Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
NATIONS YOUNG ORATORS $1,000
TO EUROPE AGAIN THIS YEAR
Leviathan to Carry Finalists on Elaborate
Jaunt-D. c. and Nearby Schools to Par
ticipate-Final Contest May a.

An ocean voyage on the Leviathan,
| flagship of the United States lines
| and queen of the seas--that dream of
all velers-ls to be certainty this
| Summer for some hoy or girl in
| Washington and vicinity. 1t is to be
a certainty because all seven of the
| fnalists in the fourth national orator
| ical contest will be given a Summer
| European tour, sailing first class on
the Leviathan on July ., and the win
ner in the Washington area goes
| through to the national finals. The
work in the contest begins in the
| schools in earnest this week.
Arrangements for the tour, which,
throughout will be even more elabor-
ate and attractive than the one given
the finalists last year, were completed
yesterday by Randolph Leigh, drec-
tor Of the international oratorical
contest. The party will sail out of
New York on the Leviathan on July
2, landing at Southampton July s..
Approximately three weeks will be
spent in England, principally in and
around London, with side trips to Ok
ford, the Lake district. the Shake.
speare country, etc. A few days will
be spent on the gorgeous Devonshire
coast, after which France will be Wis
tied for another three weeks, with
Paris as headquarters and side trips
to the battlefields, chateau country,
Biarritz. the Riviera, etc. The rest
of the trip will be spent in Italy,
Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Ger
many. etc.
The party will sail out of Cherbourg
for New York on the President Roose-
velt on September 8, reaching New
York September 16.
All Expenses to BE Paid.
1t is the policy of the contest man.
agement to pay all expenses for the
party. This means not merely tran
portation and hotel accommoda tons,
but also tickets to operas. theaters
and other places of interest and in
struction in addition to the museums
and public buildings.
In addition to this grand prize of
a tour abroad for it's winner, The
Star offers a cash prize of $500 to it's
winner and 10 district prizes of S100
cash. The Stars winner, therefore,
gets the European trip, 5000 in cash
for the Washington championship and
500 for winning in his or her dis
trict.
The 10 districts, each of which has
a prize of 500, follow:
Each senior public high school in
the lUStf1CI OF COlumDla VIII count as
district by itself, making seven dis
tricts.
The private and parochial schools
within the District of Columbia will
be grouped into one district.
All the high schools, public, private
and parochial. in Prince Georges,
Montgomery. Charles and st. Mary's
counties, in Maryland, will count as
one district.
All the high schools, public. private
and parochial, in Loudoun, Arlington,
Fairfax and Prince William Counties,
as well as Alexandria, in Virginia,
will count as one district
Same General Contest Plan.
The Examinations in each school will
be under the control of the authorities
of that school. The same general
contest plan will be followed In The
Stars territory this year as in the
three preceding contests.
The complete story of the contest
from its beginning through the in
ternational finals here last October is
contained in the book "Oratory," by
Randolph Leigh, which has recently
been published and has been placed
in the school and public libraries of
It's territory by The Star. The
speeches of the fnalists of 1924, 1925
and 1925 and of the international
finalists are included in the book, as