Evening star., 1928-04-04
TWO MORE GIVEN
ORATORY HONORS
Miss SheiIa Doody to Repre-
sent Private and Parochial
Schools District.

| One school of the private and paro-
| chial schools district and another OF
! the Virginia district today announced
their representatives in the coming in
terSchool meets in The Stars area OF
the Fifth National Oratorical Contest.
The schools and their respective
spokeSmen are: The Academy OF the
Holy Cross, 2935 Upton street. MISS
Sheila Doody, 1929 Euclid street, OF
the private and parochial schools dis.
trict and the Herndon High School OF
Herndon. Va, Miss Grace cooper OF
Herndon.
Miss Sheila Doody, ls-year-old mem
Der Of the senior class, won the right
~ renresent the Holy Cross Academy
with her Grafton OH The Present Sig
nificance of the Constitution" The
daughter Of Mrs. Daniel Doody. Sheiia
is ambitious to become teacher. ana
following her graduation from the
academy. In June. she plans to enter
Trinity College. Brookland, D. c" 10
study for her chosen profession AZ
HOLY Cross, Miss Doody Is president OF
the senior class. and she is leaong
player in basket ball.
Victory at Herndon.
Miss Cooper. 16-year-old daughter OF
Rev. and Mrs. Glen j. Cooper or Kern
don. defeated the other contestants IN
the Herndon High School finals with
her sueech on THE Present Significance
of the Constitution" In her ofiiclai
victory over Miss Elizabeth Buell., Miss
Mildred Presgraves. Edward Mcguire
and Hal McCartv. Miss Cooper won not
only the verdict of the 10 Judges. but
she won also the straw ballot OF the
class. In that interesting verdict MISS
Cooper received the votes Of 30 students
for first place against the IL votes for
the same honor received by Miss Pres
graves
The Judges Of the Herndon school
finals were Miss Nancy G, Edwards.
principal: Mrs. Granville White. Rev.
c. n. Brown. Miss Lois Gosnell. Miss
Gertrude Carrier. Miss Nina Ford. Miss
Elizabeth Bernard. Miss Annabelle Glib
Annie Rohv-Walker.
Miss Doodv now has time to prepare
for her next competition. which takes
Mace in the group phase of the contest,
The group in which the Academy of
the Holy Cross is located will meet
April "a in Mcmahon Hall Of Catholic
University The other schools whose
Spokesmen will do forensic battle at
that time are immaculate Seminary.
ST. Paul's Academy. the Academy OF the
Immaculate ConceDtion and the Acad-
erny of the Sacred Heart
Group Meeting April Is.
Miss Cooper's next bid for victory in
the contest will be made in the third
Virginia group meeting. which is sched-
uled to be staged in the auditorium of
her own Herndon High School April
Is. In that contest Miss Cooper will
compete with the representatives of the
Floris Vocational School of Herndon,
the Fairfax High School. the Lee jack
son High School. the Aldie High School
and the Ashburn High School.
The winner of the private and pa
rochial schools district group meeting
in which Miss Doody and Miss Appich
will compete. will win an award of $40
and the right TO enter the private and
parochial finals May 4 In the audi
torium OF St. Pauls Academy, when the
championship Of that district, $50 in
cash and a place in The Star finals
will be at stake.
Likewise, the winner of the Herndon
group meet. in which Miss Cooper will
compete. will win a place in the Viz
ginia district finals and cash award
of $40 The Virginia district champion
viii be given an award of $50 and
place in The Star finals.