Evening star., 1928-05-07
DATES Of ORATORY
ALSANNOUNCED
Schedules for Various Zones
Prepared by Director
Randolph Leigh.

With The Star area finals in the
Fifth National Oratorical Contest set
for Thursday morning. the schedule Of
zone finals for the other areas was an
nounced here this morning by Randolph
Leigh, director general of the national
contest.
The final local forensic meet to be
staged, as announced yesterday, in eight
units Thursday will determine which
of the eight contenders for the cham
pionship of this area will represent this
newspaper In the national finals May
26 Likewise, the winners in the other
six zone finals, which will be held ac-
cording to the schedule made public
today, will journey to Washington to
compete with The Stars representative.
each in his own right, for national
honors in the final meeting.
Four of the other six contest zones
will stage their finals Friday, while the
remaining two will not determine their
respective champions until May Is. In
all but one of the zones, boys have
triumphed over the girls, and indica-
tions are that the field of speakers
in the Washington Auditorium May
26 will be predominantly masculine.
Southern Zone Finals.
The Southern Zone" finals will be
staged at Raleigh, N. c., Friday, when
six district winners will compete for
place in the national finals and the
l1-week tour Of Europe. The contend
ers In that meet will be- Hamilton Hob
,ood, representing the Raleigh News and
Observer; Henry A. Martin. representing
the Jacksonville Journal Lloyd B..
Kingbery, representing the Atlanta
Constitution; James B. Moore, repre-
senting the Louisville Courier Journal;
Herbert Mills, champion of District *
the territory OF the nation-at-large. in
which the contest Is not sponsored t.y a
specific newspaper and Earle Pettus, jr.,
representing the Birmingham News.
The Northwestern Zone" finals. at
Kansas City, Mo, also will be held
FRIDAY. In this meeting, seven orators,
each the chosen representative Of the
newspaper in his home district, will
compete for a place in the finals and
ne tour. The contenders at Kansas
City will be: Elliott Norquist Of the
Kansas City Star. Willard Schendel Of
the Great Falls (Montanal Tribune,
Thomas Clark of the Des MoineS Iowal
Tribune, william Lueck Of the Milwau-
kee Journal, Robert Rarclay of thr
Minneapolis Star. Renee Patterson OF
the Fargo Forum, and the as yet un-
determined champion of the Seattle
Washington Times district.
On the same day, also, the finals Of
the Southwestern zone" will be held at
Oklahoma City, when the following
orators will compete for the same hon.
0rs other zone finals contestants seek:
Harold r. Pettee, jr.. of the Los Angeles
Times; William McCrea, jr., Of the Salt
Lake Tribune: George Franklin of the
Arkansas Democrat, Wendell E. Little
Of the Albuquerque New Mexico) Jour-
nal. the as yet undetermined repre-
sentative OF the Houston (Texas) Post
Dispatch, Miss Oneta Watts of the Fort
Worth (Texasl Star-Telegram and the
as yet undetermined spokesman for the
Omaha (Nebraska) Bee-News.
Fourth Zone Contest.
The fourth zone contest, TO be held
Friday, is Zone T." embracing much
of New England and portion Of the
North Central States. Its contestant
field will include Roberta Powers of the
Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Har-
riett Weldon of the Btnghamton New
York Press. Harry e. Glass OF the
Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, Del
bert E. Nixon Of the Canton (Ohio)
Repository. Avis June Goyer. represent
ing the Indiana State Bar Association.
sponsor OF the contest IN 1uQIAllds viii
the active corporation Of 18 news
papers; Alice Gibbs of the Troy (New
York; Record. the as yet undetermined
champion of the Worcester (MaSsachu-
settes) Telegram Gazette, Roswell d.
Kirby of the Buffalo New York; Eve
ming News. Elizabeth c. Siteman of the
Portland (Mainel Press Herald and the
rs yet undetermined representative OF
the Springfield tMassachusetts) Repub-
lican.
The New York Times will conduct
the finals of the zones which clear
through New York City May IS, while
the Chicago Daily News win stage the
finals meeting for the zones which COM
plete contest participation through the
Illinois metropolis the same day.
The victors in the seven zone finals
will constitute the contestant field in
the national finals. TO be held In the
Washington Auditorium May 20. when
a board Of judges. composed of justices
OF the Supreme Court of the United
States. viii select the representative of
the United States for the Third Inter-
national Oratorical Contest finals, next
October