Evening star., 1928-03-11
ORATORY CONTEST
i. PLANS COMPLETED
Final Changes Announced TO:
Fifth School Event Spon-
sored by The Star.

in the manner of the participation OF
Business. Central Eastern, Mckinley
Technical and Western high schools
we're approved by the principals OF
these schools, in accordance with rec
concentrations made by the contest
management.
Under the present approved system,
each Of the Washington public hiell
schools in the contest will be treated
as a separate district" holding the
right 10 enter one spokesman in The
Star finals May 10, when the cham
pion of this zone will be chosen
Therefore. the five interhigh school con-
tests which were announced in The
Star of February 9 will be Cancelled
thus placing the contest on the SAME
administrative plan under which 1t was
first staged. The prizes. however. re-
main increased and with wider distri-
button as ii was explained in the Feb
rUary announcement.
Group Phase" Contests.
The administration Of the contest in
The Maryland. Virginia and the private
parochial schools tof the District of
Co.umbial districts will be carried for
ward as previously announced.
While plans were being completed
Tor the contest in the public high
schools of Washington, the Maryland
district advanced one step nearer its
championship meet by designating the
dates on which the group phase"
competitions will be held. In these five
meetings, the Official representatives of
the Maryland schools will compete to
select the field in the Maryland finals.
and in that concluding elimination test
the spokesman for the Maryland dis
f--.r in ho will
be selected. The Maryland group"
meetings will be held as follows: March
:6. in the Hyattsville High School,:
March 81. in the Rockville High School;
March 2S. in the St. Marys County
Court House. Leonardtown: March %.
In the La Plata High School. and March
80. in the Marlboro High School.
In addition to increased prizes. the
cash awards will be distributed more
widely in the eight diStritcs of The
Star area. Each Washington high
school. counting as 1t does a separate
district" will be allotted $3.50. Of
this amount, five prizes of $40 each
will be given the FIVE survivors of the
elimination contests. The five final
lists then will compete with one another
in their own school finals for the right,
to represent their institution in The
6ve school finals meets will receive an
additional award Of $50 and the right
TO compete in The Star championship
contest.
The Maryland schools. constituting
another district" also will receive $3.50
for distribution in specified prizes. The
winners Of each of the group" contests
which will be held during the week of
March 26. will receive $50 and the
right 10 compete for the Maryland
district championship. The champion
himself will receive, in addition the $50
award and the right to represent his
district in The Star finals.
ParoehiaI and Private Schools.
Similarly, the awards viii be dis
triouted at the group" and district"
finals in Virginia.
The private and parochial schools
district win be divided into three groups
for the purpose Of selecting its con-
testant field which will fight for the
private and parocilfal district cham
pionship. The victor in each OF these
three group meets win be awarded $40.
and the winner OF the district finals.
Who viii represent those schools in The
Star finals. viii receive the standard
district first prize Of $50.
The victor in The Star finals will
receive an additional cash award of
$500 and the grand prize of the three
months tour OF Europe with all expenses
PAID. This boy or girl win be champion
OF The Star territory and its repre-
sentative in the national finals, to be
neio In the Washington Auditorium
Following are the schools which vii,
meet in the Maryland group contests:
AT HyattSvilie, March 20: The Seat
Peasant, Hyattsville, Beltsville, Laurel
slln !akoma Park-Silver Spring High
tory School.
At Rockville. March 81: The gock-
FilIes Gaithersburg. Damascus, Dirker.
son: sherwood, Pooiesv!lie and Bethesda
High Schools.
A. Leonsrdtown. March %: Ieonard
EaI!. 81. Mary's Academy. Great MilIs
Hign School. ST. Mary's Seminar
3AecnanlscTiile High School and Char
a. At La Plata. March %: La Plata
E!gn school. Lackey High School
Isst ,, springs High School. GIasYa
ses, ~ 0ch'oi anc HughesvnIe High
At La Plata. March 30: The Mari
noso' surrattsviile. Baden, grandywine
ozon HiH and Bowie High Schools,
Dwight Brown Wins Again.
one more school representative has
Deen scoeo 70 the early list in the vic-
.3fy FHcay night Of Dwight Brown
II.seaf-olc senior Of the Oakton High
ncnool Of Fairfax County, Va. Dwight
VINO represented his school In the con-
ofSt last year. won over five competitors
"a q meeting that was attended by a
AsFse audience Of citizens and pupils of
Inc territory surrounding Oakton. Hazel
sfio*aiter was the position of alternate
Dy being zdjudged second best and VIII
A.eF wood was placed third. The Judges
o9 tne contest. members Of the school
contest committee. were Ronald EIake
herbert Williams and Henry Hoxhurst
FRED Cunningham. principal OF the
sehool. presided
Three more Maryland schools and one
m me private and paF0chial schools
district have officially entered the can
bs'. They are the Bowie High School
enrolling ze pupils Lnoef the PRINCIPAL.
sfl!o o' Pau K. Huntingdon: the Po6les-
VIE Hign School. entering It's third
fno 'ouTth year ciyics classes under
iiie p'incIpzlshlp of H. d Aiken and
Tie instruction of Miss M. o. Green
sfc the Sherwood High School of
f>aLcy EpFlng. under j. M. Eishon
principal. and the instruction ~ Miss
jean .. Coulter, teacher Il. Enpligt,
fno hihooFy. The IunSton Hall School
81 Washington. of which Miss Mary q
Carr is principal and Mis- Edith n
31Scsuley is head ~ the English de.