Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
GR|N|OFF IS VICTOR
At WESTERN HIGH
Youth Becomes Fifth Finalist
in 0ratoricaI Contest.
vmginians Compete.

The fifth of the II finalists in The
Stars Sixth National Oratorial Con-
test was chosen at Western High School
shortly before noon today, when board
of three judges adjudged Vladimir
Boris Grinioff, 17-year-old son Of a
Russian family, victor in that schools
finals.
BY virtue of his victory at Western,
which, like~each of the District of Co
lumbia public high schools constitutes
a contest district" within itself, Grini-
off won 500 in cash and the right to
compete in The Stars finals April IS
for the three-month tour of South
America next Summer. Victorious in
this newspapers finals, he would COM
| pete also in the national finals in the
Washington Auditorium late next
month.
william Jackson Thompson, 17-year-
| old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Thomp-
son of 1875 Mintwood place, won Sec
ond honors at Western and the position
of alternate to the schools victor.
Virginia Contest Is Held.
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held following the second Virginia group
meet, which was held last night at
Leesburg and from which Thomas Ed
ward Taylor of the Lincoln High School
emerged victor. Taylor is II years old
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Taylor of Lincoln. BY virtue of his VIC
| tory over four other contestants who
| fought in last nights meet, Taylor ad-
vanceS to the Virginia district finals,
| to be held at the Washington-Lee High
School at Ballston Friday, April 10.
The third Virginia group meet will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the
auditorium Of the Maury Elementary
School in Alexandria, where five orators
will compete for the right to enter the
Virginia finals.
Order of Speaking Listed.
In the order in which they will speak
and their orations, they are:
Margaret Stephenson Of George Ma
son High School of Del Ray, on Lin
coin and the Constitution;
Helen. Detwiler of the Clifton High
School, on 1.-The Constitutional Guar
antee of the Liberty of the Individual" i:
Cathryn Tobin Of the Fairfax High
School, on 1.-THE Development of the
Constitution;
Carey Howard Blackwell of the Alex
andria High School, on THE Develop
ment and Purpose Of the Constitution, ="
and
John Trevett Allen of the Swavely
Preparatory School of Manassas, on
Public Responsibility to the Constitu-
ton"
limerick Opens Meeting.
( Last nights meeting at Ieesburg was
| opened by o. L. limerick, superintend-
ent of Loudoun County schools, who ex-
pressed his qualification at the efforts
and study expended by the five con-
testants in preparing their orations.
Miss Sarah Lefferts, representing the
Leesburg High School, was first called
upon to make her bid for forensic
honors in. the contest. She spoke of
Origins of the Constitution" with a
calm that bespoke the unafraid speaker.
She used 9 minutes and Is seconds In
the delivery of her speech.
! Miss Maxine Hazel Barton Of the
Round Hill High School was the sec
! ond orator on the program and her de-
livery was similar to Miss Lefferts'
There was much of the first girls calm
and her absence of gesture, but there
may have been slightly more anima-
ton. Both girls had elected to use the
| quiet type of oratory often referred to
as modern" Miss Barton spoke on
THE Origin of the Constitution"
Taylor Is Third Speaker.
Young Taylor, the winner, was third
! speaker on the program. Following two
girls, his heavy masculine voice doomed
out in the auditorium In contrasting
tones. Despite its volume, Taylor's voice
was characterized last night by quail
ity of softness and meditation that
gave it richness and highly pleasing
quality. Speaking on THE Develop
ment of the Constitution" this boy from
the Lincoln High School used Just Z
minutes of his allowed 10 minutes.
The surprise of the contest came in
the showing put up by little Miss Clara
Conard of the Hillsboro Junior High
School. She was the baby" of last
nights field, as she is only Is years old
and a student Of Junior" high school.
But she went into her subject, Origin
of Our Constitution" with fire that
singed the serene atmosphere. Her
fervor got the better of her time, how
ever, and when the time signal sounded
the end of the official 10 minutes she
seemed still several paragraphs from
! her conclusion. But this girl Is only q
| f1rst-year high school student and her
| age limit will permit four years more
| of contesting, so other Northern Vir-
ginia orators had better keep their eyes
upon her.
Miss Compiler Speaks Earnestly.
The concluding speech of the meet
was delivered by Miss Maxine Compiler
OF the Waterford High School, who
spoke on Origins Of the Constitution !"
There was a quiet earnestness about
Miss Compiler as she presented her
Grafton and it must have carried weight
to the judges, who gave her second
place. She used minutes and 55 Sec
ondS Of her time.
The judges were Rev. Sanford L.
Rotter of The Plains, Rev. @. p. Craig
hill of LeeSburg and DR.. Harold Colder,
professor of English at American Uni
versity, Washington.
Mrs. Arthur jenkins gave a vocal
solo and Mrs. John r. Clemens a piano
solo.
Western High Finals.
Western High Schools finals were
staged before student assembly this
morning under the Craftsmanship of DR..
Elmer S. Newton, principal of the
school. The first contestant orator on
the program was Miss Elizabeth
Wheeler, daughter of Senator B. H.
Wheeler of Montana, whose Washington
address is 3757 Jocelyn street.
Speaking forcefully upon Expansions
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