Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-19
ORATORY FINALS
DUE OCTOBER IS.
Plans for Third International
Competition Here Now Be.
ing Completed.

Plans for the finals of the Third
International Oratorical Contest, to be
staged in the Washington Auditorium
at 8 pm. Saturday. october 13, rapid
ly are being completed by Randolph
Leigh, director general of the contest
At present six nations besides the
United States have chosen their spokes-
men for the oratory meet. Three OF
these. the champions of England,
France and Germany, are on the seas
together, due to land at Boston sun
day on their way to the Capital via
Detroit, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Can
ada, and Chicago. The Mexican cham
pion already is in the United States,
while the Argentine youth is sched-
uled to begin his long voyage from
down under the equator Saturday to
reach New York October 10.
James r. Moore, the United States
champion, who won the right to COM
pete in the international meet at the
national finals in the Auditorium here
In May, is at his home, in Somerset,
Ky. He will go from that city to Chi
cago in time to meet the European
champions and the Canadian spokes-
man, who will leave his London. On
tario. home to join the party for a
round of entertainment.
World Contestants Listed.
The contestant field which will COM
pete before brilliant audience Of Amer
lean and foreign notables here next
month, as it stands today. with the
speeches with which the boys will bid
Tor world honors, follows:
Dudley Raymond Barker, 10, CT
Southampton, student of the Bourne
mouth School, representing England,
with speech on The English Govern
mental System:
Rene Ponthieu. II of Paris, student
ut the Lycee Henri w, spokesman for
France. on French Thought and tn.
Idea of Liberty;
William Fox. jr.. 19. of London. On
fario. a student of the London Second
AIRY School. on "Canadas Future:
City, a student of the Mexico City
Night School, representing Mexico, on
1.-THE Character and Future of Spanish
Culture in America:
Heinz Barth. 10, of Berlin. a student
of the Hochschule fur Politik, repre-
senting Germany, on Unity, Justice
and Liberty in the Development of the
German Constitution:
Jose de Tomaso, Is, of Buenos Airec.
o student of the high school department
of the Mariana Moreno National Col
lege, representing Argentine, on THE
Reborn and Free Civilization of the Az
gentine Republic" and
James Moore, 18-year-old United
States entry. on THE Development of
the Constitution"
Cuba is conducting its national finals
this week and the announcement of its
Spokesman in the International meet
probably will be made by Saturday.
Test Embraces Four Languages.
In the oratory meet four languages
will be heard, with the United States,
English and Canadian contestants
using English, the French and German
youths speaking the tongue of their
respective lands, and the Argentine,
Cuban and Mexican speakers delivering
their addresses in Spanish.
To meet the exacting requirements
imposed by the various languages,
board of five multi inguist judges will
be appointed to select the victor. The
nations represented have been invited
to nominate candidates for the judging
board and several of them already have
sent the names of capable men to the
international contest headquarters in
The Star Building. The personnel of
the board will be made known about one
week before the meet.
The first International Oratorical Con-
test was held here two years ago. when
Herbert Wenig, California youth, won