Evening star., 1927-10-13
PRESIDENT TOG|VE
ORATORS GREETING
Will Receive Quintet at White
House Tomorrow at
1915 Pm.

| Inc speaking OTQeF- OF the contest.
ants and the identity of the time
| keepers in the Second International
Oratorical Contest, to be held at s
o'clock tomorrow night in the Wash
] ington Auditorium, were made known
today simultaneously with the an
nouncement that President Coolidge is
to receive the five young orators at
the White House at 1916 pm. to-
| morrow
| In accordance with a lot drawing
made last March by Frank B. Noyes,
| president of The Evening Star News
| paper Co, and chairman of the ora
| torical contest committee, the contest
ants will deliver their contending ora
tions in the following order:
| Miss Dorothy Carlson OF the United
| States, on What the Constitution
Should Mean to an American Citizen"
first
Georges Guiot G uillain of France, on
| French Culture as World Asset"
second:
Frederick p. Hotson of Canada, on
"Canada's Diamond Jubilee" third;
James Keith Watson of England,
on "Englands Contribution to Con-
stitutional Government" fourth, and
Arturo Garcia -Fermenti of Mexico.
on 'Latin.Americanism and Pan-Amer-
icanism," fifth and last.
Position and Victor.
The same drawing which determined
the order of speakers for the contest
tomorrow night established also the
order of delivery in the recent Fourth
National Oratorical Contest, in which
Miss Carlson, by her defeat of the six
other regional champions of the United
fI7n iohf m nj
country in tomorrow nights interna-
tional battle. In the national contest,
however, Miss Carlson was the last
of seven speakers.
From the results of previous con-
tests, it would appear that the posi-.
ton of the respective speakers has
no effect upon the judging. In 1924
the first speaker in the national won
first place; in 1925 the third speaker
captured first honors; in 1925 first
honors again went to the holder of
third place, while in 1927 the seventh
orator on the program was adjudged
winner of first honors. The winner
of the first international contest last
year Was the second speaker.
10 Minutes Each.
Representatives of the Army and
Navy will be relied upon again to en-.
force the 10-minute time rule for each
speaker. They are Rear Admiral
Luther E. Gregory, u. S. N, chief of
the Bureau Of Yards and Docks, and
Brig. Gen. Thomas @. Donaldson. u. S.
A., commanding general of the troops
of the District of Washington. Each
orator will be allowed 10 minutes in
which to deliver his grafton, the time
to begin with the first word of the
a sol Int a ofnd
at the expiration of, the allowed period,
if a speaker is still stalking, a blast
of a whistle sounded by one of the
official timekeepers viii oblige thai
contestant to cease speaking at once
A rap of the chairman's gavel will fol-
low the whistle blast and if the con-
testant continues to speak then, he
automatically will be dropped to last
place in the final rating.
Tomorrow the five contestants will
visit the White House. where they
their only engagement of the day prior
to the appearance on the Auditorium
stage.
Last night the young orators were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. August
King g-Smith at a dinner and dance in
their studio at New Hampshire avenue
and S street.
5000 Persons Expected.
In order to facilitate handling of the
expected audience of more than 5000
persons, 81 cadets of Eastern High
School, under the direction of Fl. d.
Shorts, chairman of the military com
mittee of that school, will act as
ushers and guides.
The members of the "usher detach-
ment" are Lieut.. Col William Mat
thews, James Brooks, quartermaster:
George Boss, Franklin Buzbart, Mar
tin Casper, Norman Cissel, George
Clark, Philip Corridor, Walter Crow,
Robert Dunnigan, Charles Edelin,,
Frederick Eisinger. Lynn Elmore,
Raymond Fisher, Willis Fisher. Nor
man Gill. James Graham. Robert
Grant, Elmer Hall, Gilbert Hedges
Sidney Hoffman, James Holloway,
Chester Jones. Marion Junghans
Howard Lady, Ralph Lloyd, Daniel
Longley, George KeckIey, Bayard
kennedy, William Kettler, Donald Ma
gruled, Lewis Magruder.
Paul Manganaro, William Markey,
Howard McDuffie, Joseph McGlathery,
Eugene Moreland. Mynor Mcintyre,
Alton Murphy, William Oehm, Jules
Phillips, Lawrence Pumphrey, Donald
Quade, Hubbard QuantrilIe, David
Raab. Dorrida Rabbit, Maurice Ris-
ley, Frank Rodger, Lawrence Sadtler.
Joseph Smith, William Smith, Millard
Sniffin, Edward Spies, Howard Sam.
sci, Albert Strauss, Daniel Sullivan.
Egan Sweeney, Richard Tenelly, Ross
Totten, Fred Traband, Grant Van
Demark, Frank Whitney, Sam Zola
and John Riecks.