Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-14
FOUR ORATOR|CAL
CHAMPIONS NAMED
Three Girls and Boy Win in
School Clashes of Stars
Area Contest.

Three girls and one boy are an
nounced today as the champions Of
their respective schools in The Stars
area of the Sixth National Oratorical
Contest.
Louise Waters was victorious in the
finals at Holy Trinity High School.
Lawrence w. Gunther won the right
to represent the Dewitt Preparatory
School. Miss Hollis Elsie Essex was
named to speak for Holy Cross Acad-
envy and Miss Frances Gertrude Nc
&:sa was victorious in the finals at the
st. Mary's Female Seminary of ST
Marys City. Md.
Miss Waters, the first of today's pr-
vate and parochial district winners,
won the right to represent Holy Trim
ity with an Grafton on The Origin of
the Constitution Members of tho
schools faculty and Rev. Hugh A. Dal-
ton. S. j.. pastor of Holy Trinity
Church, passed judgment on the forensic
efforts Of the Holy Trinity finalists. who
included the chosen best orators in
each of the institutions four classes
Besides the victorious Miss Waters,
the contenders were Miss Dorothy Mn-
Ter, senior: Miss Catherine Garland,
Junior, and Miss Catherine Sullivan.
Expects to Graduate in 1891.
Miss Waters is the 15-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Waters. 1914 TWENTY.
sixth street. She expects to be grad
uated from high school in June. 1881
and then she plans to become a secre'
tary in the business world.
Young Gunther, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank A. Gunther. ST., 1904 Twenty.
second street northeast. won the DevitH
Preparatory Schools championship with
| his Grafton on THE Citizen. His Priv
ileges and Duties Under the Constitu-
| ton" He defeated Hall H. Ewing ano
Thomas Snowden. his fellow members
| OF the fourth-year class. who also sur
vived the schools first examinations.
Gunther is ID years old and he expects
to enter the United States Naval Acad-
| envy next September. He has been one
| of his schools leading debaters and the
experience he gained in previous speak
! ing tits is expected to make him pow
| erful contender for place in the pri-
vate and parochial district finals.
| Miss Essex to Study Art.
Miss Essex, Holy Cross Academy's II
year-old champion. is making her bid
| for high honors in the contest with
speech on THE Constitution in the
Daily Life of the Individual" The
daughter of Frank B. Essex, 3775 Oliver
street. Chevy Chase. Miss Essex Is a
senior in her present school. and fol-
lowing her graduation in June she in
| tends to study at the Corcoran School
| Of Art. Although her defeat of other
students of Holy Cross Academy was
a recent accomplishment, she already
has the wholehearted support Of the
students of Holy Cross. for 100 have
announced their intention of roofing for
her in the group meet at Catholic Uni
versity, when she contends with other
school winners for place in the pri-
vate and parochial district finals.
Miss McKim, who wrested the right
to speak for the st. Mary's Female
Seminary from other orators of that
school with her speech on The Origins
of the Constitution" is from Baltimore
She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary
Golden McKim, 1901 Ellamont street, OF
that city and she is one of the 1925
contests potential woman lawyers, fol-
when she completes her work at the
seminary she will study law at Wilson
College, Chambersburg. Pa. Miss Nc
Kim has been active in dramatics and
glee club work.