Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
IS SCHOOLS ENTER
ORATORY CONTEST
The Evening Stars Area Has
Early Preparation for
National Event.

Forty-three schools in The Evening
Stars territory, embracing the District
Of Columbia and the nearby counties
Of Maryland and Virginia. have entered
the Sixth National Oratorical Contest,
each hoping that by early and thor
ough participation in the competition
it will be the institution from which
The Stars champion goes into the
national meet here in May, and conse-
ouently Journeys $4,000 miles through
eouth America next Summer.
OF the 43 institutions enrolled up to
Yesterday afternoon, were the
public high schools of the District and
4 were paroachial schools of this
city. Under the plan on which the
contest will be administered each OF
the public high schools will constitute
n district" while the private ana
parochial schools will be grouped as
district" Eighteen of the schools are
in Maryland and the remaining Is are
IN Virginia Before the contest par
ticipation reaches the intensive stage
probably mary other high schools In
this newspapers TERRITORY will enter
also.
Schools Enrolled.
Tha schools now enrolled follow:
District of Columbia --Central High
Hchcol Mckinley High School, Western
High School Eastern High School,
business High School. Dunbar High
School. Armstrong High School and
Cardczo High School. each constituting
a district" and ST. Johns College, st.
Adams School for Boys, st. Paul S
Academy and Gonzaga High School,
the schools enrolled to date in the phi
vate and parochial schools district.
Maryland-H ughesville High School,
fackey High School and La Plata High
School. in Charles County: Dickerson
High School, Falkland High School,
Takolna-Silver Spring High School,
GEORGETOWN Preparatory School, BetheS-
da-Chevy Chase High School, Rockville
High School and Gaithersburg High
School, in Montgomery County; Hyatts-
vile High School, Oxon Hin High
School, Maryland Park High School and
Marlboro High School, in Prince Georges
County. and Leonard Hall, ST. Marys
Academy. st. Mary's Seminary and the
River Spring High School, in St Marys
County, all of which compose the Mary
land district"
Observation-Disclosures High School of
Alexandria Forestville High School,
Fioris Vocational School, Clifton High
School, Oakton High School. Mclean
High School and Lee-JackSon High
School, in Fairfax County; Lincoln
Nigh School, in Loundoun County;
washington-Lee High School, in Ar
hngton County: WarTenton High School
and Remington High School, in Eau
quier County, and the Swavely High
School and Haymarket High School. in
Prince william County, all Of which
have been entered to compose the Viz
ginia district"
Cash Awards Provided.
While the l2,oo0-mile tour of South
America over q route similar to that
followed by PreSident-elect Hoover is
the big award, the Sixth National Ora
toricaI Contest offers to high school
students under 10 years of age, 1t is by
no means the only prize the hard-work-
ing contestants may receive. The win
ner In each Of The Star areas IL dis
trictS," for instance. is to receive a
cash award of 500. In this news
papers f1nals-the meet In which The
Stars representative in the national
mas, 70 De neiQ at the washington
Auditorium, win be choSen-the win
ner via receive, in addition to the right
20 compete in the national contest and
the 12.0O0-mile tour, an additional cash
prize of 5000.
AS already well known, the National
Oratorical Contest is centered about
speech-making competition in which
the contestants deliver, within an Of
ficial time limit of 10 minutes, a speech
on or relative to the Constitution of
the United States. The date of the
various meets in the contest will be
announced again in The Star in the
near future, and the progress of the
contest in the various districts" will
be reported in full.