Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
ORATORS LISTED
FOR TEST TONIGHT
Two Boys and Two Girls to
Open Virginia InterschooI
Competition.

Two boys and two girls will inaugu-
rate Virginias interschool competition
in the Sixth National Oratorical Con-
test at g o'clock tonight in the audi
forum of the Madison elementary
School at East Falls Church, when they
contend a place in the Virginia finals.
In the order in which they will speak,
and their respective orations, tonight's
contestants are:
Miss Reba Cupp of the Oakton High
School, speaking on 1.-The Citizen: His
Privileges and Duties Under the Con-
Stitution";
Jerry Schultz of the Westinghouse
High School of Ballston. speaking on
THE Constitution: A Guarantee of the
Liberty of the Individual"
Miss Ann E. Crimmins of the Villa
Maria Academy, West Falls Church,
speaking on The Development of the
Constitution" and
Kenneth Elliott of the Jefferson High
School, East Falls Church, speaking on
"A Citizen: His Privileges and Duties
Under the Constitution"
H. NJ. Keyser to Preside.
The meet will be presided over by
Harry M. Keyser, secretary of the wash
ington Railway e. Electric Co., who will
introduce the contestants and warn
them and the audience that ten minutes
is TIE limit for the delivery of contest
speech. The speakers themselves will
be told that If they are speaking at
the expiration of the time they must
halt as soon as the signal is given. even
II in the midst of a sentence. Obeying
this dictate they will be judged upon
the effort they made while speaking,
but. II they continue after the signal,
they will be dropped automatically to
last place. The audience will be ad-
vised against applause during an Grafton
because time uSurped by the listeners
will not be added to a contestants ten
minutes.
The judges of tonight's meet will be
Dorsey Hyde, secretary Of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Will
liam Wolff Smith, Washington lecturer,
and Fred P. Myers, head of the legal
debating department of National Uni
versity, Washington.
Music to Feature Program.
Music will augment the program by
supplying diversion during the tense pc
Rod the judges write their ballots. Miss
Hilda Gross, pianist, and Miss Margaret
WA1Ad1LlcOA1, fOGd41oO, DOJll LSdCIlcIS at
the Madison School, which tonight is
host to the contest, will open the meet
ing with solos. The Westinghouse
High School Glee Club and the Villa
Maria Academy Glee Club will sing Sc
lections at the conclusion of the final
contestant grafton and then Mr.. Key
ser will announce the victor.
The winner of tonight's meeting will
compete in the Virginia finals, to be
held at the Westinghouse High
School Friday, April 10, with the win
ners of the four other group COMPETE
tons scheduled to be held tomorrow.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at
Leesburg, Alexandria, Warrenton and
Herndon. respectively.
S1O0 Prize Goes to Winner.
The finals victor-who by virtue of
his success, is the champion of the Vir-
ginia district in the contest-will re-
ceive 500 and the right to represent
his State in The Star regional finals in
Washington April IS.
Miss Cupp, tonight's first speaker, is
the l6-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Cupp of Fairfax Young Ell
lott, scheduled to follow Miss Cupp to
the stage, is IA years old and the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Elliott of East
Falls Church. The third speaker, Miss
Crimmins, is the 17-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Crimmins of
East Falls Church, while young Schultz,
the final speaker on the program of or
ators, is 16 years old and the son Of Mrs.
H. c. Houghton, and he lives in Airing
ton County.