Evening star., 1927-10-07
PARTY OF ORATORS
WELCOMED TO CITY
School Officials at Depot
Greet Competitors in CON-
ing International Contest.

Thrilled in anticipation OF the SUI
preme test of their prowess one week
from tonight and still flushed by the
honors heaped upon them on their
trail across the United States to
Mexico City and back again the five
contestants in the Second Interna
tional OratoriCal Contest arrived at
| Union Station from Birmingham
shortly after noon today.
Headed by DR. Frank w. Ba'lou
superintendent of schools, and Ran
,lolnh Leigh. founder and director OF
the oratorical contest movement: a
delegation of school officials. high
school principals, teachers, students
and contest officers welcomed the hEe
orators when they stepped from their
train to the vast C0nCourSe OF the
station. While greetings We're being
exchanged. the Washington High
school Cadet Band played stirring
tunes and student flag bearers waved
the colors OF the five represented ma
tiunS.
List Of Competitors.
The contestants who reached the
city today and who will compete with
the world championship in high Schoot
uratory in IL" Washington Auditorium
next Friday night, are Miss Dorothy
Carlson of salt Lake city, Utah.
spokesman for the United States;
James Kei..l Watson, representative
OF England Georges Guiot-Gullain.
champion of France; Arturo Garcla
Fermenti, spokesman for Mexico, ana
Fl derrick T.. Hotson, Canada's en-
trant.
Among those to greet the contest
ants were William "Aleck l-okcr'
champion Of The star district in the
fourth national oratorical contest held
here in May, and now student OF
Georgetown University, and BrotheT
Ambrose, c. +. X, director OF Leonard
Hall School, LeonardtoWn, from "hlch
.Aleck" was entered i'll the contest.
Following the welcome in the Union
Station, the contestants ana the greet
ing delegation boarded a caravan OF
automobiles at the eastern afch or
the station and, headed by bus IN
which the High School Cadet Bahd
played. the procession passed afouhh
the Capitol. up PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
and eventually to Central Hlgh Schooi
for the first function in honor OIL the
orators before the contest. The con
testants themselves rode in open auto
mobiles. each with the flag OF his ma
tiou living from a staff on his car.
Greeted by Din of Cheers.
At Central. the orators and their
delegation went immediately into
special assembly. where they were pre-
sented to a representative audlence Oh
Washington students and teacners.
The principals of the five high SCHOOLS
headed by a group or Students iFotii
their own schools and the other lead
ers of each of the senior high schools
in the District. led a rousing ain OF
welcoming cheers.
Following the assembly luncheon
was served at Central. with the CON
testants. school principals, teachers
and school, contest and newspaper OIL
ficials as guests of honor.
Among those who attended the as
sembly and luncheon were, with the
contestants DR.. Ballou and Mr.. Leigh,
Fleming Newbold. business manager
of The Star Stephen Il. Kramer, as
sistant superintenden Of schools: MIS-
Randolph Leigh; Dr. r. n. G. Barnes,
director of music in the high schools;
Ludwig Mandy. in charge of the hlgh
school orchestra: Miss Edith M. Peck
ham and Miss Maude l.. Lewis OF the
Junior Red Cross activities; Mrs. ,.
M Carlson. mother of the American
entrant: Alvin w. Miller, principal or
Central: Normal Nelson, assistant
principal OF Central.
High School Represented.
Others present were: Miss Hester
McNelly. contest chairman at Central;
Miss Helen Coolidge. assistant prlnci-
pal at Central Elmer :. Newton, prIn-
cipal Of Western High School; Miss
+. f. Thomson, assistant principal AT
Western Miss Rose StutZ, chairman
Of contest committee at Western:
Charles S. Hart, principal of Eastern
High School: Miss Mary Watts. assist
ant principal at Eastern: Miss Kate
d. Buchanan, contest chairman of
Eastern; Frank Daniel, principal of
ward, assistant principal of Mckin-
ley; Mrs. Eda Frost. contest chairman
at Mckinley; Allan Davis, principal
at Business High School; Miss May
=. Bradshaw. assistant principal at
Business; Miss Cora McCarty, contest
chairman at Business; Brother Am
brose, Z. +. X: 'Aleck" Loker; X. j.
Morris, principal Of the Hyattsville
High School: 5. G. Vandersice, prin-
cipal of the Washington and Lee High
School, Ballston. Va. and Miss Myrtle
Posey, champion Of The Stars district
in 1926.