Evening star., 1927-04-12
TWO CITY SCHOOLS
PICK 0RATORY ACES
Richard Greenwood Wins at
Western and Stanley
SegaI at Business.

morning, with the selection of their
school champions in lively contests.
Richard Greenwood, II year old
senior of Western High School, won
first place as contestant in field or
six entrants at his school, with an
oration on 1.-The Constitution, which
he delivered manfully before an nu-
dience Of 1000 students and visiting
parents.
Stanley Segal, Is year old sopho-
more at Business High School, won
the championship OF his school ana
the ACCOMPANYING 500 cash prize be.
fore a general assembly in the Busi.
ness auditorium at noon today. His
victory. which was announced after
10 o'clock, was the signal for rare
ovation. and school yells in his honor.
School Spirit Exhibited.
The Western meeting. although Of
two hours duration. was a lively eX.
ample Of school spirit and sportsman
ship. Warned by Miss p. f. Thonssen,
assistant principal, who presided in the
absence of Principal Elmer 3. New.
ton. that applause would handicap the
contesta nts for oratorical honors. not
sound was heard until the con.
clueion of each of the speeches, and
even then only timidly. The hest
tancy was due, however. only to the
applause warning, az was demon
strated by the wild ovation which
greeted the announcement of young
Greenwood's victory by Elmer Kay
ser, professor OF history at George
Washington University, and one of
the jury of three. Miss Dorothy Cook
was adjudged second best by the jury
and her feat was acclaimed with en-
thusiasm which rivaled that which
greeted the victor.
Each Of the six speakers held the
platform for the full 10 minutes under
the rules. The orations were aug
mented by a musical program by the
Western High Orchestra, under the
direction of Miss Louise Lynch, facul'
ty instructor. and solos by other stu
dent musicians of the school. TWO
piano solos by Miss Catherine Smith
and a violin solo by Jean Westbrook
who was accompanied by her brother,
Frank Westbrook, all students of
Western High, contributed to the en-
joyment of the audience.
Is Sl00 Weather.
The Western High School champion
by his victory this morning is just
500 weather., for he will be pre-.
sented with a cash prize for that
amount by The Washington Star. In
addition to this prize, Greenwood has
merited also a place in the finals.
which will be held May 4, at which
time the representative OF this region
in the national oratorical contest, May
27, will be determined. He is the son
of Representative Arthur III. Green.
wood OF Indiana. and, like his father,
has aspirations to follow the pursuit
of law, trying each case as his father
suggested this morning, according to
doctrines of the Constitution"
AS he stood upon the school stage
this morning Joe" Greenwood was
an example of complete self-posses'
sion. His enunciation and pronun-
citation were deliberate and distinct
and his gestures were few but effec.
tive.
Among those to "root" for him from
the silently enthusiastic audience this
morning were his father and mother,
who have, by the way heard many
of the orations in other districts Of
The Star area this year. Following
his graduation from Western in June,
the potential corporation lawyer plans
to enter Swarthmore College. As for
the 500 he won, "Joe" has absolutely
no thought of its disposal. An inter.
esting feature of the result of the
Western contest Is the reversal Of the
rating of the winner OF the first and
second places. Last year Miss Cook
won second place in her high school
finals, while Greenwood was judged
third.
Segal, the Business High champion
won with his Grafton on 'The Consti
tuition and the Ballot Box" The Is
year-old sophomore defeated three fel
low students who had been selected
with him as representing the best
oratorical talent in the high school
His delivery, while somewhat more
rapid than the Western High cham
pion, who was chosen scarcely two
hours earlier this morning, is equally
deliberate and forceful. Like other
young speechmakers OF championship
caliber, Segal seems absolutely with
out nerves, as he expounds the doc
trines Of the Constitution and takes
to task the citlzenry for their indif
ference toward the ballot box.
AS he is still sophomore, Segal is
not yet decided as to his future course
when school days are over. He has
dIl IuSdg HOWeNcIt IDdb ilc wants "
enter George Washington University
where. as he puts it, an trv for my
A. y. degree and learn from that wha.
1t is all about before l decide what
want to do
GIFT to Parents.
Stanley also won Sl00, the gift OF
The Star, and place in this regions
oratorical contest finals May 4. He
said this afternoon that this is his
first attempt at oratorical conquest
and that he owes his gratitude for his
victory, as we'll as for his initial entry
in the contest, TO his teacher of Eng
lish Miss L. w. Reeve, and to his
parents. When asked what he will &c
with the 500 he won, Stanley grinned
broadly and said: II guess that will
go where 1t should go--right to my
mother and father"
Everything is in readiness at Nc.
Kinley High School for the third
contest In the local public high
schools at 8 o'clock tonight in the
auditorium of the school building
Seventh and Rhode Island avenue.
The contestants in this competition
will be: Miss Hazel Boyce. 14O7 4
street; Miss Martha Williams, 22a
Cedar avenue, Takoma Park Miss
Catherine Birch, 3032 r street; Miss
Elizabeth Hoeke. i34s Euclid street
Leo Shrider. 691s Sixth street, Takoma
Park. and Felisa Jenkins, 1901 Law
renee street northeast.
The program arranged to augment
the orations at Tech tonight will in
clude concert numbers by the Tech
High School Orchestra. under the di
rection OF Dore Walten, and the Tech
Opera Club. Frank G. Daniels. prin
ctpal will preside and the decision
will be made by a jury composed OF
George Anderson of the George Wash
ington University faculty. Robert
Hickman Of the Hickman School oi
Expression. and George Jones, head
Of the history department Of the
Washington public high schools.