Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Senior at st. Johns College
to Represent The Stars
District in May.
CONTESTS HELD TODAY
IN NINE AUDITORIUMS
Maryland Girl Gets Second Place
and Dunbar High Youth
Is Third.

James Leonard Butsch, 19-year-
senior of st. Johns College, won The
Star finals of the sixth national ora
torical contest today, when a board Of
five judges awarded him the decision
over 10 other contenders for this re-
gion's highest honors.
Miss Mary Eugenia Hardy. of the
Takoma- Silver Spring High School,
champion of the Maryland district Of
the contest, was adjudged second best,
and. in consequence is alternate to
young Butsch, while Charles w.
Thomas of Dunbar High School was
placed third.
Vladimir Grinioff, Western High
Schools representative, was adjudged
fourth-place winner in the field of IL
speakers. He is the son of Mrs. Olga
Grinioff of 1923 Twenty-second street.
Through his victory today in one OF
the hardest-fought contests ever wit
messed in this newspapers area young
Butsch will represent the District of
Columbia, and nearby counties Of
Maryland and Virginia in the national
finals of the meet next month. Con-
tending in the national finals, Butsch
will clinch lis right to the three
month tour of South America next
11lS COLlqUCoC tOOdJ gives AAAAA
also an additional $500 cash award.
Plans to Study Law.
The Stars newly crowned forensic
champion is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard E. Butsch of 4720 Fifteenth
street and following his graduation from
st. Johns this June, he plans to study
law at the University of Florida.
Miss Hardy, winner of second place,
&c the dauchter of Mrs SnSannah Hardy
of Silver Spring.
Thomas is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer H. Thomas of 1920 Douglas
street, Kenilworth, D. c.
The judges of this mornings contest,
conducted in nine separate auditoriunlS
in various parts of the city. were
Speaker Longworth of the House of
Representatives, Senator George H.
Moses of New Hampshire, President Pro
Tempore of the Senate; Mrs. Ruth
Bryan owen, Representative in Congress
from Florida; Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of the Veterans Bureau,
and Wade Hampton Cooper, president
of the Continental Trust Co. The
official timekeeper was George E. Ken
eipp, manager of the District of Column
bia division of the American Automobile
Association. who checked each of the
orators with brace of stop-watches.
The day was launched at 9:0l o'clock,
when Miss Ruth Goldberg, Eastern
High Schools champion, took the stage
in her schools auditorium to speak on
The Citizen-His Privileges and
Duties"
In her championship bid Miss Gold
berg was impressive by virtue of the ex-
preston she incorporated in her ora
tory with her mellow low-pitched
made in her schools finals, Miss Gold
berg today seemed an even more ef-
fective orator. There was more anima-
tion, more real feeling, than in her pre-
viouS attempts. 1t was evident she had
not wasted her time between meetings
She spoke for minutes Al 2-5 seconds
Miss Goldberg was introduced by
Charles Hart, Eastern High Schools
principal, and at the conclusion of her
speech the judges quit the hall to move
on through the rain-drenched streets to
Mckinley High School, at Second and
T streets northeast for the second stage
of the finals
Harry Schonrank, Mckinley High
Schools spokesman, was the second
orator of the day. 1t was 9:27 o'clock
when he began his speech on 1.-THE
Origins of the Constitution" He was
presented to his audience by A. Hale
Davis, assistant principal of the school,
and at once he launched into his review
OF the historic sources of the ConStitu-
tion. There was much of Schonrank's
school-f1nals type of oratory, but it was
q delivery enriched by new emphasis,
which might have been lacking in his
earlier contest appearances. His time
was Z minutes "a As seconds.
CardoZo School Next.
At the conclusion of Schonranks ora
ton the board of judges moved on
again, this time to the Cardozo High
School.
At Cardozo High School it was
George c. Morris who fought for high
est honors. Speaking on Lincoln and
the Constitution" Morris presented an
grafton which was sincere tribute to
q Nations martyr. There was adequate
emphasis and feeling in the Cardozo
champions Grafton.
Young Morris was introduced by Rob-
'ert N. Mattingly, his principal. Begin
ming at 9:46 o'clock, Morris spoke for
9 minutes So is seconds.
From Cardozo High School the Of
ficial party, including the judges and
the timekeeper, moved on to Dunbar
High School.
There Thomas was the chosen
spokesman ana, alCer CHe uiIIUuuC1AoA
by Walter l.. Smith. his principal, he
launched his speech on Lincoln ano
the Constitution" at 1901 o'clock.
Since his victory in his schools finals
Thomas had lost none of his dra-
matte expression and in the delivery
of his speech. that rang with timeli-
ness. he held his audience today IN
the grip of attentive silence.
The Judges then carried on to the
next stag Of the meet, which by this
time was firmly established as a hard
fought contest.
Arriving at Armstrong High Scnooi
where the fifth speaker was 70 Dlo
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