The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
ORATORS
FACE MIKE

Seven young orators, represent
ing 100000 secondary school pu-
pills in all sections Of the United
States will compete before the mi.
crophone Of WMAL at 7:3O tonight
for the honor of representing this
country in the international ora
torical contest next fall. The oc-
casion Is the national finale of the
series Of competitions that has
been conducted throughout the
country by leading newspapers,
and will be held this evening in the
Washington Auditorium before a
rather distinguished audience. John
Hays Hammond, the famous min.
ing engineer, philanthropist and
world citizen, will preside and
music will be provided by the
United States Marine Band Orches.
ira under the direction Of Second
Leader Arthur Whitcomb.
The contestants tonight viii be
William Alexander Loker, Of Leon.
ardtown, Nd; Carl Albert, Of Nc.
Alester, Okla; De Isle Crawford, OF
Oak Park, ILL.,; Jefferson Meagher
of Binghamton, N. Y; James M
Tunnel, Jr., Of Georgetown, Del.
Maxwell Lancaster, of Birmingham,
Ala, and Dorothy Carlson, OF Salt
Lake City, Utah. The subject OF
the debate will be the Constitution
of the United States and the judges
will be five Of the associate justices
OF the United States Supreme
Court. The successful contestant
will be awarded a loving cup and
will be entered as the representa-.
tive Of the United States in the
international contest to be held in
the fall between orators SINH
larly chosen in England, Canada,
France, Mexico and Japan.
AMERICAN PROGRAM
ON WRC BROADCAST
Aside from which the Friday
evening prospects are-just Friday
evening prospects with only the
Lord Calvert and Goldman Band to
aim at high spots for WRC and but
regular subsidies holding promise
elsewhere.
There may be something Of in.
terest In the half hour excerpt of
some Broadway production that is
70 be sent hither from WEAF at 8
o.clock--but the program does not
identify the show to be broadcast.
Much Of the WRC program viii be
nome grown this evening with the
Raleigh Orchestra at $50, Sidney
and his Mayflowerettes at 8, the
w. B. and A. quartet at $3.50. and
Lord Calvert at $50. There will
be a new program at 9, "The
Dreamers," described as a WEAF
instrumental trio-but only iust
described in those words ana not
explained!
Outside, Helen Clark, contralto
and Charles Harrison, tenor, will
maintain the honors Of the ROYAL
program from WIZ at 7:30 and al
o'clock the same station will
present the Philco hour in q me
mortal program. One Of the WIZ
go-as-you-please arm chair pro.
grams will be heard at 9. The
Happiness Boys can be tuned at
WEAF at $50 by those SO in.
clined. The rather interesting and
amusing Georgia Minstrels of
schenectady, N. z, will do another
OF their bits before the WGY mike
at 8. Nine o'clock will bring a
program of country fiddling from
WRVA.
Perhaps one Of the most inter.
esting Of the outside programs Will
be the WRNY novelty feature at
9;l5 which will endeavor to show
how such great composers as Ru.
bernstein, Grteg, Tschaikowsky, Ell
gar and Rimsky- Karsakow Nigh:
have composed some OF their mas
terpieces. Incidently that fine
string quartet-for people who like
string quartets-of VIDAL will
present an all.Russian program al