had
won college debates and State honors
in oratory and laughingly pointed out
that in this light young Mullarky, the
Georgia candidate. is on the high road
to- the United States Senate.
Senator Harris confessed to the
Georgianx that he always envied the
orator. lie said that he never had
made speech Of more than five
minutes until he ran for the Senate,
and even then II was only because his
opponents were informing his prospec-
tive constituents that "he couldn't
make speech" Senator Harris said
that he was prejudiced against orators
early In life by dema gogue who
never practiced what he preached. -
He said that the victory of Muliarky
meant much to Georgia beca ,fse he
will spread the right kind Of stuff -
Would Encourage Contest.
Representative vinson. who repre-
sents the Augusta district. which
claims Mullarky. voiced confidence
that Mullarky would win tomorrow
night. 1T he does not" Mr.. Vinson
continued. Il am sure we would de-
sire to see Miss Posey crowned, the
young orator from our own District
of Columbia" Representative Up
shaw voiced the same sentiments. as
did Representative Edwa rds, who de-
clared the entire country should en-
courage the success of the National
Oratorical Contest.
Theodore Tiiler acted as toastmas-
ter. Prof. r.. w. Hardy. Augusta
professor, who is coaching Mullarky.
also talked and introduced the ora
tOrical winners. Others who made
remarks were Ralph Graves and Miss
Laura Berrien.