Evening star., 1928-04-05
VIRGINIA SELECTS
ORATORY F|NAL|STS
State and ParochiaI Schools
Name Speakers, With Con-
tests Week Away.

With further interscliool competitions
m The Stars area of the Fifth National
Oratoricai Contest only week off,
schools of the Virginia and the private
and parochial school districts which
have not vet chosen their representa-
tives IN the coming meets rapidly are
staging school finals for the purpose
az selecting their respective champions.
Among the most recent finals were
these of the Gonsaga College. Immac-
ulAte Concention Academy and the
Academy of the Sacred Heart of the
prieate and parochial school district.
snS the Warrenton High School Of the
Virginia district
The champions chosen in these finals,
and who now own the right to represent
their schools in their allotted group
contests. are Jerome ]. Downey of Con-
xara College. Miss Frances Appich of
the Academy of the Sacred Heart. Miss
Dorothea NJ. Rehage of the Immaculate
Conception Academy and Miss Lucy NJ.
Will of the warrenton High School,
Sophomore Of Is Wins.
Gonzaga ahaS put its oratorical well
fare in the hands OF a i5~year -old MEM
Der Of its sophomore class young Dow
ney. whose Grafton on What the Con-
stituiion Should Mean 10 Us" in which
he developed the present significance of
the Constitution. defeated the other
cnnteuderS in the school. Downey is
the son Of Lawrence A. Downey. q mer-
chant tailor. 1897 Tenth street. When
he is graduated from the high school
course Of GonSaga College. the oratorlcal
Downey aims to enter Georgetown UNI
versity where he will study Law. He Is
active in dramsties. and Is president OF
the Gonzaga College Debating Society.
Frances Appich. i5-year -old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Charles H Appich, 62l
G street southwest. is pioneer IN the
National Oratorical Contest field in the
Academy of the Sacred Heart. Despite
the fact that that schools pupils did
not enter the contest en- maSse. as they
did in most other schools, Frances. VINO
ts scarcely taller than the original man.
uscript Of the Constitution itself, came
right through the participation all
alone.
She prepared her Grafton on The
Development of the Constitution, and.
that done. she had herself enrolled as
full-nedged contestant, Her recreation
at present comes in playing tennis for
the most part. she says. and base oail.
basket bali. When she completes her
course at the Sacred Heart. Frances
plans to enter Providence Hospital in
order to study nursing.
Plans Teaching Career.
Dorothea Marie Rehage will carry
the oratoricai colorS of Immaculate
Conception Academy with her Grafton
on The Development of the Constitu-
taon" Miss Rehage. Is. expects to be
graduated from the Academy this June
after which she too, is ambitious TO
become q nurse. Like her dirninutive
Academy. Miss Rehage viii study at
Providence. She is the daughter of Mrs.
Catherine Rehage. 1920 N street
Lucy Mortimer VIII is going TO fight
for her school in the contest with her
speech on The Development Of the
Constitution" The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. K. VIII OF Warrenton, Va, Miss
VIII Is II. and is senior in the War
renton High School She plans to enter
the State Teachers College at Farm
Vile. Va next Fall TO prepare for a
career OF teaching She plays basket
bal for Warrenton and she Is a capable
student scholastlcallr
Some interesting facts concernins
Miss Grace /. Cooper. whose victory II,
her school finals at the Herndon Hign
School was announced yesterday. came
70 light today when her photograph
reached Washington. Her father. Rev
Glen J. Cooper, is a minister of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church South and
his pastorate is changed every four
years. necessitating moving from city to
city. Consequently his victorious ora
tcTfcal daughter, who was born In Bal
tsnaore. has attended several schools.
Her father is scheduled TO be transferred
barely time enough TO complete her
course at HeTndon before enrolling i'm a
rev school. Miss Cooper viii enter the
University Of Virginia TO study next
Fall and later she hopes to become a
nurse.