Evening star., 1927-10-08
|DR. ROWE RECEIVES
0RATORY F|NAL|STS
Five Contestants in Second
International Contest Guests
at Pan-American.

Tired after practically five full days
of ira cling. the five contestants In
the second international oratorical con
test, to be held in the Washington Au'
ditorium next Friday night. began
their second days activities in the
Capital, .everal no lrs later than their
Summer schedule would have per
mitted, when they. with Randolph
Leigh, founder and director of the
contest visited the Pan-American
Union at IL o'clock this morning to be
the invited guests Of DR.. l.. S. Rowe.
direc Or general of the union.
Arriving at the Pan-American
Building in a sharp rain. the contest
ants-Miss Dorothy Carlson OF the
United States. James Keith Watson
of England. Frederick p. Hotson OF
| Canada, Georges Guiot Guillain OF
France and Arturo Garcia Fermenti-
| hastened indoors to be greeted by DR..
Rowe. After a brief talk DR.. Rowe
conducted the orators about the beau
| tiful building, entertaining them with
! the story Of the union and the Struc'
| ture's erection.
| This afternoon the orators will be
| permitted to rest and tomorrow they
will attend reception and tea given
| in their honor by the District Chapter
of the League of American Pen
| Women at the clubs headquarters.
HOS Sixteenth street.
Other functions have been planned
for their entertainment during next
| week, but nothing will be permitted
which will exact a penalty Of their
speaking voices. Ample periods for
however, will be allowed before the
curtain is raised at o'clock, Friday
| night, on the most elaborately staged
high school oratorical combat which
| this city ever has witnessed.
Welcomed at Central High.
Immediately upon their arrival in
Washington yesterday afternoon the
| five orators were taken to the hearts
Of the Capital high school students
by a delegation Of $50 boys and girls
with their teachers. principals and
school officials, who led the FIVE con-
testants in triumphal procession to
Central High School for the special
assembly in the visitors honor.
Alvin w. Miller. principal OF Cen.
LTdi, pToSlueu dt tuS dSScIilUiy dtiu
presented each Of the orators to the
representative audience Of washing.
ton high school students. Thunder
GUS applause greeted first Miss Do
rothy Carlson, the American entry,
when she stood to smile her greeting.
An equally spontaneous outburst
echoed welcome for Arturo Garcia
Termenti, the Mexican spokesman.
who was the next contestant to be
presented. Frederick p. Hotson, the
Canadian representative. who happens
to be the tallest of the Ave orators,
was the third visitor to meet the
Washington students, who greeted
him with the warmth Of real neigh
bors.
The enthusiasm Of 1917 was invoked
Guillain Of France stood in acknowl-
edgment Of Mr.. Miller's Introduction.
James Keith Watson Of England was
the last Of the FIVE contestants to be
presented, and the acclaim which
greeted him testified admirably for
the good will existing between the two
big brother countries.
Calls Central Honored.
In a brief Introductory speech, Mr..
| Miller declared 1t an honor for Cen.
tral" to be allowed to entertain the
high school oratorical champions Of
five nations. He said Central always
had been intensely interested in the
contest movement and that while that
school had succeeded but once in at.
tanning recognition in the higher re.
gions of the contest he and the
schools entire faculty hoped and were
ambitious to send a national cham.
pion to the international phase OF the
combat.
When Mr.. Leigh addressed the stu.
dents briefly, he told them that Miss
Carlson had travelled a total distance
Of 1900 miles more than the entire
distance around the world since she
reached the higher attitudes Of the
contest
'Is not that reward deserving Of the
best efforts of every earnest student?'
Mr.. Leigh demanded as he urged q
greater realization by each student OF
the intense value of the contest to
each entrant. Mr.. Leigh took occasion
| to thank Central High School and the
school system Of the District for it's
cooperation and support Of the con.
test, without which, he said, it could
not have become the institution 1t is
today.
During the luncheon that followed
the assembly, Mr.. Miller spoke again,
reiterating his belief in the contest
and his schools ambition.
DIR. Ballou welcomed the ave con.
! testants on behalf Of the public school
system Of the District and he wished
| "for each his best" in the coming bat
| tie, land may the best win."
Students Play at Luncheon.
While the luncheon was in progress,
a trio Of young musicians, students OF
Central, played several selections.
| They were: Miss Helen c. Williams,
pianist and director; Frank J. Burk.
hart and Alconie Kaplan.
A pleasing diversity was supplied by
a group OF students in the presenta-
tion Of "oratorical embroidery" con.
sisting Of six types of recitation OF
'Old Mother Hubbard" Priscilla
woodley, recited the rhyme as 1t is
widely known. Picking UP the theme
Eugenia Tucker sang the love" yer,
sion to the tune Of 20 Sole Mio'':
George Van Kirk "orated" in legal
fashion in Offering "the law; Cath
crime Prichard sobbed "sentimentaf'
version; Miss Johanna Schmutzer gave
a "posey" recitation, Elizabeth Orth
told the story in "ancient" English and
Owen McGarry, with negro dialect and
| solemn mien, drew the morals from
the old rhyme.
Following the luncheon the contest
ants went to the Mayflower Hotel
where they were installed for their
stay while in Washington.
|
Awaits Retirement Order.
First Lieut.. Fraser Richardson, U.
S. Cavalry, recently stationed at Fort