Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
DISTRICTS AWAIT
!. ORATORY FINALS.
Five Group Leaders viii Be
Decided in Contests
This Week.

sXth National Orator1caI Contest
! nails as the champion of The Evening
{ Sars entire contest area, will be COM
j eted this week when I'VE remaining |
e district" finals are staged.
Beginning at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
E rternoon when the private and paro-
{ lial school district finals will be held !,
IL the auditorium Of Gonzaga High {
1hool, the last of the II district meets
Y III be held daily, with the exception
ot Thursday, until Friday when the
y .rginia district chooses its spokesman |
20 Ballston. The Maryland district !
! nails are scheduled for o'clock, We'd |
resday night, at LaPlata, while the
sst two washington public high schools
leach constituting a district" within,
iself-will hold their finals Tuesday
I'D Wednesday. Business High Schools
{ hampton viii be selected at 10:45 am.
: 'le first day and Mckinley High
+ 3hool will determine its champion at
. as pm. the second day.
Six Champions Chosen.
{ 'losen are those of the Central, East
{ n, Western, Dunbar, Armstrong and
{ le Cardozo High Schools of the Dis
( let of Columbia. These, and the win
L ers of this weeks five meets, will par
I cipate in The Star finals April u.s.
v.hen q board of prominent oratory
i'idges will hear the IL orationS in sepa-
f, tie auditoriumS in accordance with the
rractice followed in the contest ad-
Illustration since it was established
l',re. This system permits larger
4; 'idience to hear the competing orationS
I: I'D permits the entire student body of
4, ?ch represented school to see its own
{ okesman in his greatest effort. Each
district" champion viii win 800 in
2sh besides the right to enter The
/, ar finals.
let finals will be presided over in the
: onzaga High School auditorium to-
orrow by Stephen E. Kramer, first
sistant superintendent of Washington
lbiic schools, in charge of high schools.
hree boys, the survivors of as many
lterschool meets among the private
nd parochial high schools of Washing
I will present their orations in their
: | for the right to represent their
e. strict" in The Star finals
The speaking order in this district,
in every other interschool meet of the
0ntest. was determined by lot in the
mes OF the schools even before the
ntestantS themselves were deter
r.-ned.
List Of Orators.
In the order in which they will speak
ID their respective orations, the pri-
te and parochial school flnalists, are:
Jerome j. Downey of Gonzaga High
hool, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
owney, 1927 Tenth street, on what
ION cfifyYfinv1 ChayV1l b. t.
James Leonard ButSch of st. Johns
rollege, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Butsch, 4720 Fifteenth street, on
The Constitution and the Individual"
Lawrence w. Gunther Of the Dewitt
rseparatory School, son of Mr. and Mrs.
; ank A. Gunther, 1904 Twenty-second
-eet northeast. on THE Citizen: HIS
tivileges and Duties Under the Con-
tuition
The judges Of the private and pa
= chial District finals will be DR..
larles H. Mccarthy and DR.. Charles
:. Hart of the Catholic University
Guilty; Rev. George L. Farnham and
:. George M. Churchill of the George
2shington University faculty, and
of. Walter j. O'Connor and Prof.
nm Waldron of the Georgetown Uni
Tsity faculty. The 500 award will
: presented to the victor by B. M.
! 'rKelway. news manager of The Star.
The Business High School finals, to
- presided over by Allan Davis, pr:nei-
: ii, will be contested by three boys and
lree girls in an order not yet an
''ounced by the school. The contest
-nts and their orations, however, are:
Charlotte G. Baldwin, daughter of
r. and Mrs. Henry T. Baldwin Of
AMMAN, Md, on THE Constitution
! nd its fathers"
Christine Grace Lurig, daughter of
=. IF. and Mrs. Artie Lurig of 825 Ma
E, eta place, on Lincoln and the Con-
I tuition
Hattie McIlwee, daughter of Mr.. and
FRS. Branson G. McIlwee of 4009 Ninth
rect, on 1.-THE Constitution: q Guar
: ntee of the Liberty of the Individual"
Stanley M. Segal, son of Mr. and Mrs.
-orris Segal of 905 Twenty-third street,
{ 1.-THE Development of Democracy
: nder the Constitution"
Champ Stuart Carter, son of Mr.. and
RS. Robert G. Carter of $50 r street
)rtheast, on 1.-THE Citizen and the
: constitution"
Morris Weingarten, son of Mr.. and
RS. Michel Weingarten of 1898 Wis
7nsin avenue, on 1.-THE Citizen: His
rivileges and Duties Under the Con-
( tuition"
Five Compete ut Mckinley.
The Mckinley High School finals viii
+ fought by five boys and, like Bust
css, the order in which they will make
-letr appearance is not announced.
: hey and their speeches are:
Harry G. Putnam, son Of Mr., and
RS. Clarence S. Putnam of 3038 o
rect m ttrTHn Tov1cftfYYkio.a ard 4T9;.-
usinesS."
Gordon Horsnell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
gorge A. Horsnell Of 604 Twenty-frst
rect, on THE Origins of the Consti-
/ ltion."
Mark Bowling Woodward, son of Mr..
: nd Mrs. Francis Albert woodward of
81 Kilbourne place, on 1.-THE Citizen;
+. lis Privileges and Duties Under the
Harry e. Schonrank, son of Mr.. and
RS. Edward Schonrank of 1907 G
: rect southeast, on THE Origins Of the
and
Allen Pope, jr., Of 4722 Fifteenth
: rect. on THE Rights and Duties of
ne Citizen Under the Constitution.
The five yictorS' of the series of group
r-eets two weeks ago will comprise the
cid in the Maryland finals which will
=, staged at. La Plata under the chair
lanship Of Senator Tydings. In the
der in which they win speak and
heir orations, the contestants are:
Joseph John Mtlidowney Of Leonard
all School,. Leonardtewn, nephew of
/, an1es E. Phillips, jr., of Richmond, on
Individual Rights Under the Consti-
sltion."
David Trundle of the Poolesville High
"hool, brother of Miss Barbara Trun-
s;je Of Poolesyille, on "The Privileges
/; I'd Obligations of Citizen Under the
GanstitutiQE."
Williar1 Cusick, jr., of the oxon Hill
gh Spool, son of MFR. and Mrs. Cusick
: ToE Foote, Md, on, THE Develop
! tent Of the Constitution.
q. Maccubbin Waters, Sd, of Char
tie Hall School, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
.aters, jr. of Gaithersburg: ON THE
development of the Constitution" -.
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