Evening star., 1928-04-22
SEM|-F|NAL STAGE
NEAR FOR ORATORS
Several Spirited Contests in
Local Area Expected Dur
ing This Week.


High School and Theodore BishofT oi
Eastern High School determined as
two of the eight contenders in The Star
finals OF the fifth national oritorical
contest. and IS other contestants await
ing further battle for the champion
ships of the five districts they repre-
sent, the private and parochial district
school winners will clash III series OF
three group meetings this week. to place
this entire contest area we'll within the
Semi-fsnaiS stage OF its competition.
The first half, Of the coming week
will witness also the selection of the
third participant in The Star area
finals. which will be held May 10, for
Mckinley Technical High School. which
chose its five finalists last FRIDAY, will
etaee the battle for its championship
at 6 O'Clock Tuesday night.
On Successive DAYS.
Eacn Of the 10 schools of the private
and parochial district has selected its
best orator but. to date. no interSchool
competition has been held among those
institutions. The first affray of this
sort IN that district will be held at 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in McNfahon
Hall Catholic University. when the
Spokesmen for four of the schools will
contend for place in that districts 5
finals The second group meeting Of
this district will be held Wednesday
afternoon at $50 o'clock in CASTOR
Hall of GEORGETOWN University. and the
concluding group test Of this series will
BE- staged at Friends Meeting House,
1911 street, at 3 o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon
The initial group meet of the private
and parochial series will Be fought
Tuesday by the following champions OF
their respective schools: Miss Margaret
Cosby Chadwick Of st Pauls Academy
snd Miss Sheila Doody Of Holy Cross
Academy. each OF whom Will speak on
~The Present Significance of the Con-
etituticn and Miss Dorothea Marie
Rehage of the Immaculate Conception
Academy and Miss Francis E. Appich
Of tbs Academy Of the Sacred Heart.
who viii speak on The Development
Of the Constitution.
DR. Charles H Mccarthy, professor
Of history at Catholic University. will
act as chairman of the meet. while a
large jury Of the university students
will Judge the orations The jury viii
be composed of 80 students OF DR.. Nc
Carthy's class in American history: II
students Of his American political his
tory classes: 20 students of logic from
the classes of DR.. Frank Hart. and so
students Of American history from the
classes of DR.. Leo Stock. The pro-
gram viii be completed with orchestral
music. which win be announced later.
The three contestants in the second
group meet of this district. TO be held
wednesday afternoon are. John E.
Chadwick OF St. Johns College. who
viii speak on The Development of the
Constitution" jerome j. DowTlev of
Gonzaga College, whose topic viii be
@What the Constitution Should Mean
70 Us" in which he viii develop The
Present Significance of the Constitu-
ton one OF the two Official subjects
In this years contest and Miss Mary
Mildred Hall of St Cecilia's Academy
Rev. John J. Toohey. S. J.. faculty
adviser Of the Philodemic Society of
Georgetown University. the institution
which viii be host to this second group
meet, viii preside. Thirty-five members
q the Philodemic Society viii act as
Judges of the contest
The final three schools of the private
and parochial school district 10 COM
pete In the group phase OF the contest
via meet Thursday. They will be
represented BY their respective cham
plons as follows: John Blanchard of
the Dewitt Preparatory School. on The
Meaning Of the Constitution Today:
Alexander Wolf Of Emerson Institute,
On The Development of the Constitu-
ton, and Arthur " Meigs of Sidwell's
Friends School. on The Constitution
as a Basis OF Americas Importance"
Music for this final meeting viii be
provided by a section Of the Central
High School Orchestra. under the
direction nf L. z. Manciy. with violin
solos By Herbert Diamond. George I.
Farnham. instructor IN public speaking
a. George Washington University, viii
pregl6e. while Al George Washington
University students viii serve as the
Jury Ihe jurors include 80 students of
pubic speaking under Ar. Farnham
fous students pf constitutional history
from tiag aClasseg OF Prof George
Morton Churchill and seven students
o. American diplomatic history from
the classes o. DIR. ". s. Holt
Contest at Tech.
As each Of the District of Columbia
public high schools constitutes
district IN Itself for contest purposes
N1s winner Of the Mckinley Technical
Hlsfi School finals Tuesday night auto
mzEIcsIly viii become the third par
0ciosnt IN The Star finals TO be chosen
Ins i've Techiteg" who will fight for
that honor and the accompanying s50
casa award are, Charles Richard Pot
tef, l1-yesr-cld senior. Harry Schon-
rsnks i6-year-old junior Victor JafJe.
le-yesr-oid senior Miss Elizabeth
Eockes i7-yesr-Old senior. and Mis-
Louise Bsbccck. i5-year-oid senior.
The Judges Of the Teen finals viii in
clude Isaac Cans prominent Washing
ton business man, Mrs Grace n. Riley
et fne Washington College Of Law and
MAJ. Fl. Defsndorf Of tile Jud2e Ad-
tocste Generals Office.
In The Star area finals the cham
pions of the eight districts Of Marv-
lane. Virginia and the District OF Co
i1Hib!s viii compete for the highest
nonors iD this newspapers contest area
The right 70. represent this region In
the national finals Of the contest May
2e. IN the Washington Auditorium. and
. further cash award OF 500 along with
the grand prize Of three month tour
of Europe viii be presented % the stu
cert who captures nrfst piacs In The
stsr hnzl. That contest will be held
Nay 10.
George Warrington did not sign The