Evening star., 1928-03-23
MARYLAND SCHOOL
ORATORS SELECTED
Group Contest Series Win
Open in HyattSvilIe Mon
day Night.

With Maryland's intensive series of
group contests scheduled to begin at
Hyattsville Monday night, The last of
that States schools enrolled in The
Stars Fifth National Oratorical Contest
area are selecting their representative
orators today for participation III the
competition.
The five group meetings Will produce
the contenders for the championship 81
the Maryland district which will be &c
cided III the Maryland finals, April so,
al Bethesda, Among the latest school
representatives to be chosen are those
- IS Maryland Park High School at
eeat ssieGSant, the Fairlan6 High School
s, Beltsville. the Charlotte Hall School
81 Charlotte Hall. the Great Mills High
School OF Great Mills. and the GlaSva
High School az Faulkner, Md.
Is Only Senior in School
Miss 2. 1vls Thompson. i6-ycar-old
senior OF the Seat Pleasant School. Won
the right 10 represent that institution
~ its first participation in the National
Oratorioal Contest with her Grafton on
The Present Significance Of the Com
Stltution" AS the Maryland Park High
School is only three years OLD. Miss
Thompson. who came 10 that Commu-
nifty recently from Texas, is its only
fouTih-year student III the total enroll
msnt Of 202 pupils, Her proves and
active leadership i'll the oratorical con-
test increased the interest in the move
znent in her school 10 such an extent
that William .. Hines, principal, is an
ticlpatlng intensive competition next
year when the school viii have its first
regular senior class.
In addition To the right 10 represent
her school IN the group contest next
week. Miss Thompson won gold
medal, offered by the faculty to the
winner II the school finals Following
her graduation from the high school
in June. Miss Thompson intends to
enter upon 8 commercial career and il
Is 10 that end she has worked since
entering Maryland Park High. She is
. reporter on the school paper and one
OF the schools leading volley ball
players.
Boy Wins at Fairland.
Clark Adams viii carry the banner of
the Fairlard School. having won that
Tight with an Grafton on The Develou
ment of the Constitution" Only ia
years old, Clark is a junior in his school
sno following his graduation he pro-
poses 10 enter Washington business
sc1aool- He Is the son OF DR.. w. r.
AcanaS- a dentist Of Beltsville While
ne SLanos SchoiaStically high in school
t.e Soang orator Is leading athlete,
S. z-so- he won the 60-yard dash in the
FT11ce Georges County athletic meet
last May and his present actiyirv aione
mat line is confined 10 speed bali an6
soccer and Is a member of both thosa
teams IN his school.
Lnarlotte Hail has vested its o-a.or..
ca welfare II the hands of 2 N
w aleTs, 80, who won his school finals
@lin al nratson on The DEVELOPMENT
OF the Constitution Seventeen wears
olo, Young Waters is ambitious 10 he
come an actor. He is the first of .fis
year S contestants TO admit a love @or
the stage and he has been active in
Inc school oramaticS in addition 10 his
stflet'c and literary endezvors He fs /
Inc son OF z. NJ Waters. 3r., a retired /
farmer OF G7fiherSburg, and when he |
mas completed mis- high school course |
u June, 1923, ne plans TO enter a dra-
matte school.
Mary Edna Taylor, Is years old. won
tne GTeaI Mills High School finals and
the consequent. right 10 represent that l
school. through her speech on The /
Development Of the Constitution f" She
Is the daughter Of j Clarence Tayior |
. farmer Of Beachv1Ile. Nd. and Size |
Is president Of the Girls az Club and I
captain o. her class.
Kermit E. Rice. Is. will represent the
GZasFa High School AS was stated in
yesterdays Star. he won with a speech
On TIE Present Significance Of the
Constitution.