Evening star., 1928-08-12
YOUTHFUL ORATORS
LEAVE AMSTERDAM
Letter Home Tells of Enthu-
SiaSm Over Olympic Games
and Athletes.

Now in other fields Of tourist adyen-
ture. the National Cratorical Contest
party. including Benjamin Earl Hnden,
Central High School boy. who repre-
Sented this area il the contest here III
MAY. his SIX fellow contestants ana
Efrain Brito RoSa0c. Mexican cham
pion. quit Amsterdam and the Clym-
pic gsneS With great reluctance.
Word Of the young orators keen en-
ioyment Of the Olympic games was
contained III q letter received yesterday
by Randolph Leigh. director general Of
the contest. from Prof. George 3. Dill
lard az the University Of Virginia, con-
6ucting the party. A previous letter
from Prof. DIilard had given glimpSes
Of the bows on taeir visit to Paris and
tbs caatteau country Of France.
The BOYS enthusiasm for the ath-
letlc spectacle at Amsterdam caused
Prof Dulard 10 write They don
wan, 10 leave. Amsterdam is the popu-
lar place so far. all right, despite the
crowded quarters II the hotel here.
While 81 the games each Of ths orators
went aboard the S. S. Roosevelt. the
vessel which carried Americas 5 Olym-
pic game bidders to Holland, for ct
least one visit. while others Of the party
trooped aboard the ship at every op-
portunity.
Visit to The Hague.
The stay IN Holland included side
trip to The Hague. but so interested
were they IN the Olympic games that
four az the boys renigeo, preferrlng to
remain in the stadium. The party
finally left Amsterdam shortly after the
beginning of the water events.
In his earlier letter Prof. Dllard
wrote that the boys were having "the
time Of their lives in Paris. The
fanlously rough English Channel lay
Il welcome submission under blanket
of foc when the orators crossed from
England and when the party finally
reached Paris It's members dovrea
supper, piled into Partisan taXls ana
crlised about the streets, fascinated by
the French celebration Of Bastllle day--
the Independence day OF France. Tney
saw dancing IL the street at every
other corner. and IN his letter Prof..
Dllard recalled that his own first night
IN Paris was on Bastlle day II years
ego. and he shared every vivid impress
son with the enthusiastic boys.
On their excursion 10 the chateau
country. the orators enjoyed Louis
ks dungeons at Locaes more tnan
ANYTHING else Prof. Dlllard wrote.
monarch caused t1s torture Of many
men. the bows listened to-and watched
"a French guide describe the various
instruments Of torture Although the
man spoke IN French. the boys were
able to understand his recital because
the guide happens 10 be an eXce.Ient
actor. who. IN the role of victim, DEM
onstrated the horrible machlnes-mucn
70 the wIld-eyed delight OF the orators.
See Battlef5lds.
A whole day was spent at the battle
fields N France and on thsr 1Eee
GAYS" when they were privileged 70 90
whatever they wanted. some Of them
went 10 the operas, others cnooSe Jns
revues and still others took boat trips
on the Seine.
Every tour OF the sort has its hun1or-
ous incidents. In this Prof Dillard IS
having MS hands fun playing banker
for the Young tourists. Having given
him their spending money to keep Ior
them the BOYS are continuously c.
rrandinr bits Of 1t back, but. OF cource.
ffev want in It IN English pounds ano
French francs. and, the professor sup
poses. later. they'll want 1t IN GIofAls
and marks.
pion. is having & rather cIfncult llIlS
of IL with his little knowledge OF Eng
Iish. However. he's making RAPID
strides toward the nlatseTy Of the IAN
r7lace. He coufi6ed 10 Prof. Dlllaro
that it's pretty hard on him not TO taik
r1uch-he, 'Rosada, who talks ali the
time al honei"
in his letter Prof Dillard gives assur-
snce that the orators are physically WeH
ard IN good spirits. In one OF MS mes
saees he wrote. IF this letter seems 10
ak about our little problems tslcn as
getting the boys out Of bed on time and
exchanging their money for them), u
Is because there are no big onss TO talk
sbout-and be assured that We are haV-
tzg q great tTIp--a great trip
Following the return Of the ooys 70
tF.e United States, arrangements viii be
made for the Internat tional Contest here
IN the Auditorium, October IS. At that
tine the representatives ol foreign lands
vii be IN Washington 70 compete for
the international crstoricai crown. With
James F. Moore Of Somerset, Ky, one
OF the present American tourists. up
holding the United States in the contest.
Two of tbs, recently chosen champions
Of foreign lands are Dudley Raymond
Barker of Bournenlouth. England and
Rene Ponthleu Of Paris. Both boys
are "a.
Besides Hnden and Moore. the cham
pion, the American boys Who now are
touring Europe. include ice West Of
Omaha. Eebr; Charles Olsen Of Worces-
ter, Mass; Elliot Norquist Of Kansas
City, No, Frederic r. johnson Of Cairo,
IL, and Ralph zabludofsky OF Ne"
YORK.