Evening star., 1926-09-05
STUDENT ORATORS
. END TOUR ABROAD
Myrtle Posey, D. c. Girl, and
Others on Way Home After
Summer in Europe.

Finalists in the National Oratorical
Contest at last are homeward bound
after tour of eight European coun-
tries.
They left England, Friday. on the
Doric Of the White Star Line for
Montreal. where they expect to land
either next Sunday or Monday.
1t has been a glorious Summer for
the high school boys and girls. among
whom was Miss Myrtle Posey Of
Washington.
In addition to the finalists, with
Randolph Leigh, director Of the con-
test. and Miss May p. Bradshaw.
ohaperon, the party is made up Of
William Meades Nowton, English
spokesman; Jose Munoz-Cota. Mex
lean spokesman and Henri Rubidon,
French spokesman.
Wenig Going to Mexico.
Writing from London on the plans
Of the party after returning to Amer
icen soil, Mr. Leigh says:
AT Montreal the party will be Joined
by Herbert Moran, Canadian spokes.
man; Nowton, Munoz-Cota, Rubi.
don, Moran and the winner of the 1926
National Oratorical Contest in the
United States. Herbert Wenig, will
40 from Montreal to Mexico City.
stopping en- route ct New York and
Washington, to participate in an in
ternationsl meeting in the Mexican
capital on September %. They Will
return TO Washington in time for the
final meeting Of the first Interna-
tional Oratorical Contest to be held
on October 15. The representative
of each of the f1ve nations Will speak
h ic q n
The prize will be a handsome silver
loving cup, which carries with 1t the
international speaking championship
for 1925.
"A special program has been ar
ranged for September s on board
ship, when the passengers will hear
the English, French, Mexican and
United States spokesmen deliver their
orations. The last days of the party
In England we're crowded with activi-
ties and diversions outside the ordi-
nary sightseeing schedules. On the
Friday before their sailing date, the
members OF the party were the guests
OF Anthony AsQuith, son Of the Earl
OF Asquith and Oxford. at a dinner
given at the Savoy Hotel. They were
also shown through Sulgrave Manor,
home Of the forefathers Of George
Washington, by special committee,
and spent almost an entire afternoon
In that shrine which Americans link
with Mount Vernon as particularly
associated with their development
and their institutions. The party
also saw Richard III" played at
Stratford- on Avon. The final enter
tainment in their honor was an elab-
crate luncheon given by the lord
mayor and councillors OF Liverpool!
in the town hall on September 8. The
youthful orators Of the four nations
delivered their orations on that oc-
Casion. as we'll as at a larger public
gathering held in that city on the
evening OF September 2.
ID. c. Girl in Party.
"The member of the party from the
United States in addition to Herbert
N'eng Of Los Angeles, national
ington, d. c.; Helen Byland, New
York; Thomas Cleary. Philadelphia;
Ann Hardin, Louisville; Quita Boar
man. Minneapolis.
THE party kept to it's ambitions
scheduled throughout the trip, Wis
aung the leading art galleries, see
ing many OF the most renowned
sights in Europe, and attending the
operas and other theatrical entertain
ments in five capitals.
The pleasure of the trip was en-
HANGED by a plan of team reading,
which was followed. Before attend
ing operas, plays. etc, or going to
spots especially associated with some
famous bit Of literature, the members
read aloud the play or poem or story,
as the case might be. Thus the
Italian and Swiss Lake country and
the land OF Scott, Burns and Shake
speare took an additional charm
Most OF this reading was done while
the party was making long railroad
journeys, though some Of it was done
on shipboard."