Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
COUNTIES ORATORY
FINALS TO Be HELD
Five Virginia Competitors to
Get Gold Medals Offered
by The Star.

Five finalists in the Virginia district
of the National Oratorical Contest,
sponsored by The Star, will be selected
this week in elimination tests for ora
tors in four counties and in the city
of Alexandria.
AS a reward for victory in the county
contests The Star has provided gold
medals and these will be presented to
the winners. before whom lies the pros
pect of success in the Virginia finals
and a chance to compete in the finals
of the entire Star area.
The first meeting this week will be
for Loudoun County and will take place
tomorrow evening at o'clock in the
auditorium of the Leesburg High School,
Leesburg. Va. State Representative
Wilbur c. Hall will preside. The judges
are Rev. Sanford L. Rotter, The Plains,
Va. Mrs. Hilda M. French, instructor
in public speaking at American Uni
versity and H. M. Keyser, secretary of
the Washington Railway e. Electric Co,
Contestants and Subjects.
The contestants and their subjects
are: Helen Chamblin Round Hill High
School, THE Present Significance of
the Constitution; Maxine Cooper, Lees
burg High School, THE Origins of the
Constitution; Anna Branch Nichols,
Lincoln High School, THE Citizen
His Privileges and Duties" and Burnetta
E. Hay, Ashburn High School, THE
History of the Constitution"
The meeting will open with musical
selections by Miss Margaret and Miss
Frances Taylor and an address of well
come by o. L. limerick. superintendent
Of the Loudoun County schools. Repre-
sentative Hall will present the medal
for The Star.
Tuesday evening the finals for the
City Of Alexandria will be held in the
auditorium of the George Mason High
School. George Mason and the Alex
andria High Schools are the only two
secondary institutions in the city and
two representatives from each will par
ticipate in the contest
The contestants and their subjects
follow: Robert d. Woolf, Alexandria
High School, THE Effect of the Civil
War on the Constitution: John S.
Nixon, George Mason High School, THE
Constitution as a Source of National
Patriotism; Margaret Stephenson.
George Mason High School, THE Sig
n1f1cance of the Constitution" and
School, The Constitution; It's Signifi-
canoe"
Floyd King to Preside.
Presiding will be State Senator Floyd
w. King. who will present The Star
medal to the winner The following
nave been chosen as judges: DR.. Rich
ard H. Sutton, president of the CIar-
endon Rotary Club; Capt Thurlow
White OF Falls Church, and Wilbert T.
Woodson, superintendent of the Fair
fax County schools r. C. Bowton su-
perintendent of Alexandria schools. and
Senator King will deliyer short ad-
dresses prior to the beginning of the
contest. Music is to be under the di-
rection OF Miss Christine E. Kunoz
supervisor OF music for the Alexandria
schools. '''A'>'' Al
The finals for Prince William County
VIII take place Wednesday afternoon
AZ $50 O'Clock In the auditorium of the
manassas Agricultural High School
Manassas, Va, with representatives of
four schools competing.
They are: Henry Clark Corbin
SWavely School, John Marshall and
the Constitution" Lloyd Davis, Hay-
market High School, The American
Constitution" Eloise Compton, Manas-
sas High School, THE Father of the
Federal Government" and Raw r.
SWank, Brentsville district High School
Inc CONSTITUTION.
Hayden to Speak.
An Introductory speech will be made
by r. c. Hayden, superintendent of
schools Of Prince William County. who
will also preside and present The Star
medal. Judges include w. B. Nc
Groarty, president of the Washington
Society of Alexandria: Miss Rebecca
DIAL, director OF the Dial School of Ex-
preston of Washington, and Rev. E. T.
Clark Of Winchester, Va The school
orchestra will provide music for the
occasion.
Thursday night the Fauquier County
finals will be held at the Warrenton
High School, Warrenton, Va. Col. j.
Donald Richards, Warrenton attorney.
Is to preside, welcome the the guests and
present The Star medal Since but two
of the county's high schools are taking
part in the contest. a similar arrange
ment to that in Alexandria will be en-
ployed, with two representatives of both