Evening star., 1927-04-11
WILL STAGE BIC
ORATORY CONTESTS.
Champion Spe9chnakerS of
High Schools viii Be Chosen
Tomorrow Morning.

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Tomorrow Morning.
The heaviest calbercd oratorical
battles to be fought in the District Of
Columbia SO far this year viii be
staged tomorrow morning, when the
champion speechmakers Of Western
and Business High Schools will be
chosen in contests at each building.
Each of the champions will be pre-
sented with a cash prize Of 500. and
each win be given a place in The Star
finals. May 4. when the representative
of this region in the national oratori-
cal contest next month Will be chosen.
The only district" winner yet deter
mined in this area is John Bell, jr.. of
the Westinghouse High School, who
won the Virginia finals last Thursday.
The contests at Western and Business
High tomorrow morning will deter
mine two more entrants in the re-
gonal finals by virtue OF the fact that
each local public high school consti-
tuteS a district" within itself
The Western High championship
battle will begin at 915 o'clock in a
general assembly in the school build
ing, presided over by DR.. Elmer S.
Newton, principal. a musical pro
gram by the Western High Orchestra
will augment the speeches of the con
testants, while school yells will con
tribute their share to the fire" OF
the contest.
Contestants at Western.
The contestants for the Western
championship-the best orators of the
school who survived series of
elimination contestS-are: Dorothy
Cook, II years old. 1923 street, who
is competing with an Grafton on THE
Constitution; Margaret Rupli. Is,
1884 Hall place, whose subject is
Washington Contribution to the
Constitution; Helen Whitwell, IS.
1881 Lanier place, who is bidding for
honors with a speech on The Con-
stitution"; Lawrence Ellsworth, IT,
1922 Battery lane, Bethesda, Md,
whose oration is THE Constitution;
Richard Greenwood, II, 2719 Thirty
sixth place, who is competing with a
Herbert Torbert, Is, 3107 Dumbarton
avenue, whose Grafton subject is
Tests of the Constitution"
The jury which will determine the
winner from this array of orators is
composed of Elmer Louis Kayser, a
member of the faculty of George
Washington University, and f.. Hilton
Jackson and DR.. Emma Void, at
torneys.
Less than two hours after the
Western meeting is gotten under way,
Business High School will launch out
into its championship battle with four
contestants in it's own auditorium be-
fore a general assembly at II o'clock.
Allan Davis, principal, will preside
and the Business High School Or
chestra will play during the meeting.
Orators at Business.
The crack orators who will com
pete for the championship and their
respective subjects are: Joseph
Tarshes, 16, 1907 Lanier place, on
"America's Contribution to the Con-
stitution'; Stanley Segal, IS, 905
Twenty-third street, on THE Consti-
tuition; Frederick Moore, is, of Glen
Echo, Md. on THE Constitution"
and Margaret Eberly. IS. 1906 North
Capitol street, on The Constitution"
A luncheon will be served at Busi-
ness High School Immediately after
the finals are concluded and the
and Miss Louise B. Proctor, contest
manager for The Star. will be guests
of honor.
The task OF selecting the winner
from the contesting field at Business
will rest with a jury composed of
Joseph McGarraghy. James Wilkes
and Miss Elizabeth Harris. attorneys;
Edwin A. Mooers, professor of law at
the Washington College of Law. and
Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, dean of the
same institution.
Banner Contest Day.
Tomorrow, which will be a banner
day for oratorical contests, will be
concluded with the championship com
petition at Tech High School, when
six of that institution best speakers
will do battle at O'Clock at night. A
lively meeting is expected in that
and the Tech High Or
under Dore Walten, will play
in concert.
The Dunbar and Armstrong High
Schools will choose their champions
simultaneously at / o'clock Thursday
afternoon in separate contests in the
two buildings. In addition to the
honor of the school championships
the winners of the contests will each
be awarded a cash prize of 500 and
each will merit a place in The Star
finals. May 4.
Dunbar has reduced it's contesting
field of speakers to five, and these will
in the auditorium of their
school The survivors of the series of
stiff elimination tests who now Will
face one another for the championship,
and their respective orations, are, Ruth
&sy.,a1 1DtA 70
Wyche, "The Constitution" Lucius
Robinson, jefferson and the Consti
tuition; Richard Irving, Lincoln and
the Constitution, and Philip Green,
"The Constitution.
Jury of Three.
A jury of three will render the final
decision in determining the represent
ative of the Dunbar High School, and
its members will be Miss Grace Cole
man, teacher of English at Howard
University; DR.. Charles II. Thompson,
teacher Of sociology at Howard. and
Rev. William Washington, pastor OF
the Zion Baptist Church. w. l..
Smith, principal, will be the presiding
officer, thus following the policy of the
other high school championship con-
tests.
Armstrong; crack orators, selecte@
through the same type of school
elimination competitions, will contest
for the championship of their school
and the accompanying 500 cash prize
and a place in The Star finals at the
same hour. The contestants and
their respective speeches are Allen
Andrews, alexander Hamilton and
the Constitution" Gretchen Allen,
"Lincoln and the Constitution Rob
aCt Conn "FThn nstitfltiOn'. Jennie
johnson, Hamilton and the Constitu-