Evening star., 1927-05-26

-Four more national contest orators
reached Washington this morning fol
/ tn high school oratoriCal champion
ship contest of the United States.
/ They were Miss Dorothy Carlson ot
Salt Lake City, Utah, representative
! of the Western zone: DeLisle Crawford
! of Chicago, ILL.,, representative of the
! Illinois region: Jefferson Meagher ot
| BinChamton: \. Y, representative oi
the New York -Connecticut-N New Jersey
zone, and The Evening Stars own
representative, William Loker OF
| Leonardtown. Md. spokesman for the
! District of Columbia, Maryland and
| Virginia
Only two contestants have not
reached the Capital. James NJ. Tun.
nell. ir., of Georgetown. Del, repre-.
sentative of the Pennsylvania Della.
ware zone, who is expected here late
this afternoon. and Maxwell Lancas-
| Ter of Birmingham, Ala, representa-.
tive of the Southern region Carl T..
Albert of McAlester, Okla, represent.
atiVe of the Midwest region. arrived
yesterday.
Lunch With kiwanis.
This afternoon four of the con.
testants are having luncheon with the
kiwanis Club at the Hotel Washing
ton. and later today the five ora tors
who are here will have tea as the
guests of Mrs. Randolph Leigh. wife
OF the contest founder and national
director, at her Chevy Chase home.
So that by sunset toda'- the Young
speech makers from different sections
of the country. who will be enemies
only in the Washington Auditorium
tomorrow night and friends and travel
ing companions during their present
visit to Washington and throughout
the two-and'a -half-month tour of Eu.
rope. will be pretty well acquainted
with one another
Aleck Iolter motofed ur from
Leonardtown this morning, accom-.
panied by his parents, Judge and Mrs.
William NJ. Loker, and 'tAleck S"
cousin Dyer Raiey. who lis also a fel.
low student at Leonard Hall. Visiting
the contest headquarters in The Eve.
ming Star Building first, "Aleck''
sought his sailing orders before go.
ing on TO the Lee House, where he
and his family will live during the
next few days. The Stars champion
declared that he was anxious to meet
his future friends and Just to be one
of them"
Miss Carlson Arrives.
Miss Carlson, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. w. O. Carlson. rode in
out of the West at S:45 o'clock this
morning to be the first contestant to
reach Washington today. When they
emerged from the train shed at
Union Station, the pretty 17syear-old
represe sentative of the Western zone
and her mother we're met by a dele
CATION of the Utah State Society and
Randolph Leigh, contest director. who
welcomed them to the City of Ora
tOrical Battle
Among the first to greet Miss Carl.
son were Senator Smoot Of Utah and
William Spry, former governor of that
state. After greetings had been ex-
changed ana the Salt Lake City girl,
VINO VIII be the only girl in the con-
TEST fnals, had smiled her way into
the heart of every one of her fellow
Utah folks. the entire partv. incI,d.
ing the champion, her mother and the
oelegatlon of 20 Utah State Society
members, was photographed at the sta
Ton. Immediately afterward Miss
LARSON and her mother went to the
willard Hotel, where they will stav
While in the city.
DE Llsle Crawford representative
OF the Illinois region, arrived a few
minutes after Miss Carlson. He was
accompanied by his father, CLAYTON
-. Crawford, who. incidentally. was
ms coach throughout the contest, and
John Glhon. representative of the
Chicago Daily News, the sponsoring
newspaper Of the contest in that re,
gion, and Mrs. Gihon.
Others Reach City.
Young Crawford and his "cortere"
are stopping at the Willard Hotel
also. 1t is the Illinois champions first
visit TO the East, and he said shortly
after his arrival that he was anxious
to see some of the senatorial fire
works that YOU have here" and he
expressed his disappointment that
Congress is not in session.
Another of the mOlning.s arriNa Is