Evening star., 1926-01-24
Speeches Must Be Original.

ne ofduonS must be original and
must not require more than IL min,
ut"s for delivery.
The contest. in its international
phase. viii be. in reality. a series Of
independently conducted national con.
tests. the winners in which will come
together in q number of meetings dur
ing the Summer and Autumn OF 1926
The national finals will. as heretofore,
be held in Washington on June and
the grand climax 20 the contest will
come with the meeting in Washing
Ton october 70. 1926, 1T which time
the youthful oratorical champion OF
each participating nation will deliver
speech on the particular govern
mental contribution of his own ma
ton. The nations to be represented
include the United States. France.
England. Germany and Mexico.
Others may be added TO the list.
The Washington Stars territory
will be districted as follows:
Zach public high school in the Dis.
rrirt of Columbia will count as dis.
ulct by matchmaking seven districts.
The private and parochial schools
within the District of Columbia will
be grouped into one district
All the high schools. public. private
and parochial, in Prince Georges.
Montgomery and Charles Counties in
Maryland. will count as one district.
All the high schools. public. private
and parochial, IN Loudoun Arlington.
Fairfax and Prince William Counties
and Alexandria City, in Virginia. will
count as one district
10 Districts TO Have Entry.
There will be, therefore. 10 districts
in The stars contest. The winner in
each of these 10 districts will receive
cash prize of 500. In addition the
winner of the championship of The
stars territory will receive cash
prize Of 500 and place in the ma
uonal finals, which automatically car
ries with 1t the privilege of max.
ing the European tour. which is de
scribed in detail elsewhere in this
issue. with all expenses paid.
The American committee follows.
Frank B. Moves. The Washington
Star: Adolph :. Ochs, the New York
Times: Walter ~ Strong, the Chicago
Daily News; William l.. Mclean, jr
the Philadelphia Bulletin; Frederick
J. Thompson, the Birmingham Age
Herald: r. l.. Stout. the Kansas City
Star: Harry Chandler, the Los Angeles
Times.
The committee Chairmen abroad arc:
Maurice Bunau-Narilla. publisher of
lie Matin. Paris. for France: Henry
y. Hail. London. for England: II.
Becker, ministry of education, Berlin
for Germany: Miguel Lanz Durel
publisher of FL Universal, Mexico City,
for Mexico
Leigh to Direct Event.
The 1926 contest, in its national as
we'll as its international phase, was
organized and will be directed by Ran.
dolph Leigh. 323 Star Building, Wash
ington, d. c., who orSanized and di-
rected the National Oratorical Con-
tests of 1924 and 1925.
The newspaper sponsors of the con.
test in the United States follow: New
York Times, Pittsburgh Sun, Canton
News, Chicago Daily News, Philadel-
phia Bulletin, Atlanta Constitution,
Portland Oregonian, Dayton News,
Los Angeles Times, Indianapolis
News, Washington Star, Birmingham
Age Herald. Des Moines Capital, Mo.
bile News-Item. Mobile Register, Lou.
isville Courier-Jourral and Times.
Chattanooga Times, R5Innee..r Demo.
Crat and Chronicle, Hartford Couta.n,.
Mont gomerv Journal, Kansas CITY
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