Evening star., 1926-04-25
ORATORy WINNERS
NAMED At SCHOOLS
Miriam HutchinS Is Victor at
Dunbar and Annie Wheeler
at Armstrong.

Miriam NJ. IIutchins. 17-year old
senior in Dunbar High school. will
repreSnnt that school IN The Star area
oratoriral finals az q result Of her vic.
tory in the school finals which were
held in>the school audit orium Thurs
DAY afternoon. r. The winners subject
was The Constitution" Ruth Mat
thcws and Verde Robinson, speaking
ON the same subject. were given second
and thi"d places, respectively. Three
othor contestants. Howard Fitzhugh,
Richard Irving and Esther Robinson,
lSo spoke ou The Constitution.
while Artcnia Gihson's subject was
"John Marshall and the Constitution"
Walter l.. Smith. principal OF Dunbar,
presided. and musical numbers were
given by Miss Mary l.. Europe. The
judges were Mrs. Alice Mcneil. Prof.
Lorenzo Turner. teacher of English in
Howard University. and George Hayes,
local attorney.
Victor at Armstrong.
Annie l.. Wheeler. 1G-year.old senior
Of the Armstrong Technical High
School, was the victor in the finals
Of the contest conducted Friday in
the auditorium of that school. Her
subject was "America s Contribution
10 Constitutional Government. Rozier
GaddiS. winner of the first contest.
and Howard Spriggs tied for second
place, and a second tie was declared
between Manning Johnson, winner of
the second contest. and William Bell.
The number of ties indicates how
spirited was the contest for this
years honors.
For the second time in the District
public schools Miss IIutchins has
been awarded a prize in school col
test. While in the Lucretia Mott
School she won an award for writing
an essay on the National Arms Con
ference. Her activities as a student
of Dunbar are varied. She has ap-
peared in class dramatics and has
written one play which was success
fully produced by the Players Guild
of the school.
A student in journalism IL, she is
literary editor of the Cadet Journal,
a member of the Domestic Science
Club. vice president of the Fleur-de-liS
and president of the Dunbar Chapter
of the National Honor Society of
Secondary Schools. She plans to teach
and viii enter the Miner Normal
School in September.
Contest Committee.
The contest in Dunbar has been con
Quoted by d faculty committee, con
sisting of DR.. Eva E. Dykes. chairman;
Miss Sadie Daniel, Miss Louise Cook,
Mrs. Mary Skinner, Neva4 Thomas,
William Brewer and Clyde McDuffie.
The victory of Miss Wheeler at
Armstrong was a popular one and
when principal Houston announced
the result of the judges balloting Ii
was greeted with cheers. which reveal
ed how intensely the LOO students
had followed the contest The judges
were: Richard r. Horner Of the Dis
trict bar and former member of the
Board Cf Education: Prof. James G.
Waters. secretary of the Howard Uni
verSity Law School. and NJ. Franklin
Peters. Instructor in dramatics and
public speaking al Howard University.
Miss Wheeler entered Armstrong in
1922 from ST. AuguStine'S Parochial
school and has made credita BILE
scholastic record during her entire
career. She will graduate in June
and expects to enter Columbia Uni
versitv next year TO pursue an Eng
lish course. She always has taken
a prominent part in girls athletics.
particularly in basket ball. In the
oratorical semi-finals this year she
ranked first in both the written a1d
oral trials This is her third trial for
final honors
Members of the contest Committee
Al Armstrong are George Il. Murray
chairman: Mrs. Fl. y. Allen. Miss
Helen f. Crawford Miss Charlotte z.
West. Miss Ethel NJ Hall. Miss o. NJ
C Davidson and NJ. c. Clifford, secre-
tary.