Evening star., 1926-05-15
GIRLS ARE LEADING
IN 0RAT0RY TESTS
Three of Five FinaIists A.
ready Chosen Are OF
GentIer Sex.

For the first time in the history oil
the National Oratorical Contest girls
promise to predominate. the group OF
seven district finalists who. on June 4
will compete here in the national
finals, it was revealed today upon the
receipt of dispatches from Louisville
XIV. and New York City. Two girls
Miss Ann Hardin and Miss Heller
Bylund, were the victors IN THEN
Kansas City heralded the triumph of
the first boy in this years district
finals. He is Joseph A. Mullarky of
Augusta. Ga.
Herbert Wenig of Hollywood High
School has been adjudged winner of
the final round of the contest for the
Pacific Southwest.
Inasmuch as Miss Myrtle Posey, II.
year Eastern High School senior
the finalist in the District of Colum
bia, Maryland and Virginia territory
already has won her laurels as district
finalist. this makes three out of the
four district finalists so far deter
mined young ladies.
Girl Wins i'm Louisville.
uTIneT eNlUe1Ce tDdI InS DFeSenI
will be a big year for the fair sex in
the oratory contest was seen in the
results of the Louisville finals. There
were but two girls out of seven com
petitors, and yet they were accorded
first and second honors. Miss Hardin
the winner from that territory. repre-
sents the Louisville Girls High
School. and she scored last night or
her sixteenth birthday. Her father is
superintendent of the Kentucky
School for Boys. and the family has
lived in the bluegrass region all OF
their lives.
Miss Hardin was coached by Miss
Eleanor Huber, a 1924 district f1nalist
who is now on the staff of the Louis
Vile Courier-Journal and aiding In
conducting the oratorical contest. II
is believed that Miss Hubers assist
ance greatly aided Miss Hardin and
will also help her in the national com
petition. Miss Huber was a popular
speaker here in 1924.
New YOrk's Girl Victor.
Miss Bylund, the New York district
| fnalist, also promises Miss Posey, the
local winner. stiff competition in thu
national finals. Miss Bylund is presi
dent of the Students General Organi
zation of the Wadleigh High School
TSCOS IllZSu as tHc ldI SCSt IL 10
high school in the world. The enroll
ment is between 1000 and 5000 girls
AS the prime mover in the drafting ot
an honor code to be observed by Wad
| leigh girls, Miss Bylund came into ma
| tional prominence few months ago
Mularky will represent the Atlanta
! Constitution. He also will represen,
one of the oldest schools in the coun
try, the Richmond County Academy
| of Augusta which Is the first private
school to win representation in the
national finals.
In the first two years of the orator.
cal contest there haev ben two girl!
| among the seven district flnalists
who have competed here for nationa
| honors.
Another innovation in the contes
| this year will be the variety Of sub
tects which the speakers will use. II
previous years all of the district final
lists have spoke on the same subject
Each Subject Different.
Each of the four district finalist!
already decided has different sub
ject. Miss Posey's subject is th'
latest authorized by the oratorica
contest committee, Americas Con
tribution to Constitutional Govern
ment': Miss Hardin's Is Jefferson
and the Constitution; Mullarky's II
THE Constitution" while Miss BY
lund's is Lincoln and the Constitu
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