Evening star., 1928-05-05
MISS DOODY WINS
FINAL IN ORATORY|
Holy Cross Academy Student
Victor in Private and Pa
rochial School Test.

Fifth National Oratcylcal ConteSt Was
coulpleted yesterday afternoon, when
Miss Sheila Dcody of the Holy Gross
Academy won first horors IN the private
end parochial schools district mas
held in the auditorium or 81. FAui
Academy. i4S Y street. a..
u, closins the contestant field IN the
District Of Columbia, Maryland Ml9
Virginia territory, in when ne lia'lStiaI .ia'
contest is sponsored by The Stal: NA'SS :
Doody set the boy-girl score AZ - =
in favor Of the boys. Inc ohlS a 0.,iis =
cirl 70 reach the regional nnalS mere -
Miss Josephine Sterling 81 the WASH
5nrton-Lee High School Of BsilStSn'
Iz.ISo won The championship of the VIZ
c;n;a district Each of the Washington
f,nhIic high schools and the Maryland
district on the other hand saw Az "
vest their forensic welfare IN mas ;uAI''e
hands, % -..,--olS
6aurhter Of Mrs. Daniel poooy, 44-s
YA,csid street. presented her N!ctoa ,.itais loJs
bid IN the private and parochlal SStlue;s sSl',.;
S;Stviet finals Yesterday almost ioenu,
LII, &c she had offered her oratorlcai
hsSt i, the second group meeting oI
1,er district, at which time She Won @ ttle
+icht no enter yesterdays hnaS Sne
ts the olliet. metlculous type o. SpeaA-
Or careful of her enuncisuon ana coz
rect in her pronunciation
Students Cheer Speakers.
There is infection in her voice as a1ar
s,,st enough facial expression " :, 10'o. ..
her speech without Coiuei'l'''s
a bit Of drsmatiEatlon. -, .,..-,o.
The private and paTochlal olS.lls. Wy.
1nais were staged in a meeting Una. a.
-as s.rirtlv a school affair. Heio al
soo c'rIock in the afternoon, Whsh
S,eSt crown folks are busy, the suol-
n-'So yras almost entirely one OF SUI
S.~es who had trooped into the %,
pe,,i's auditorium to root loI u.e
charrnjons Of their respective s0noo.s s,.S
resrl1ers and school directors, sc 80
more particularly the coacnes 2. sne s.e
three contestants VINO conlpI .seu ths
SsalS we're there, too. as eXclteo a. sa.S
1asto' o1,a hv one the speeches were
Stsnhen z. Kramer, first aSsistan.
~,,1e~ir7tendent. in charge OF the DlS.FIs
Al Columbia high schools, preslueu -
chairman Of the meeting ana, uAL1as ..
S;s efFahle teasing when he was ABOUT
e make the announcement OF the "ln-
rar contributed as much thrill as ule
orators themselves. In his lntIooucsoa.,
AR Kramer reminded his euoleHCe ga 90
the orstorical contest ana its various
competitive meets is serious anan -
Therefore, he SAID 70 tne SIoSI "a -
snenned-up" boys and girls before MN,
avon can give these speakers ana tile
PARTICULAR one you want 70 WIN, your
TeTv best support by listening ateen-
lively and quietly" 49,.
ssSince each speaker is allowed nut
10 minutes in which 70 oehVer ms
sneerh-" |" Mr.. Kramer said, in announc-
f-s fne rules of the contest, applause
should not be given during an oratlon.
The best possible demonstration OF your
interest in these speakers and the most
inspiring tribute you can give tnem -
an attentively upturneo lace.
The admonition was needed for ex-
eeilent attention was given each speaker.
Meigs is First Speaker.
Arthur Meigs, spokesman for Sidwells
Friends School was the flrst OF 1ne
three orators 20 be infroouceo. 1hr
son Of DR. Edward 3, Meigs. pnyslO-
iocist iTS6 Ii street, Arthur spoke on
ssThe Constitution as q Basis OF Amer
scs's Importance with sincerity tnal
vas convincing. There was something
confidential about the only boy In the
meet that won the friendship OF an
audience that naturally was two-tnirok
onUosed 70 his yictory-eaeh OF those
thirds being bent on its own contestant
winning. Then there was nasn OF
plesssnt humor In Meigs speech tnal
added further 70 the worthiness Of nis
Grafton ~ ...,.
s.'Tne Present Sienihcance of the Con-
etstution" was presented with many O.
tFse fisae Qualities Of the speech which
rreoeded hers and then there must
have been something else In her bid. lot
the Judges ruled her victor.
The concluding speaker was MISS
Mary Mildred Hall OF St. Ceciiia
Academy. Between her victory N the
group meet and her fight for furtner
honors yesterday, Miss Hall had oe-
veloped more power and greater con-
victaon, IL seemed TO those who had
heard her in both contests, and to
those same auditors 1t appeared that
she would 20 far toward tying up yes
terday's speakers IN close quarters In
the Judges ballots. Miss Han is the
daugiafeF Of Mr.. and Mrs, William Hall
Of 654 q street southeast.
Al this tuncture in the meet. Herbert
Diamond, Violinist in the Central High
School Orchestra, offered q solo 10 the
piano accompaniment OF L. z. Mandy,
faculty leader Of the youthful musi-
clans The orchestra itself was con-
tri5uEtng lively tunes to the success Of
the contest
Checks Are Awarded.
Col. c. Fred Cook. librarian Of The
Star, was presented following the solo,
as the representative Of this Newspaper
who would make awards already won
by the three speakers Col Cook ex-
planned that the three checks for $50
which he was about 20 present were
the prizes won by the Contestants In
their group meetings and after he had
given each orator the fruits Of mis-
Iaborz he tipped q fourth check with
q pleasantly aggrsYsting sort Of grin
Here's another check" he added
"Its for $50, but there's no name on IT
yet. I have a fountain pen here and
the judges out there among you know
what name Ill have 70 write in the
k!ank'
Tf1e audience fairly squeeled It's nery-
eUSnegs and then Mr.. Kramer came for
ward smiling Before be made the an
xouncement MS audience was ready 10
scresm--And some Of the young women
actually did
The winner, he said was q girl, and
Arthur NeigE. sensing doom. applauded
epogtineIy The last name of the school
.g academy" Mfr Kramer said and the
students of both the Holy Cross Acad-
ems and rs Ceciha's Academy ap-
pizude6 wildly only 70 stop with a
JERK when IL dawned upon them that
each school wss an academy" Then
Miss D0odys name and beoIam
Coi Cook. brsndisning his now filled
out check for $50. TOOK the stage again
and all hoEoEa we're accorded the win
ner.
The Judges In the meeting we're Elmer
Louis KayseT professor u history At
George Washington University; r. A.
Young. professor of political science st
(SeeYge Washington: I3r. Charles w.
MCCARTHY professor ef history al
Catholic University, Or Frank Hart,
professor of logic ~ Catholic Uniyere-
~. Walter ]. OlConnfK, professor u