Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
SPRING SPEAKING
CONTESTS TO OPEN
American University Will Hold
First of Extempora-
neouS Series.

CAVeupUIdIlSOuS speaking contests 10 OF
held at American University this Spring
will take place next Friday and Satur-
day. when contestants from 20 Maryland
high schools will gather to choose two
winners to compete against winners
from Pennsylvania and District of Co.
lumbia High Schools.
The District of Columbia contest is
TO be held on March /, the Pennsylva-
MIA contest March 8 and 9 and the
finals on March % and %.
Total prizes for the contests have
been offered by the sponsoring organ
i1ations, the United States Daily giving
$450 cash and American University Of
fering scholarship prizes of 81 800.
The Maryland contestants will arrive
from all parts of the State to report at
the university at 10 O'Clock Friday
morning for assignment of the SUBJ
jects which they will discuss that after
noon for the contest. Each contestant
will be prepared on two of the general
subjects which had been sent out in
advance by Arthur S. Fleming of the
university, director of the contest. These
general subjects are farm relief, Boul-
der Dam and Federal control of water
power sites, consolidation of railroads,
naval ornaments and Kellogg treaties,
revision of the Dawes reparation plan
BY lot each contestant will draw a
specific subject under one of the two
general subjects on which he or she Is
prepared.
Preliminary Contest Groups.
The Friday afternoon preliminary
contests will include about four groups
and will result in cutting down the
number of contestants to about 8 or
10 to participate in the final contest
Saturday night A banquet will be held
at the college dining room Friday night
for all contestants, and the contestants
will be the guests of the college dur
ing their stay in Washington.
The high schools which will send
representatives include Calvert High
School at Northeast, Md; Pleasant VAL
ley High School at Westminster, Penn
Rylvania Avenue High School at Cum
iserland, Mt. Airy High School, Cam
bridge High School, Takoma- Silver
Spring High School at Silver Spring.
Hagerstown High School, Tracys High
School, Falkland High School at Belts
vile, West Friendship High School,
Boonsboro High School, Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School at Chevy Chase,
Rock Hall High School, Dickerson High
School, East New Market High School,
Forest Park High School and Baltimore
City College, both of Baltimore; Smiths
burg High School, Calvert County High
School at Prince Frederick and Hur-
lock High School.
For the final Maryland contest Sat-
urday night, the students will be as
signed their specific topics on Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, and these win
be different from the ones discussed
Friday. The rules provide that during
the time the contestants are preparing
their speeches on the campus here they
will have access to the college library
and q room In which to practice, but
they "are to have no help whatsoever
from any teacher. relative or friend"
OF major interest to the entire uni
versity was the appointment last week
of Walter H. Young, graduate OF Ohio
Wesleyan University and coach OF Chill
licothe High School, to be assistant pro-
lessor of physical education for the
college He will come next Fall to
succeed G.. B. Springston, who has
been giving part time to college ath-
ktics since the college started, four
Bear ago. Mr.. Young married an Ohio
Wesleyan girl soon after he graduated
from school and they have two boys,
George and James. Mr.. Young will
give his full time to the physical edu-
cation program at the college and viii
be member Of the faculty.
Winners OF scholarships.
Scholarship winners for the first
semester at the college were announced
yesterday to be as follows:
Freshmeu--Audrey Belt, Norman Fa-
bian, Gwendolyn Folsom: sophomore
norothea Belz, Pauline Frederick, Hy-
man Lewis, Mary Putnam and Carol
Taigby; jlIniors-Loura Barrett, Edwin
Kelbaugh, Ronald Mclaughlin, jamie
Scantlin; Seniors-Rowannetta Allen,
Marion Gross, Ida Belle Hopkins, Jane
Lucas. Roland Rice and Helen Roher.
DR., Edmund D. Soper, new president
of Ohio Wesleyan University. will speak
at college chapel next Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock.
DR.. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of
American University, attended the in
Ohio Wesleyan last week
The tea given by the Women's Guild
of American University last Tuesday
afternoon, under the general chairman
ahip of Mrs. LuciuS G. Clark, was largely
attended by members of the guild and
other friends of the university.
A benefit entertainment under aus
pices of the student council will be
given at the gymnasium next Friday
night for funds to purchase a new
monograph for the women's residence
hall The committee in charge in
cludes Leland Field, Samuel Bilbrough
Irene Dezendorf, James johnson, Otis
Fellows, Herbert Elliott, jamie Scantlin,
Ellsworth Tompkins and Ruth Edwards
During the triangular debate with
which American University opened its
women's debating season Friday and
= Saturday, the American University af-
flrmative team which went to Hood Col
lege yesterday consisted of Charlotte
Magee, Nola Livingston and Kay Heath
The negative team which debated West
ern Maryland here Friday consisted OF
Jane Lyle, Ethel Moulton and Ethel
wyn Hine
DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the
college, addressed the Torch Club of
Washington Tuesday night at the Co.'S
mos Club on the Process of Getting a
y. College Accredited