Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-15

effort attested the place he had won
with the audience.
And lastly came Mark w. Woods,
the home boy" Of last nights con
test. Mark is a senior of the Hyatts-
Vile High School, and practically the
entire student body came back TO the
school last night after it's release for
the Easter vacation to root for
Mark Young Woods is the quiet,
careful type of orator, and he talked
earnestly through ga minutes OF his
allotted time In the delivery OF his
speech on washington and the Con
stitution." There was something OF
the sincere convincer in Marks ora
ton. and he was rated second best by
the jury of three.
Realizing that the last bid for vic
tory had been made, the crowd of
students, mothers, fathers. little
brothers and little sisters and teach
ers settled itself for the eternal
wait while the brllots were totaled
Quickly enough by the watch the re-
suits were compiled, but an age
passed before the musical program of
the orchestra was concluded.
Audience Nervous.
A slip of paper bearing the names
Of the victOrs was passed 10 Mr.. Orem.
Nervousness bordering on prostration
itself gripped the waiting audience.
A little shuttle on the stage and Oliver
Owen Kuhn, news manager of The
Washington Star, was introduced by
the chairman as the man who would
make the announcement of the rt suits
and who would deliver an address.
Mr.. Kuhn, however, rose to un-
mea sured heights in the estimation of
every youngster and parent in the
hall, when he declared empha tically
that he didn't intend to make speech,
az all the audience wanted just then
was the Judges verdict. The audience
laughingly applauded its approval of
that course. Then The Stars news
manager announced that William A.
Loker had won the contest.
Loker's supporters went wild and
their shouts of Alta boy. Alec" rang
above the ovation of the audience and
defeated contestants, whose sportsman
ship carried them above their ora
torical defeats
Next the name Of Mark Woods was
pronounced as winner of second place
and holder of the position of alternate
to Loker. More bedam when the
entry was right up front.
Presents Stars Check for $I0A
Mr.. Kuhn had gone through the
business of writing just before his
introduction and now, addressing the
happy Loker, he presented the Mary
land district champion with The Stars
check for $100-and more noise.
The decision of the three Judges
which resulted in the award of the
two places was made by DR.. G. r.
Woods, dean of the American Uni
versity: J. Fred Essary, Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
and Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw, of
the Renshaw School of Speech.
Loker, the Maryland champion. is
the lad whose ambitions carry him
potentially TO the chair of the Chief
Justice of the United States. Coming
from line Of judges OF Maryland
his father, William NJ. Loker. is Judge
of the seventh Maryland judicial dis.
trict, and his grandfather and great
grandfather held similar offices-he
plans to study law next Fall at George
town University as prepare ton for
his own career on both sides of the
bar of the court
dents at Leonard Hall and when he
was declared victor last night and the
meeting had been adjourned, his cla SIS
mates rushed to the stage and carried
him on their shoulders in triumph to
the motor caravan for the trip back
TO LeonardtoWn.
Alvin Graves Wins.
Alvin Graves won the finals at
Eastern High School before a crowd
that packed the auditorium last night
Miss Beryl Edmiston was chosen
alternate. Graves subject was
Americas Contribution to Consti-
tutional Government" and Miss
Edmiston spoke on Our C~s'.gations
TO the Constitution"
BY winning the Eastern contest
Graves earns the 500 school prize
and the right to participate in The
Star finals May T.
The judges were. Ringgold Hart.
assistant corporation COUNSEL r, r.
Foster, attorney, and Walter r.
Myers. editor of the Weekly News
Review. Charles Hart, principal of
Eastern. presided.
Graves, who is II years old. lives
at III Tenth street northeast. He
is the son of Mrs. Clara f. Graves
and the late Capt. Herbert c. Graves
of the Geological Survey.
500 for College Course.
He Is a senior at Eastern and
prominent in school activities. He is
sergeant in the cadet corps, member
of the debating society. the dramatic
society and the glee club, and a mem
Der Of the committee of the Consti-
tuition Club, which is devoted to adj
Vancing ora tory in the school
He expects to enter the University
of Virginia next Fall and will use
the 500 he won last night to help
defrav his expenses. He is eager to
win the District finals, not only for
the honor. but because the prize
would considerably simplify his task
of obtaining a collegiate education.
Sister Was Winner.
Oratorical contests are not a new
thing to Alvin, or to his family, for
that matter He was contestant at
Eastern High School last year and
came mighty close TO winning the
honors. too. So close, in fact that
he was Judged second best, and was
consequently named alternate TO the
champion. And that's not all, for
Alvin's sister. Asenath Graves, won
the Eastern High championship two
years ago and nj the same time
promptly captured The Star finals by
which she won the right to represent
this region in the National Contest
Alvin thanks all these things as con
tributory means to his own victory