Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
ORATORS COMPETE
IN THREE MEETS
Students in National Contest
to Compete in InterschooI
Meetings This Week.

Forensic swords will clash in the high
school realm Of the District of Column
bia and Maryland this week when the
interschool phase of the Sixth National
Oratorical Contest in The Stars area
is launched tomorrow afternoon by four
young orators competing for places in
the private and parochial district finals.
Two other private and parochial
group meetings will be held following
tomorrow's fray with the oratorical
week ending Friday night with the first
of the Maryland district meets at
Bethesda.
The first private and parochial group
meeting will be held at 3 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon at Mcmahon Hall,
Catholic University. Three girls and
one boy, champions of their respective
schools will compete for the right to
contend later for the championship of
their district and its accompanying
award of 500.
Tomorrow's Contestants.
In the order in which they will de-
liver their speeches. tomorrow's contest
ants and their respective Grafton SUBJ
jects, are: Miss Hollis Essex, of Holy
Cross Academy, THE Constitution in
the Daily Life of the Individual; Miss
Eileen Haltigan of st. Paul'S Academy
The Development of the Constitution;
Miss Marie E. McCray of st. Cecilia'S
Academy, The Citizen: His Rights and
Duties Under the Constitution" and
Lorend Freund of Gonzaga High School,
THE Constitution" Rev. Charles A.
Hart of the Catholic University faculty,
will be chairman of the meet.
Three boys will comprise the field at
the second private and parochial district
meet at o'clock Tuesday afternoon in
Corcoran Hall, George Washington
University. In the order in which they
will speak, the contestants are: Henry
Riggs of Emerson Institute. THE Con-
stitution'; Richard Snead of the Wood
ward School for Boys. The Present Sig
nificance of the Constitution" and
Lawrence G,inther of the Dewitt Pre-
paratory School, THE Citizen: His
Privileges and Duties Under the Con-
Stitution." Rev George L. Farnham of
the George Washington faculty will pre-
side.
Girls will predominant in the con-
GLIDING private and parochial group
meet at $3.50 o'clock Thursday after
noon in CASTOR Hall of Georgetown
University, when only one boy will COM
pete in the field of three. The order of
the speakers and their respective
orations are: James Leonard Butch Of
st. Johns College, THE Constitution
mick of st. Patricks High School, THE
Citizen; His Privileges; His Duties
Under the Constitution" and Miss
Louise Waters of Holy Trinity High
School, THE Constitution of the United
States; Its Origin" Rev. John j.
Toohey, S. j.. of Georgetown's faculty,
will be chairman.
Six in Maryland Contest.
Six contestants will launch the Mary
land districts group phase at o'clock
Friday night in the auditorium of the
Bethesda elementary school, George
town road and Wilson lane, Bethesda.
OF these, two have not yet been chosen
by their schools, so that the order of
speakers now can be given only as
follows:
John G. Colt of Dickerson High
School, THE Development of the Con-
Stitution"; the as yet unchosen repre-
sentative of the Georgetown Univer-
sity Preparatory School of Carrot Park;
Miss Doris Palmer of the Gaithersburg
High School. THE Constitution: A
Guarantee of Liberty to the Individual:
the as yet unchosen representative of
the Rockville High School; Miss Mar
garet Benson of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, THE Citizen: His
Privileges and Duties Under the Con-
stitution." and David Trundle of the
Poolesville High School, THE Privileges
and Obligations of Citizen Under the
Constitution" Oliver Owen Kuhn.
managing editor of The Star will pre-
side at this initial Maryland interschool
meet.
The winners of the three private and
parochial district group meets will COM
prise the field of contenders for the
right to enter The Star finals April rs.
as the champion of that district SINH
larry the winner of the first Maryland
group meet will compete with the win
ners of the subsequent Maryland group
meets for the championship of the
Maryland district and the subsequent
privilege of competing in The Star
finals.
It is In The Star finals in which the
IL district" champions will fight for
the grand prize of the three month tour
of South America and an additional
award of 5000 The winner of the
newspaper finals must represent The
Star in the national finals in the WASH
ingIon Auditorium in May in order to