Evening star., 1928-03-19
CENTRAL ORATORS
CONTINUE CONTEST
Last 3 Days of Elimination
Competition Start-Nearby
Speakers Keen Rivals.

The District Of Columbia public high
schools began another march toward
the national finals of the Fifth Ma
tional Oratorical Contest today when a
group of Central High Schools remain
ing % contestants delivered their ora
tions for the judgment of their faculty
contest committee in the the first of a
hree-day series of eliminations in
preparation for the Central semi-finals
next week
Through the eliminations today, to-
morrow and Wednesday Central will
reduce its surviving contestant field to
10 competitors and these will contend
IN Centrals scmi-fnals, March Is and
27. for the five places in that schools
finals, to be held about the middle of
April. Those five semi-finalists will re-
ceive, In addition to the right to COM
pete for the honor Of representing their
school in The Star finals, May 10. $50
each from this newspaper as reward
for their forensic proWess.
While the contest in the District
rapidly nears the intensive competition
phase. when contestants are fewer and
by virtue of their victories are more
powerful the schools of Maryland and
Virginia also are displaying keener
rivalry. which will be climaxed in all
its strength in the group meets next
week and during the early part of
April.
Two Girl Contestants Named
The Lackey High School at Indian
Head, Md. and the Brandywine High
School at Brandywine have chosen their
respective representatives. Miss Myrtle
IyzSA - y IL
Mrs. E. B. Land Of Indian Head, won
the right to represent the Lackey High
School with her Grafton on The Sig
nificance Of the Constitution Today
Miss Woodward is president Of the
student government committee Of the
sophomore class in her school and, in
addition to high scholastic standing
she is active in volley ball and field
ball. She plans to study art following
her graduation from high school in
June. 1890.
Katherine Bond. ID years old. was
adjudged victor In the Brandvwine
High School finals. Using a speech on
The Present Significance Of the Con-
stitution," Miss Bond. who is the
daughter Of John Bond Of Brandywine
won the right to represent her school
in its group contest. She will be grad
uated from high school in 1880, after
which she intends 10 study to become a
novelist
Another District Of Columbia schoo
OF the private and parochial schools
district has chosen its official spokes-
man In Alexander Wolf. jr, 12-year -olC
son Of Alexander Wolf. attorney. 1868
won his laurels with a speech on The
Development Of the Constitution with
which he defeated four other contest
ants OF Emerson who had survived that
schools elimination. Young Wolf is a
member Of the Junior class and holds
a position on the student council al
Emerson. He Is one Of the leading ath-
letes Of his school, having been man.
ager Of the foot ball team last year. He
is also a candidate for this years base
ball team.
CentraTs Finals April l..
Centrals orator. who Is 10 carry It's
banner III the forensic battle OF The
Star finals. will be chosen April II
when ate finals Of that school will be
staged. The five contestants in tha;
meet will be the winners In Centrai's
semi-fnais next week and the candi-
dates for that competition. as has al
ready been stated. are being chosen
today. tomorrow and Wednesday.
The judges OF Central's current eiinli-
nations. members Of the faculty contest
committee are Miss Hester McNelly
who is chairman OF the committee and
teacher in economics and law: Miss
Charlotte harrington. Miss Lucretio
Remington. Mrs. j. Kojouharof. Miss
Grace Johnson and Edward Noyes. in
structors In history: L. G. Hoover. in
structor In biology; Mrs. Lola Hutchins
Miss Emily Sieman. Miss Bessie Lynch
Miss Dorothy Sherman and Miss Alice
Dulrenil, instructors in English.