Evening star., 1928-05-06
DISTRICT ORATORY
FINALS THURSDAY
Six Boys and Two Girls Will
Compete for First
Hon0rS.

-Four DAYS from today six boys and
two girls, ths best high school ore tors
which the District az Columbia and
nearby counties Of Maryland and Vir~
gfilis could produce in five months of
intensive StGdy and forensic competi-
tion, will enter The Star finals of the
fifth National Oratoricsl Contest to de-
/, tsTInine which Of the eight students
will represent this region in the ma
ttonsl finals here May IS, and coNSe-
cuently the one who by virtue Of that
representation viii so on the iI-week
tour Of Europe.
Chosen sS the champions OF their
respective districts in this newSpaper'S 5
contest region. the eight fnaliStS sre:
Theodore BiShoff Of Eastern High.
Stanley Segal of Business High School,
Victor Jsffe 81 Mckinley Technical
High School, Joseph John Muldowney
Of the Leonard Hall School of Leonard
town. champion Of the Maryland 6is-
trict; Miss Sleila Doocy Of Holy Cross
Academy, champion of the private ana
psroch,al schools district; Benjamin. E.
Einden Of Central High School, Miss
Josephine Sterling of the Washington
Lee Eigh School Of BallSton, Va,
champion If the Virginia diStrict, and
Arthur Murphy Of Western High School.
Finals in Various Halls.
To be staged II eight units, The Star
finals will bs launched az $50 O'Clock
~ Thursday morning in the Eastern High
School Auditorium. continuing later III
various halls about the city until 1915
pm when the final speaker win be
+. heard IN the Western High School
Auditorium, The same board Of Judges
will hear each Of the eight speakers in
the various Units az the finals. Journey
ing from meeting TO meeting IN accord
sTlce with = schedule that was forHnu-
lated yesterday afternoon.
~ Following the initial meeting at Q 80
o'clock Thursday morning. st which
time the Eastern High School champion
viii make his formal bio for victory.
other units OF The Star finals VIII be
held as follows:
10 a.m.-At Business High School
auditorium Mr.. SeEal to speak.
1920 s-n-At Mckinley Technical
High School auditorium. Mi Jafe 10
1850 a-n.-At tie New National Mu-
scum auditorium Mr.. Mudowney to
speak.
II aln-At the New National Mt
seaIrn auditorium, Miss Doody 70 speak
Ii:2o a.nl-At Central High School
auditorium Mr. Eirden 20 speak
las am.--At the New National Mu-
esum auditorium, Miss Sterling 10 speak,
1915 pm-Af western High School
auditorium, Mr.. Murphy to speak.
Many Can Hear 0rationS.
By having the champions Of al1s five
Washington high schools speak II their
cwu auditoEiunis and the champions Of
the private and paroehisl, Maryland and
Virginia districts speak in another hall.
though at different times. g potential
audience OF $4,000 persons will be Sble
70 hear one c. more Of the flnallst sn
action The judges. who will heaf IL
the speakers and determine winner
only after the last Of the eight i0-mln-
ute o-attonS has been delivered. viii be,
as announced IN The Star Of april IS.
Speaker Iongworth. Senator Moses.
President pro tenpore Of the Senate,
Jesse Adkins. president Of the District
Of Columbia Bar Association: Robert V.
Fleming, president Of Riggs National
Bank, and Mrs William Sherman Wal
ker. chairman o. the national defense
committee.
Sketch Of FinalistS.
Theodore BMhoF. the Eastern High
School district CHAMPION IS II YEARS
old The snr OF Nj. and Mrs. Asexar-
Ger EislaoE 1907 East Capitol street, he
Is making his bid for honors ard award
WITH his speech on The Present SIG
nthcance Of the Constitution.
Stanley SessL champion Of BUSINESS
H3gh School. is representing his school
for the second consecutive term ana al
that he has one more year II school De-
fore he is scheduled 10 be graduated.
Ee Is the son OF Mr and Mrs Morris
Eegal Of e05 Twenty-third street.
Victor Jaffe. representative Of Teen
High School II the finals. is Is years old.
lie is making his battle for the regional
championship With a speech on The
Present Significance Of the CoY1stitu-
tion" He Is the son Of s. S. JafIe. 407
Dorset street. Somerset. Md
Joseph John Mulcowney. l6-yesT-olc
champior Of the Maryland district. Is
making q gallant effort TO retain for
Leonard Hal School the honor won last
year by ~Aleck" LokeT. a'i1o captured the
championship Of this region by defeat
ing al the Washington Etgn Scnool
representa- tlves and the champions oi
the private sno payochial schools dis
trict
Crater Is yirginian.
Muldowney might be looked upon as
o Star area champion Of unusual quail
ities foT ne Is Vtrginian. Ea!ling from
Richmond. ne has sort ot sentimental
claim on the Virginia district. His sub
3eci in the contest is The Present Sig
niHlcance Of tae Constitution
xlex Eneila Doocy, 1S-year~ cEiarl-
plon of the private and psrocaial
schools district, is making her attempt
to capture the championship with
speech on The Present Significance Of
the Constitution - Ske LIS the daughter
of Mrs Daniel Doody. 1929 Euclid
street
BENJAMIN Rinden. Centrals cham
...on .g the son % Alr. and Mrs Samuel
linden. $500 Fourteenth street he
VAS the first ~ the eight district"
champions 70 BE- chosen and he won
his hoa0re with his speech on The
Development Of the Constitution"
Miss Josephine Sterling, the Virginia
district champion, Is II years ojd Like
haioowney. she halls from 8 school
which supplied the champion for Us
sssxtrict II the contest last year. and
She is trying her best ~ give the
WaEhlngton-Ie Scnoo. q Ballgton an
other winner this year. Gte js the
6su2useg of Mr. Josephine Sterling SO
Wheeler avenue Clarendon
Agtn9Y Murphy l7-yeaf-oid %on oi
Og and Mrs Joseph A Murphy. IS OBJ
seFKatorB Circle. ls ANXIOUS 10 give
Western Eigil 1cho0l is FIRST finals Fle-
tory in the contest. and ne II going u
Inske the attempt with 0n grafton OF
The Present Sl2Uihcanee u me Con
Etf1egfgn
The winner in The star f1nsls WI
% announced }n The ELaF n8rSoa;
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