Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
PERSH|NG TO Join
HONORS TO ORATOR
General Will Present Cup to
Victor in National Con-
test Here.

the handsome large loving cup to the
victor in the national finals of the
third annual National Oratorical Con
test, to be held at the Washington Az
ditorium on the night of June 4, 1t was
announced yesterday. Gen. Pershlng
will sit OH the platform and make the
presentation Immediately after Chfef
Justice William Howard TAFT ana ms
four colleagues on the Supreme Court
bench have decided which of the seven
contestants merits The title OF national
flnalist.
InasInuch as Miss Myrtle Posey, IL
year-old Eastern High School senior,
and each of the other SIX district final
lists from the ma jor sections Of the
United States are assured three-month
tours of Europe. the award of the ma
tional finalist Gu" will be an outStand-
ing feature Of the evening. The ma
tional finalist also will be entitled to
represent the United States III the in
ternational finals to be held here next
Fall and to speak abroad this Summer.
will get Gold Pins.
The gold pins of the Constitution
Club will lie presented to each of the
seven district tinaliSts at the banquet
to he given in their honor by John
mining engineer. at the latter's coun-
try home here Saturday night, June
5. This presentation will be made
by Robert Sessions, 1925 national
finalist. who will make a special visit
to attend the 1926 contest. This pin
is shield shaped. with seven gold
stars in IL field of blue, emblematic Of
the seven district tinalists who are
chosen each year
Others Are Qualified.
Including the seven district finalists
OF this year, there are Il members
OF the Constitution Club. IA already
having qualified in the two previous
years OF the contest. Dom Tyler,
winner OF the 1924 championship. also
is expected to Ire present on June 4.
Other members Of the Constitution
Club expected are Eugene +. McEl
meel, Pacific Coast fnalist last year:
| Ruth Newburn. secretary Of the club,
and Asenath Graves. 1924 and 1925
| flnaiists in the local territory: Vail
Barnes and Philip Glatfelder OF the
| 1924 and 1926 contests. who are now
students at Princeton University.
Three Girls. Two Boys.
With FIVE of the seven national
| tinalists selected, interest now ceuterS
In the district final to be held at
Chicago next Friday night and at
Philadelphia on the following Friday
night, May IS. The victory of Her
bert Wenig OF Hollywood High School
IN the Pacific cast district, carried In
dispatches received here yesterday,
brings the number Of boy district
iinalists TO two. one behind the girls.
who hold three district titles. The
other lad to score was Joseph A. Null
| larky OF Augusta, Ga.
The victory Of Miss Ann Hardin Of
the John NJ. Atherton High School
for Girls, Louisville. Ky. is consid,
cred quite an achievement for this
l6-year-old miss. inasmuCh as sne
competed In on unusually large field
OF Il contestants, Of which 9 were
boys. She is expected To be accom-
panied 10 Washington by Miss
Eleanor Huber, 1924 OratoriCal final
ist, who created very favorable i'm
preston. Miss Huber now is en-
ployed on the Louisville Courier.
journal. and she aided Miss Hardin
in preparing for her speaking ordesls,
New York to Send Delegation.
quite delegation is expected to
come down from New York to root
for Miss Helen Bylund. who is presi-
dent of the Students General Organ
ization Of the Wadleigh High School.
recognized as the largest Of all-girls
high schools in the world. The en-
rollment Is between 1000 and 5000.
When 1t comes to support, however
none will be in so enviable q, position
as Miss Myrtle Posey, 17-year-old East
ern High School senior, who was the
first to join the ranks OF the district
fnalists by virtue of her successive
victories over the many Washington
Maryland and Virginia. contestants
An entire section Of the Washington
Auditorium is being reserved for hun
dreds OF Eastern High School stu
dents who express n desire TO be pres
ent on the night of June 4.
Governors Participate.
Governors Of two States participat.
ed prominently in the finals of the
New York region, which resulted In
Miss Bylund's victory. Gov. Alfred
f., Smith Of New York presided. while
Gov. A. Harry Moore Of New Jersey
served as g. Judge The contest was
held in Town Hall, New York City.
Gov. Smith made considerable sac.
rifice on this occasion 10 show his In
terest in the contest. He slipped away
from Albany while In the midst or his
busy "3o-day period" during which
short month he Is compelled to devote
himself to reviewing and acting on
many important bills.
Gov. Moore has always been keenly
interested In youthful oratory and was
an orator of fame IN his school days
and his natural and cultivated inter.
est in this subject has been accentu-
ated by the object Of the National
Oratorical Contest, which Is to create
interest in and knowledge of the Con.
stitution.
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