Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
0RAT0RY LEADERS
TO ATTEND GAMES
Eight High School Students
of 1923 Contests to Have
Tour of Europe.

Eight American high school stu.
dents viii he given n trip 10 the Olym.
PIC games at Amsterdam and tour
OF six European countries next sum
mer as reward for their proves 10
he exhibited in the Fifth National
OratoriCal Contest. which, with the
Third International Oratoric3l Con
test, will constitute the largest forensic
competition IN the history % the con
test movement. il was announced yes
terday by Randolph Leigh. director
general
The 1928 contest. ~ be sponsored.
as were the preceding competitions
in this territory. by The Evening star,
in addition to being the most extern
sive of the annual competitions, VIII
offer longer and more attractive
European visit for first prize in each
of the eight regions.
Exactly IL weeks and days
will elapse between the time the eight
regional champions sail out Of New
York on the =. :. America and the
time they win debark at the same
city from the s. :, Lapland. During
the interval they viii visit the points
of interest il France. Italy. Switzer.
land. Germany, holland. BeISium and
trip. however. is likely TO prove the
full-week stay az Amsterdam, where
students VIII attend the olympic
games.
Expansion for 1923.
The expansion of the oratorical con
test thus year is best illustrated by the
fact that While Is newspapers Spon-
sored the contest in their respective
=
backing the 1925 competition. The in
creased support has resulted in the
division of the country into eiGht
regions" instead Of the seven of last
year.
With the entry of Germany and
IL pan into the field. the International
contest has grown as has its parent.
the National Oratorical Contest. The
five contendlng nations in the second
International are remaining in the
field for 1928, making a total of seven
nations. Besides the United States
and the two newcomers, these are
England France. Mexico and Canada.
Unlike last year. when considerable
latitude was permitted in the choice Of
GRAFTON subjects centering about the
Constitution of the United States. the
Contenders for the national champion
ship of this country viii he given "A
choice of two topics. The Develop
ment of the Constitution and The
Present SlCnific9 nee of the ConstitU-
ton" are the established subjects on
which the high school students may
build their speeches in their bids for
the championship. As in other years,
the speeches must be delivered within
10 minutes and must be the original
productions of the competitors
Eligibility rules for the Fifth
National are similar to those of the
previous contest. Any bona fide sec
ondary school pupil under . years of
age February 1. 1928, may participate.
Those students who. although within
the age limit, have been graduated
from a high school course and who
now are taking a postgraduate course
IN any school, are barred. The fact
that A contestant may have partici
pated in the contest in previous wears
does not make him ineligible unless
that boy or girl was one of the nation
al finalists.
The procedure Of the contest is rela-
lively simple. Each school handles
the selection Of its own representa- tive.
The representative Of the schools in
a given newspaper territory compete
among themselves in accordance with
elimination the contestants in each
newspaper territory are reduced to
seven and these compete for the cham.
pionship of that newspapers territory
The champion of each newspaper
territory completes in one of the eight
zone meetings which are the semi.
finals for the entire Nation. and these
competitions will be held Nav II in
Washington, New York. Philadelphia.
Raleigh, Troy, \. Y; Chicago, Kansas
City and Oklahoma City
Schedule of Contest.
The general schedule for the 1925
contest as it stands today. and which
IS subject to minor modification AT
the discretion of the contest man
agement, is as follows:
First selections (within each
SCHOOL, by March is. District Finals
March 80, Newspaper Semi.f1nals
April 20, Newspaper Finals April p.
National Semi-iinals May II. Nation.
al Finals Washington Nav y. Sail
for Europe on s. s. America June 80
International Finals tWashincton)
grand climax October 10.
The publishers committee for tho
contest in the United states is made
up of the following: Frank r. Moves
Washington Star; Adolph s. Ochs.
New York Times: Walter A. Strong
Chicago Daily News: William I,
Mclean. jr. Philadelphia Bulletin:
George B. Longan. Kansas CITY Star
and Harry Chandler. Los Angeles
Times.
The newspa pers associated with
The Star in the sponsorship of the
contest in the United States are New
York Times. Milwaukee Journal. Min
neapohs Daily star. Des Moines Eve.
ming Tribune. Kansas CITY star Chi.
cago Daily News. Seattle Times Phil.
edelphia Bulletin, Atlanta Constitu-
ton, Birmingham Age Herald. Los
Angeles Times, Louisville Courier
Journal. Arkansas Democrat Okla
homa City Oklshoman. Albuquerque
Journal, Houston Post Dispatch. Fort
Worth Record Telegram. PocafeIlo
Tribune, Great Falls Tribune Fargo
Forum, Omaha Bee News. Worcester
Telegram Gazette. Springfield RonubIi.
can, Burlington Free Press. Charles.
ton Gazette, Richmond Times.Dis.
patch. Raleigh News and Observer
Jacksonville Journal, Canton Reposj.
tory. Marion star SteubenviIle Her.
ald-Star, East Liverpool Review. salem
News Grand Rapids Press. Flint DaiIy
Journal, Ann Arbor Times News
jackson Citizen-Patriot. Kalamazoo
Gazette, MuskeEon Chronicle. Sagi.
nav News. Bay city Times. salt Lake
CITY Tribune, Troy Record. Portland
Press Herald Des Moinee Capital.
louisville Times. oklahoma Times
Portland Express. Montgomery Ad.
vertisar Birmingham News and
springfield Union.