Evening star., 1928-04-26
BUSINESS SCHOOLS
FINALS TOMORROW
Private and ParoohiaI lnsti-
tutionS' Last Contender to
Be Selected Today.

The field contcnders for the cham
rionship Of the private and parochial
schools district of The stars Fifth Ma
ti0nal Oratorlcal Contest area will be
completed this afternoon when the
concluding group meeting of that dis
trict is staged at Friends Meeting House.
1871 I street. for the elimination of two
Of the three schools in this area which
have not vet engaged in interSchool
forensic combat
Business High Schools finals will fol-
low this afternoons competition. when
itS five seni-tlnalist victors contend at
] o'clock tomorrow morning 10 pro-
vide the fourth participant in The Star
area finals Eastern, Central and Nc
Kinley Technical High Schools al
ready have chosen their respective
champions to contend in this areas
finals, while Western High School and
the Maryland. Virginia and private and
rarochial districts will stage their
finals next week
The five contenders for the Business
High School championship are: STAN
lev Segai. rs years old. 9oS Twenty
third street. who won his school h nors
last year. Joseph TarsheS, IL years old.
1907 T.snier mace: Miss Hattie McTlwee.
IS wears old, 952 Shepherd street.
Christine Grace Lurig. Is wears old. S25
Marietta place, and Miss 1ulienne
Ibarra, is years old, 6l6 Roxboro place.
Miss Hail Victor.
The second group-meet victor of the
private and parochial schools district
was chosen at CASTOR Hall. George
town University, yesterday afternoon
when Jury composed Of members of
the Georgetown University Philodemic
Society gave the decision to Miss Mary
Mildred Hall spokesman for ST. Cecilia's
Academy. Miss Hall defeated Jerome
j. Downey Of Conzaga College. and
John Edgar Chadwick OF ST. Johns
College.
Miss Hall. who is the l8-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs William Hall,
63f G street southeast. won her honors
canoe Of the Constitution" She spoke
with ssml-dramatic emphasis that made
her oratorical delivery seem less feEni-
nine in comparison with that Of her
bov opponents.
Second place was given by the judges
60 Jerome Downey, the Gonzaga entry,
and the number of ballots which sep
grated his rating from that given Miss
Hall was very few. Downey as he
SPOKE in the meet yesterday. appeared
as one of the most finished orators
1aSA4A III hIlE CuIlkESl kGl2S year.
Young Chadwick. cadet-uniformed
and fiery. whipped into an grafton on
sThe Development Of the Constitution"
in an almost vicious effort TO recapture
the group meet honors he won In the
Fourth National Contest year ago.
Rev. Toohey Chairman.
Rev. John J. Tooney, S. j. faculty
adviser of the Philodemic Society, was
chairman of the contest yesterday.
Before introducing the contestants.
Father Toohey reviewed the rules under
under which the three bids for contest
honors would be made When the
speeches had been delivered and the
ballots OF the judges compiled, Father
Toohey took the stage to announce
tn winner.
He commended the forensic efforts OF
each speaker on the program and he
charged the student supporters of each
contestant 10 take pride in the WORK
which their respective school cham
pions had done Disappointment in
the result of the jnry's decision in
necessarily eliminating two of the three
speakers. the Jesuit declared, should
have no place in the minds Of the
students
When Miss Halls name was pro-
nounced as that Of the victor, a saIvo
o. very feminine squeals of delight
pierced the sedate atmosphere Of Gas
ton Hall and while the cheering was
still under way. Downey strobe across
the stage 70 grasp Miss Halls hand in
congrsiulatiOn. even before his fellow