Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
NEW TRIP OFFERED
AS 0RATORY PRIZE
South American Tour of En-.
tranCing Interest Awaits
Winner in This Area.

Twelve thousand miles Of travel
through South America and the world
down under" on q course that halts
at Cuba, passes through the Panama
Canal, visits lands Of the long extinct
Incas, the rearing Andes Mountains,
modern cities and finally gorgeous Rio
de Janeiro. await some boy or girl high
school student Of the territory embrace
| ing the District Of Columbia and near
by counties Of Maryland and Virginia
who shall be adjudged this regions
victor in the. Sixth National ORATOR.
ical Contest, which Is announced here
today.
Sponsored in this region again by The
Evening star which was sponsor also
for the preceding five national and
three international oratorical contests,
the 1929 forensic contest will get under
way In real earnest about February /,
when the second semester Of the pres
ent school year Is begun. The rules and
program Of the meet here will be SINH
| lar to those of the contest last year.
but the exact dates Of the various
| phases of this years participation in
| the national competition will be pub
lished in q later issue of this news
paper.
Other Awards to Be Made.
Besides the great tour Of South Amer
lea, the champion Of this region will
receive place In the national finals,
to be conducted here next Spring for
the selection Of the representative Of
the United States In the Fourth Inter-
national Oratorical Contest, and cash
prize Of 5000. However, the winner
Of highest honors will not be the only
recipient Of awards in the contest. This
newspapers area Is divided into II dis.
tricts and the winner in each districts
competition will receive 800.
The IL, 000-mile South American tour,
however, Is the goal toward which the
contestants In this region, and those of
the other six regions Of the United
States, will strive. The tour Is the most
attractive and the costliest prize ever
onered in connection with the contest.
It's starting point Is at Key West Fla,
from which the party will sail for
CUBA, July 4. From that sailing on,
the boys and girls of the victorious
group. will pass through intensely in.
teresting countries. Astounding In mag.
nncent scenery Of sea, mountain, plain
and desert. Visits will be made to the
colorIul cities along the west and east
coasts OF the South American continent.
including Santiago, Vaiparatso. Lima
Buenos Aires, Sac Paulo and lastly
Rio de Janeiro. At each Of the larger
cities the American visitors viii be
guests Of elaborate South American
entertainment which will sparkle with
the color OF old world custom and new
world vim. u
Interest Already High.
Interest in the contest has spread
with such rapidity that the natiof1e of
south America have been grouped in
three regions for the selection Of con.
testants in the next international meat.
It Is through the hospitality of the
sponsoring newspapers Of those nations
tnat the American contest winners wifi
derive pleasures surprising even those
o. touring South America under ordi-
nary conditions.
Todays announcement Of the coming
contest includes the list Of subjects
upon which the competitors will speak
throughout the United States and the
ritory. -s~ - =
!. Heretofore held to rather narrow
limitations In the choice of subject.th
American contestants this year VIII be
given wide range in the selection az 4
topic and In the development Of ORIGINAL
thought. The oficiai subject list fol-
THE Constitution In the Daily Life Of
the Individual" Personalities ia the
CONGREGATIONAL Convention" 1.-THE value
OF Political Parties In the F,if,ctionin0
OF the Constitution" Advantages 81 q
Rigid Over . Flexible Constitution for
the American People," Origins Of the
Constitution" THE Constitution, q
Guarantee Of the Liberty Of the Indi-
vidual"; THE Citizen, His Privileges
and His Duties Under the Constltu-
ton: The Expansion Of Federal Power
the Doctrine of Implied Powers as
Enumerated in the McCulloch Va.
Maryland Decision" "Our influence
Upon Other Federalisn,s, /" "The FEDERAL
Appointive Power" 1.-THE influence Of
the Veto Power Of the President" 1.-THE
Treaty-making Power" "The influence
Of the President Upon Legislation"
Lincoln and the Constitution" "Cleve-
land and the Constitution" Roosevelt
and the Constitution" wilson and the
Constitution" Influence Of the Civil
War Upon the Constitution" 1.-THE Elk
pansion of. the Constitution in the
H68ulHClOn Oh 6USlneSS ana AmeNds
ments to the Constitution, Adopted or
Proposed"
Scope Of Territory.
Embracing the District of Columbia,
Alexandria, and Fairfax, Loudoun.
Fauquier, Prince William and Arling-
ton Counties Of Virginia, and Mont
Ror1ery Prince Georges, Charles, and
st. Marys Counties of Maryland, The
Stars contest territory will be dis
tricted as follows:
Each of the District OF Columbia's
eight senior public high schools will
constitute district within itself.
These are the Central, Eastern, Nc
Kinley, Business, Western, Dunbar,
Armstrong and CORDOBA Schools.
The private and parochial schools
Of the District Of Columbia will count
as one district.
The schools of Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Charles and st. Marys
Counties in Maryland will constitute
district, and the schools Of Alex
andria and Arlington, Fairfax, Lou
doun, Fauquire and Prince william
Counties In Virginia will constitute
another district.
The winners In each Of these II dis
tricts will be given 500, while the
winner Of the championship Of the
entire territory, decided In The Star
finals, will receive an additional 5000,
the South American tour and O place
in the national finals. The tour in