Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-01
MANY |NMARylAND
0RATORY CONTEST
EnroIIments Ten Times
Greater This Year for
Prize in Speaking.

With only eleven days remaining
before the closing date for registra
ton, enrollments Of high schools in
Montgomery, Prince Georges, Charles
and st. Marys counties, in Maryland
in the Fourth National Oratorical Con
test, continue to reach contest head
quarters.
Already the number of contestants
In, this district has reached total
more than 10 times greater than that
of last year. Entire Junior and senior
classes in many of these schools have
voluntarily signitied their desire to
participate in this nationwide project,
and their teachers have in many in
stances promptly announced their in
tention of giving credit for the ora
tons in lieu of other important as
eignments.
At MeChanicsville High School. in
st. MaryS County, the entire school
will submit orations. James Green
well. principal. advises that the con-
test at which his school representa-
tive will be picked will be one of the
outstanding events of the season, and
that cash prizes will be given the
first three winners in that competi-
ton. Leonard Hall, at Leonardtown,
ST. Marys County, being equipped with
an excellent library of its own, is Of
fering these facilities to nearby schools
in the contest, and Mechanicsville stu
dents are awaiting themselves of this
opportunity.
Faculty to Award Medal.
At the Georgetown Preparatory
School at Garrett Park, where both
the Junior and senior public speaking
classes are now working on the ora
lions a handcnt11a modal will ho o,-d
ed by the faculty committee, headed
by Rev. Philip Finegan, to the student
who wins the right to represent his
school in the Maryland district con-
test.
T. Carlyle Martin, principal of the
Brandywine High School, states that
the National Oratorical Contest meets
need he has long recognized In his
type of school.
II have considerated Offering a prize,
myself" Mr.. Martin advises, 'in or
der to stimulate an interest among my
students in this matter of expressing
themselves intelligently and force.
fully upon civic questions. This con-
test is all that can be desired for
my purposes, as to both the subjects
with so wide a latitude allowed, vet al.
ways centering around the Constitu.
tion-and the splendid awards Of
fered."
Cash Prize for Maryland.
The winner of the Maryland Schools
District Contest. to be held early in
April, will receive from The Star a
cash award of 500 and the right to
contest on May for The Star area
championship, which carries with It a
three-month tour of Europe with all
expenses paid. $500 in cash and a
place in the National final contest to
be held in the Washington Auditorium
on May q. Enrolment of schools
In the contest will cease on March -.
Schools enrolled to date in the
Maryland district are: Hyattsville.
Rockville, Bethesda, Takoma Park.
Silver Spring, Gaithersburg. George.
town Preparatory at Garrett Park.
Laurel: Upper Marlboro, Baden. Sur
rattsville, Leonard Hall at Leonard.
town, st Mary's Academy at Leonard
town, Charlotte Hall Military Acad-
emy at Charlotte Hall, Mechanicsville
digh, McDonough Institute at la
Plata. Indian Mead High Bowie High
school and River Springs High
School. e"