Evening star., 1928-05-20
FIFTH ORATOR|CAL
FINALS SATURDAY.
Order in Which Contestants
to Speak Is Announced.
Hinden Leads Off.

The eyes of high school America viii
be oentered upon Washington before
this week has run its course, intent To
: witness the selection Of its forensic
champion in the finaI meeting Of the
,Fsfth National oratnrical Contest to
De staged in the Washington Auditorium
next Saturday night,
with an audience of $500 men and
women and youths, including some of
! the most prominent figures in the
soffciai educational. professional and
business worlds assembled before them
in the vast hall. and literally thousands
-of others throughout the Nation
brought to them by nationwide web
of radio broa6caSting stations, seven
shoyS Of as many regions Of the country
viii deliver their orationS on the Con-
sstitution in their bids for the highest
forensic honorS in the United States
S Music Of the highest order and
carefully planned stagecraft will sketch
"a fitting background against which
viii be projected the best oratorical
study and competition could produce
In American secondary schools And
IN the midst of the all-American
pageant of patriotism, four justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
states viii sit in critical judgment to
choose the lone youth who will repre-
sent this Nation In the third interla-
4ional oratorical contest here next Fall.
& Hinden Pledges His Best.
4 Washington will have its own rep
fesentative in the select field Of orators
IN the person of Benjamin 6. Hinden,
e&s xrsfsss
feated seven other high school orators
who had survived elimination contests
Under the sponsorship of The Star.
Hinden has pledged his oTatorical
best for the honor "of Central High
School. of the District of Columbia and
nf The Star" and his best, If it :.
indicated by his performance against
k71e other contestants of the District
MARYLAND and Virginia in this regions
finals. May 10, should be sufficient to
carry him far toward victory Saturday
night.
3 Hinden will be the first of the seven
contestants to deliver his Grafton for
The championship. His position as first
speaker was determined by lot early in
The Winter and long before any Of the
Enalists were chosen in their respec-
tive districts. In that drawing, made
by Frank B. Moves. president OF the
Associated Press and chairman of the
American publishers contest commit
tee. the positions were determined In
TIE name Of the regions from which
they would come.
Six Competitors.
The other six contestants, in the
order in which they win speak In the
contest, are:
Elliott Noruuist of Kansas City.
Spokesman for the Southwest zone.
{ Ralph ZabludofSky Of Brooklyn, n.
T., spokesman for the Northern zone.
Joseph West Of Omaha. EebT.,
spokesman for the Northwest zone.
Charles j. Olson of Worcester, Mass.
Spokesman for the Northeast zone.
Frederick Jollnsf0ne Of Cairo. III,
Spokesman for the Central zone.
James A. Moore of Somerset. KY,
spokesman for the Southern zone.
The seven contestants. while the
frincipals in the biggest single high
school event of the year. VIII not be the
Only speakers on ttss elaborate program.
Secretary Of Comnasrce Hoover has ac-
eepfad the invitation Of the contest
MANAGEMENT to deliver the address at
the opening Of the meet Mr.. Hoover
viii be presented 10 the audience by
Randolph Leigh, director general OF
the National Oratorical Contest, who
also win introduce the seven contestants
The four Supreme Court Justices who
VII act as judges Of the contest finals
are, as they already have been an