Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29
SEVEN ORATOR|CAL
F|NALISTS TO SAIL
National Champion of Mex
leo Joins American Speak
erS for Trip Abroad.

THE seven finaliSts in the Fifth Ma
tinnal Oratorical Contest lncluolng
BENJAMIN Earl Hinden, $500 Fourteenth
street. The Evening Stars representa-
tive in the meet, are in New YORK CITY
today. making final preparations for
their departure for England on the
s. S. America tomorrow morning.
The others are James r. Moore,
Somerset. XIV. the national champion;
II. Elliot NorouiSt of Kansas City, Mo,
alternate: Charles T. Olson OF Wor--
cester. Mass. Frederic r. Johnson OF
Cairo. III: Ralph ZsbludofsSy Of New
York City ana Joe West OF Omaha,
Nabr. with them is the recently chosen
national champion Of Mexico, Efrain
Brito RoSado Of Merida. Yucatan.
The eight BOYS viii be in charge Of
Prof. George r. billiard Of the Uniyer-
sity of Virginia faculty on their tour
of six European nations. Prof. billiard
will act as the representative of Ran
dolph Leigh. director general Of the
contest. who IS remaining in the United
States this Summer.
Itinerary of Tour.
Sailing al about II o'clock tomorrow
morning. the America is scheduled to
reach Plymouth. England, July 8. and
upon debarSing there the eight orators
and their chapsron viii go by train to
london. In England from July 8 to 10
they Will visit the famous London Struc-
lures. including the Tower. the Bank
of England and the museums. The
visit to that country will include also
three-day motor tour Of the Shake
speare country. oxford and Sulgrave
Manor. the home of George Washing
tons ancestors.
On July II the party will go TO Paris.
With headquarters in that city, they
Will visit the hattleflelds, the chateau
country and other points of interest.
Leaving Paris July IS the orators will
journey to Brussels and then on TO
Antwerp. arriving finally at Amsterdam.
where they will witness the opening
ceremonies at the Olympic games
Weaving Holland the party will reach
Heidelberg Germany. August S, to visit
the famous university.
From Germany the orators will go TO
Lucerne, Switzerland. and then on TO
Interlaken and MontreuX. Italy will
be visited next, the boys reaching Milan
August Is. In that country they viii
visit also Venice, Florence, Genoa and
st. Tropez. Leaving the latter place
August IS. they viii return to Marseille
and Avignon. Back in Paris from
August % to 81, the orators viii be in
Cherbourg September /, on which day
they viii sail for the United States
aboard the steamship Lapland, reach
ing New York September 9.
Make Friends With Mexican.
The seven American boys, who be-
came acquainted with one another here
in May, are making friends today with
young RoSado, the Mexican champion, |
who has joined them there. Rosado
has been described by FL Universal. the
contest sponsoring newspaper in Mexi- |
co. as the poSSesSor of extraordinary
intelligence and q highly cultivated !
mind" He is a student at night school, |
working during the day to support his |
parents. Just before leaving Mexico he |
wrote his speech in compliance with |
the rules Of the contest. declaring that |
he felt the task Illuminating" Mexi- |
can boys dislike the idea of adIlering to |
q set speech. preferring to deliver an
address as the moment and audience
inspires them
The Mexican entry. Garcia Formenti. |
last year won the International Ora
torical Contest championship.