Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
BUTSCH WINNER
F.. IN ORAT0RY TEST
st. Johns Senior Victor in
! Finals for The Star Area. !.
!, Maryland Girl Second.
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TOR victory, the judges heard Tayloria
Amanda Dick, Armstrong; champion.
;Cpeaking in a high key and working
at high pressure, in interesting COM
parison with the preceding orators. Miss
dick was impressive. She was intro
duced by j. B. Hunter, faculty sponsor
school, ana her speaking time was
eight minutes and five seconds.
The judges reached Business High
School only few minutes behind their
schedule. Stanley Segal, the schools
veteran champion. was presented by
ALLEN Davis, principal, and he eased
calmly into his speech on THE De-
Velopment of Democracy Under the
American Constitution" The CONVEX
sational tone of his Introductory did
not continue, however, for Segal soon
rose to eloquent heights. His time was
8 minutes IA is seconds.
John c. Belts, Central High Schools
spokesman, was the next orator to be
heard. Introduced by Alvin w: Miller,
principal, Belts gave his Grafton on
"The Origins of the Constitution" with
admirable poise. His style was char
acterized by ease of delivery in which
there was no strain. There were nat
uraliness and sincerity which were con-
Sincing. Belts brought his speech TO
dramatic close after minutes and 40
seconds.
Judges Go to Western.
Then the Judges headed for George
Town and Western High School.
At Western, Vladimir Boris Grinlo1l
was waiting to deliver the Grafton en-
s'Forward, American with which ne
won the Western finals. DR.. Elmer ..
Newton. principal of the school, pre-
sented young Grinioff and the orator
began speaking at 11:l7 o'clock.
Grinioff's oratory was marked .py
fervor and poise. His gestures were rev.
but naturally executed, and the audi
ence listened closely to him. His time
was 9 minutes 13 3-5 seconds.
Western High Schools share OF the
contest was one of the most artlstlcally
staged of the day. The auditorium was
dark. while a single spotlight cast a
beam across the stage from the let
wing. The blue velvet hanging proved
an effective background. A copper bowl
of crimson tulips provided an interest,"
ing Ee Dlt % Vest western The judges turned
back toward downtown washington
where. in the National Museums audi
forum, they were to hear the last three
speakers.
Orator Is Fiery.
The first of the three orators to make
their bids in the museums auditorium
was Butsch. He whipped into his ora
ton on The Constitution and the IN
6iyidual" with fire.
Larger physically than his opponents,
Butsch's verbal strength, too. Is power
full. And vet this speaker exercised nrm
control. His time was minutes 81 40
seconds.
Miss Hardy was the second orator 10
be introduced in the museum by STEPHEN
z. Kramer first assistant superlntend-
ent of schools in charge of high schools.
Speaking on The Origins OF the Con-
stitution,' Miss Hardy spoke with a
calm deliberateneSS that paid tribute 70
her Is years. She spoke for minutes
and 20 3-5 seconds.
The last speaker of the day was carey
Howard Blackwell of the Alexandra
High School, champion OF the Virginia
district. THE Development and Pur-
pose of the Constitution was the topic
of young Blackwelrs Grafton. He pre-
sented his thrice winning speech TO-DAY
with a smoothness which concluded the
contest with high quality. Blackwells
time was minutes 40 3-5 SECONDS.
At the conclusion of the young VIZ
ginian's speech the judges retired from
the auditorium to decide the winner.