Evening star., 1928-05-22
COAST WILL HEAR
ORATORY FINALS.
Radio HoOk-Up Extended to
Take in Far West
Cities.

Arrangements were completed today
for the radio broadcaSting of the Fifth
National Oratorical Contest finals. to
.0e held In the washington Auditorium
saturday night. at West Coast cities
from Seattle, Wash. to Los Angeles
Calf. 1t previously had been planned
70 broadcast the contest from radio
stations as far West as Denver, but
under new plans the finals win be car
RED by telephone wires over the Rocky
Mountains.
tons extending from. the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean. and from Canada
10 the Gulf OF Mexico, the oratorical
contest radio hook-up rivals any previ-
Gus national broadcast. The stations
now assured of broadcaSting the con-
test finals direct from the stage of the
Auditorium include: WRC Of WASH
tngton, wEAF, New York City: WIFI,
rhiladelphia: wGY, Schenectady;
WGR. Buffalo: WCAE. Pittsburgh:
sWSAT, Cincinnati; KSD, st. Louis;
WCCO. Minneapolis-St. Paul: voc.
Davenport: WHO, Des Moines, Iowa;
City, Mo-; KPRC. Houston, Tex;
WHAS, Louisville. KY: WBT, Char
lotte, N. c.; KOA, Denver: WMAQ,
Chicago: wTAG, worcester, Mass:
vito, Hartford, Conn; WAR, Provi-
oence, XII. Los Angeles: KPO ana
KGQ, San Francisco: KHQ. Spokane,
wash: KOMO, Seattle, and KGW,
Portland, Greg.
To Entertain FinalistS.
Central High School announced today
through its principal, Alvin w. Miller,
that IL viii entertain the six visiting
AnaliStS In the contests and its own
BENJAMIN E. Htnden, who will compete
as the representative of The Star. at a
luncheon in the school at o'clock Fri
day afternoon. The affair win be a
friendly get-together for the boys who
win be travelling companions for IL
weeks this Summer as they tour Europe.
Further plans for the entertainment
of the contestants we're made known to-
day, when the national contest head
quarters announced that the seven
MnaliSts of this years contest and IS
many Of the previous contest fnallSts
who are In Washington ct the time. will
be the dinner guests Of John Hays
{ Hammond, internationally known engi-
neer, as honorary president Of the Con-
skstufion Club. &C his Kaloranaa road
home, Sunday night Mr.. Hammond
has entertained the finaliSts in his
home each year since the national con-
test finals were held IN the Capleai. he
vas instrumental In the founding OF
the Constitution Club. an organization
nf the contestants in the national ora
1orical contest.
WIN Discuss Plans.
Following the dinner Mr.. Hammond
viii 70 into closed session with the
NnaiiSts to elect national officers for the
year i928-2o and to discuss plans and
problems of the club. He viii present
70 each Of the seven finalists OF the
nth national contest q handsome gold
Constitution Club pin. These pins dii-
fer from the regular Constitution Club
pin that Is worn by the lesser lights In
the organization in that they bear seven
little gold stars. one for each OF the
seven dnaIiSts. The seven nnalists con-
stitute the clubs executive committee
for o year.
The seven contestants who win battle
for the national championship Saturday
night win be the guests Of The Star on
q sightseeing tour OF washington and
ttE environs Sunday. The orators and
the members Of their party will leave
The Star Building ct 10 O'Clock Sunday
morning 70 travel about the District In
automobiles. The caravan win journey
to Alexandria, where the party viii be
entertained by this newspaper ct an
cad-fashioned Virginia chicken dinner.