Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-09
ORATORY CONTEST.
\ PLANS ANNOUNCED
4 BY OFFICIAL BOARD
Continued from First PageJ

IN Under the contest pan tuiS year, 10
.::students of public. private and paro.
s..iehis. high schools In the prescribed
6rea will receive. by virtue OF their re-
.s:soectiye attachments In the contest,
i Awards ranging from $50 to S270 and
I'm lI-week tour Of Europe next Sum-
ss..s The high school representatives who
sattended the conference with contest
yesterday included Charles
Hart. principal. and Miss Kate d. Buck.
s4snsm. committee chairman OF Eastern
High School: Miss p. Edna Thomson.
81 ssistant principal, and MISS Isabella
Pickett. committeeman OF western
s.s;Eieh School: r. A. woodward. assist
mi principal. and Mrs. Edna B. Frost,
lss:eomrnittee chairman OF Mckinley
~ technical High School. and Miss Hester
.g3fcNelly. chairman, and Miss Charlotte
IN harrington. member Of the commit
s:ifee at Central High School.
ss.a Plan New Operative.
ssE The plan submitted to the school rep.
snesentatives and subsequently approved
them with communication Of the par.
S5&scuiar merits which they recognized.
I'm general allows the five high schools
IF divisions one TO nine to compete with
Zach other interSchooi meets. Each
(. leublic high school viii eliminate It's own
10 the i've best In its field.
M5Cach OF the Ave survivors Of the I'VE
ssf1chooIs will be awarded $40 after he
mas spoken In the next phase OF the
eXpntest. Each Of these IS survivors OF
hear own sshooi computations VIII com.
ss6urinx the week Of April - TO 70. In
sthe auditoriun1s Of the ave high schools.
FROM these battles will emerge ave vic
s4Drs. each OF whom u 70 be awarded $50
Ind the right 10 compete In The Star
urea FINALS. May 10, when the champion
1T this area 10 chosen to speak In the
4 national nn3is.N be held In the WASH
ssnston Auditorium, May 20.
Sssa Interesting Possibilities.
x1 Interesting possibilities which could
fn0t have existed under last years plan
.1aay arise this year. Foremost Is the
nsnce that al I'VE speakers represent
Ing the public hikh schools OF divisions
ss6ne 70 nine might come from one
Etehooi Under ,ths old plan q contestant
Who won the competitions with his fell
ss5pw students In hts own school was GER
sIaeln OF q place In The Star finals. This
lssSear. however. instead Of the high
4 ehoois reducing their respective field
nc q single speaker. each viii select ave
sssAnd these viii be f,1atcheG BY lot draw.
ss9ngS against contestants chosen sim
Marry from the other four high schools
III Commenting on this phase OF the
@paan. Mr. Woodward declared that the
Il arrangement would eliminate the only
britic1sm he had heard OF the contest
80 the local public high schools: That
sxlae contestants did not meet enough
,afDnapetitsOn 10 develop their full ability.
n iss Thomson suggested that II vas
ME only contest OF any sort which,
ssNhtie allowing competition between
Fezcn Of the schools In It's early stages.
sfubteQuenay becomes O unifying agency
sKhtch draws together the various
ssechoo!s 70 support the representative
~ their group.
III First NJ ID. {. Contests.
s The first o. the District intsrpubiic
tgn school contests win be held at
Western High School, when f0-minute
sxreectes on the Constitution of the
&Mniso States VIII be delivered by
g1HoEesmsn for that school. Central,
Eastern, Business and Mckinley Tech
ecal. The I'VE speakers on that pro-
Fam Will be drawn by lot from the Is
@4tgibies found In the I'VE groups At the
De srfsoois. The winner Of that con.
stest will receive $50 In addition To the
5440 ne already had earned by remain
gEe one Of the fiye nnaiistx OF his
s9hoos Ne must compete then In The
War nnals I'm May. Similar inter-
sptblie high school meets will be held
sGprtl ~. z5. 20 and n ~ thk Eastern,
MCKINNEY, Business and Central audi
s9eriunas. respectively. under the same
srxoo1diirs
THE ilye other district chs mpions In
LIZ Star area who xiii compete In the
sTkgsDnsj eontss. May 10 viii be- &C.
stBted through an elimination process
se4siiisr 70 uhat Endorsed ~ the meeting
Nfet<rdxy.
gs.sAt Dive contest eent<ss In Maryland
A1ldent& representing schools IN Mont
k1uery. Charles. ". MafyE and Prince
1e0fgss Counties. Nd, viii compete and
sM6aners st esGi1 viii be awarded go
A4ch, These fye winners Uili compete
A9 the Maryland district nasis for the
N4cttiosss4 swaTd VI $50 and the right
~ t<,mpttt Ia The sur area hDais,
fggsyAgiilla STUDENTS 5epfessnting Ecfaoois
- i<,ld6ssn FsuQuier, Arlington. Fair
II and Prince Wiiiism Counties and
NV x&aHffz wiz c<JfnpslE III I'VE group
K3Lksts snd later Ia ths Virginia diE-
No. finals tot similar swsfdA.
III ps private sTid paFDchisi Anassis ~
NJ DIstTlst Of Columbia viii he divided
M tnTss RToups ana tAE winner In
kkh siil be awarded $40 and Itis riSh.
10 o,fgDei< M tias private sDd psT0ebisI
M3pay1A district finals tn IN additional
80 he yicbgF ~ that meet may cum !,
i NFs ia The Star area hnais,
=. M xa' tx1..,liLLes members ~ AFms
A&Dns sHo Dunbar Higa fschOoiA IL.
Sis14.sben viii consider and decide
Htvsn the matter Of awarding priz<s u,
Hif Contestants A. IN otissf diAb icth,
re 30 DTixxs Will be awarded u ,hs
&Re beAt esgnt2stssits IN es1b " thsss
4Ht,fgsk, s1.d two 90 prizes " lhG Two
- among these 10 hgsiistS,
Is H<p1rtA from tiA local public high
Geso0Is received ~ callt<st headquarters
btole.t4 thai vlDlls have ias been 81
%Dra upon preparation of tiikir osstt0Ix
NC tlsi most ~ the schools are nearing
Mel final stages Kk<nsf rivalry than
&n Any ~ The FisTs four previous am