Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

everywhere has helped to nurture the
cause. 1t is a thing that parents have
recognized as Of high merit They
have urged their sons and daughters
to take interest in it, knowing that
such interest would prove cultural for
the mind. It has been with that
thought that The Dispatch has deter
| to the cause by holding out to the
boys and girls OF Douglas the added
attraction of a prize that they viii
treasure, if they win it, in their days
in college and to which they will look
back with pride in their maturcr
years.
Men of high position everywhere
have indorsed the oratorical contest.
Among others, Judge Alfred @. Lock-
wood of the Arizona supreme court,
said this Of the contest:
Il am very glad to know that the
international oratorical contest on the
constitution of the United States will
be continued this year There is
tendency all over the world as well as
t. in the United States, and especially
among the younger generation, to
deny or ignore the vital importance
of law and order in the development
and preservation of civilization. Many
people see only the very real evils
existing in the world, and are tempted
to disregard the peaceable and legal
methods providing for the remedy,
and choose rather a short cut culn1i-
mating in violence and frequently
remedy worse by tar than the dis
ease Under these circumstances
think a contest of this KIND world
wide in its nature and tending neces-
Sarily to impress upon the minds Of
the youth of all countries the fact
that there is an orderly method in
which any real wrong may be righted,
and that many of the fancied evils
will disappear when considered in the
light of constitutional government, has
already proved its value and its con-
tinuance is'well worth while" /"
In the Arizona district finals, the
winner in each will receive cash
prize from the Los Angeles Times OF
$25, the second will receive SIS and
the third in ranking will take $40 in
cash. The winner in the district
finals will be required to compete in
the state finals which, in Arizona, will
be held in the senate chamber OF. the
capitol building on April IL. The
winner in the state contest will par
ticipate in the next or division con-
test which takes place in Los Angeles
and the winner there will take part
in the final championship at Wash
ington, D. @.
Arizona is divided into five districts.
Cochise county comprises one district
which, in the grand organization Of
the country, is known as district AZ.
In that district the schools of st.
David, Bishee and Douglas have been
competing. 1t has been the desire
and is again the hope of those max
Zig the plans, that the schools OF
Tombstone and Wilcox will join.
1t is for the entrants from the
Douglas high school that The Dis
patch holds up its added prize. So it
will be seen if the winner of the
district prize in district "A should be
girl or boy from the Douglas high
school that the prize would actually
be $40 in value But that is not. all
|If Douglas entrant finishes no bet
ter than third in the district contest,
the prize is certain to total the value
of $25 as the third cash prize from
The Times for the district contest is
worth $40. That ought to prove in
spirational to the boys and girls OF
Douglas high school who believe they
have ability as speaker.
AS a hint to the probable entrants
of what sort of an address is ex-
pected, the following is printed from
the speeches of last year, This was
the address of the only Arizona en-
trant in the grand finals held in Los
Angeles the speakers addressing an
audience of 5000 in the auditorium
there. The grading was made on the
basis of so per cent for facts pre-
sented and so per cent on form in
delivery. This is the address of Will
liam Kimball OF Tucson, who took
eighth rank in the grand finals. 1t
is selected here because of the fact
that Kimball was the only Arizona
contestant He said
Tn 1887, the cry OF an eager citi-
zenry pleading for unified repre-
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