Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-16
SEGAL AND BUTSCH
W|NFORENS|c Tits
st. Johns College Student Is
1 Victor in ParochiaI and
Private Schools List.

( Stanley NJ. Segal, twice the repre-
sentative Of his school, again was adj
|, Judged winner of the Business High
School Sixth National Oratorical Con-
test finals this morning.
/ James Leonard Butsch Of st. Johns
College won the forensic champion
chip of the private and parochial dis
Erict q the contest late yesterday.
The victories of these two boys leaves
only three of the IL district" cham
pions in this newspapers region yet 10
be chosen in the completion of The
Stars finals field. The Maryland dis
trict finals will be held at La Plata at
8 o'clock tomorrow night: Mckinley
High Schools last contest will be staged
tomorrow afternoon, and the Virginia
finals will be held at 8 o'clock Friday
night at Ballston. Va.
The seventh and eighth champions to
be determined were victors in particu-
larly interesting meets. Butsch, the
private and parochial district champion,
who is the 19-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard E. Butsch, 4720 Fifteenth
street, won in one Of the hardest fought
contests of the year. He defeated Jerome
j. Downey of Gonzaga. 16-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Downey, 1927
Tenth street, by single point under
the low-point total system, while only
2 points separated him from Lawrence
Gunther of Dewitt Preparatory School,
18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. Gunther of 1904 Twenty-second
street.
Miss Baldwin Bids First.
Segal, who was the champion of Busi-
ness High School in the Fourth and
Fifth National Oratorical Contests, re-
peated his annual victory and won the
''D;strict" cash award for the third con-
Secutive time. He will receive 500 in
1 cash by virtue of his conquest today.
/ Miss Charlotte G. Baldwin, IS years
old, and the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
/: Henry T. Baldwin of Lanham. Md, was
the first Of Business High Schools four
f1nalists to make an oratorical bid for
, the championship.
Miss Baldwin, who is sophomore in
school, won the position of alternate.
She spoke on 1.-THE Constitution and Its
Fathers"
Miss Hattie McIlwee, junior at Bust
mess and the 16-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Branson G. McIlwee of
A009 Ninth street, was next summoned
to speak by Miss May P. Bradshaw,
vice principal of the school, presiding.
She used no gestures and discussed THE
Constitution: A Guarantee of the
Liberty of the Individual with clear
directness.
II Weingarten Is Third Speaker.
Morris Weingarten, 18-year-old On
Of Mr.. and Mrs Michel Weingarten,
spoke on THE Citizen: His Privileges
and Duties Under the Constitution" as
the third of the Business orators.
Segal, 17-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs MnrriQ CaOol nf OGE ird
street, who was adjudged winner, was
the final speaker on the program. His
speech this morning was on The De-
velopment of Democracy Under the
American Constitution
The judges of the Business High
School finals were: H. Clay ESpey at
torney and president Of the Alumni
Association of the school, John McGar-
raghy attorney and member of the
association; Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president Of the Congress Of Parent
president of the Business Parent
Teachers Association, and Miss Maude
Alton, principal Of the Americanization
School Mrs. Rafter announced the
composite verdict of the judges.
In his victory In the private and
parochial district finals yesterday young
Butsch scored triumph not only over
his two opponents, but over himself and
his previous brand of oratory.
Compared with his speech In the
group phase of the contest, in which he
was impressive, chiefly with the over
whelming power of his voice and gen.
eral oratory, ButScll's grafton yesterday
was highly expressive.
While in his first public competition
In the contest he worked at high ten
sion throughout his speech, yesterday
he gave variation to his tone and ges-
ture. If, in his initial showing, he
welded a forensic whip over the heads
of his listeners, yesterday he charmed
them with a refined eloquence.
Looks Like Placer in Finals.
Briefly, unless some dire mishap be-
falls Butsch or unless he attempts
drastic change in his delivery, this
champion of the private and parochial
school district seems certain to land
among the placers in The Star finals.
The boys and girls who are to face him
in that competition should prepare now
for battle
The meeting was opened after some
delay by Stephen e. Kramer, first as
sistant superintendent Of schools in
charge of high schools. Rev. George L.
Farnham. professor of public speaking
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