Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
ORATORS COMPETE
/. AT LEONARDTOWN
Third of Maryland District
Contenders to Be Deter
mined Tonight.

The third contender for the right x
represent the Maryland district in tbs
sixth National Oratorical Contest here
will be determined tonight at Leonard.
town, the community which has pro-
vided the Maryland champion for the
past two years, and The Star area :;
champion in 1927.
Tonight's contestants, and the order
In which they will compete. will be:
Miss Rebecca Barber Wallace of the
Mechanicsville High School, on Lin.
coin and the Constitution"
Miss Susie Loker of St. Mary's Acad-
envy. Leonardstown. on The Constitu-
tion-the Guard and Guide of Persona,
Liberty"
George Choporis of River Springs, or
"The Origin Of the Constitution"
Joseph John Muldowney of Leonard
Hall. last years champion of Maryland
on Individual Rights Under the Con-
stitItion."
Miss Frances Gertrude McKim Of St
Mary's Seminary, st. Mary's City, on
Origin of the Constitution"
Meet at La Plata Tomorrow.
The fourth contender for the Mary
land district championship will be
chosen in the group meet at La Plata
tomorrow night, when Anne A. Bur-
dette of the Glasva High School. Will
liam Wilroy of the Lackey High School
at Indian Head, Miss Elizabeth Wolfe
of the Hughesville High School, z
Maccubbn Waters, 3d., of Charlotte
Hall and John Dudley Digges of the
La Plata High School compete.
William Cusick, jr.. spokesman for
the Oxon Hill High School. won the
second interschool meet of the Mary
land district last night at the Episcopal
Church Parish Hall. Upper Marlboro,
with concise grafton on THE De-
velopment of the Constitution"
Tonight's meeting. to be held in the
st. Mary's County Courthouse at Leon
ardtown. will be presided over by Stale
Senator Alan Coad.
The three judges of the meet will be
Prof. H r. Cotternan, of the depart
n1ent of education of the Univer-
sity of Maryland: Henry Hunt Mckee,
president of the National Capital Bank,
Washington, and George Simpson, as
sociate editor, the Pathfinder Magazine
Music will be furnished by the st.
Nfary's Academy Orchestra.
Miss Wallace. who will be II years
old Friday, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William B. Wallace of Mechanics
VILE. Miss Loker, l8-year-old daugh-
ter of Judge William NJ. Loker and Mrs:
loker of Leonardtown, is the sister OF
William "Alec" Loker. who, as student
of Leonard Hall, represented The STAR
entire area in the national finals in May,
1927. and who, by virtue of that repre-
sentation. journeved to Europe for two
and-a-half months. "Alec" now is a
student at Georgetown University.
Made Gallant Stand.
George Choporis, II, is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Choporis OF River
Springs. He represented his school IN
the group meet at La Plata last year,
when, in spite of severe cold, he maze
q gallant stand for his school.
Young Muldownev, student OF Leonard
Hall. is the same Richmond, Va, youth
uho last wear won the championship OF
the MARYLAND district, only to go down
fighting in The Star area finals. His
home address is with his uncle. James
f. Phillips. jr., IA North Shepherd street,
Richmond.
Miss McKim, the concluding speaker
on tonight's program. is IL years old
and the daughter of Mrs. Mary Golden
McKim of i7o1 Eliamont street. Balti-
more.
Tonight's winner will compete with
William Cusick, the Marlboro meet VIC
tor; David Trundle. the winner OF the
Bethesda contest. and the winners OF
the La Plata and Hyattsville meetings,
for the championship of the Maryland
district and its accompanying prize OF
500.
Cusick Wins Compliment.
william Cusick, the Oxon Hill High
School hoy who won the decision in
the Marlboro meet, used just five and
q quarter minutes in the delivery Of
his Grafton on 1.-The Development Of the
Constitution" It was a brief speech,
yet there was none of the emptiness
which too often accompanies the con-
test speeches which are delivered in
so short time. Cusick's speech car
ried interest: there were no unnecessary
words and his ideas got over. His voice
was strong and he punctuated his
speech with effective pauses during
which no sound could be heard In the
hall.
Cusick is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cusick, ST., Of Fort Foote, and
he is anxious to get through his school,
days so he can get on newspaper and
begin work as reporter. He is Is
years old and he expects to be
graduated from high school In 1881.
The three opponents of Cusick in
the Marlboro meet were Cary Euwer,
representing the Marlboro High School,
with an grafton on Testing the Con-
stitution':: Miss Catherine Naylor of
the Surrattsville High School, on THE
Present Significance of the Constitu-
tion." and Robert Wyatt Connick of
the Baden High School, with speech
on Personalities of the Constitutional
Convention"
Nicholas Orem, superintendent of the
Prince Georges County schools, pre-
sided, and after outlining briefly the
uonaro1 crNpo IF fko rnofocf rrorId