Evening star., 1928-04-20
ALEXANDR|AN WINS
IN ORATORY TEST
Eastern High School and
Fifth Virginia ContenderS
to Be Selected Tonight.

The second participant in The Star
finals Of the Fifth National Oratorical
Contest will be chosen III the Eastern
Tieh School finals tonight, while the
fifth contender for the Virginia district
championship will be determined in the
concluding group meet of that district
at Warrenton. Both contest meetings
are scheduled TO begin at 8 o'clock, the
former in the auditorium Of the Eastern
High School and the latter in the audi
torium of the Warrenton High School,
VirginiaS fourth championship con-
tender was chosen last night at Alex
an6ria in the victory Of Howard G.
Blackwell, spokesman for the Alexan-
6ria High School, who rose to victory
after his bid for the honors had beeIi
threatened by q freakiSh lapse OF
memory.
Blackwell defeated Miss Virginia
Campbell representative of the George
Mason High School of Fairfax County.
who WAS adudged second best by the
idrv Of washington educators. The
other three contestants who fell before
Blackwell'S onslaught were Miss Reba
Cllpp Of the Fairfax High School, Miss
Mary Narrower Of the HayrnarSet High
School and Miss Helen Detwiler OF the
Clifton High School.
Eastern High Finals.
Eastern High Schools finals in which
the five prize winning survivors of that
schools eliminationS will compete for
the right to represent il In The Star
finals May 10. will be held in conjunc-
ton With the regular meeting of the
Eastern Home and School Association.
In order not TO influence the oratorical
atmosphere Of the meeting, however,
the business session of the association.
including its annual election Of OFF,
GERS. viii be held a half hour before
the scheduled contest hour in the music
room Of the school,
The five contenders for the Eastern
Championships are. in the order in
which they viii speak tonight: Charles
CTitchield. Miss Rhoda Hstton. Theo-
dore Bishoff Miss Ruth Goldberg and
James Dietz
Arthur Bishop, president of the East
ern High School Home and School As
sociation, viii preside at the contest,
and music will be provided by the
Eastern High School Orchestra. under
the direction Of Mrs. c. L. Byram, a
member Of the faculty.
Four Girls to Compete.
The Eastern finals will be Judged
by jury Of three. composed of B. c.
Foster. an attorney-at-law; Arthur
Robb Of the Department Of Justice and
Miss Sarah SimonS, head of the de-
part1nent of English in the public
schools.
The contestants in the concluding
group meet at Warrenton tonight. In
the order Of their appearance on the
program. will be; Miss Alma Fergu-
son Of the Remington High School,
on The Present Significance OF the
Constitution" Miss Martha Strickier
Of the Bealeton High School, on "The
Development Of the Constitution:
Miss Lucy VIII Of the Warrenton High
School, on THE Development Of the
Constitution" and Miss Amelia Cary
Marshall Of the Marshall High School,
on The Development of the Constitu-
ton"
Judge George Latham Fletcher OF
the twenty sixth Virginia judicial cir
cult, win preside, while the verdict
win be rendered by Mai. r. A. Mcintyre
and q. Richard Glascock, attorneys
Of War-enton. and r. A. Fifieid, a Rem
ington attorney. Music viii be fur
nished by the Fauquler Institute Or