Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-25
President Hoover and Rank
ing Diplomats to Attend
Competition.
CONTESTANTS TO TALK
IN NATIVE LANGUAGES
Five Multi-Linguistic Masters As
signed to Choose Interna-
tional Champion.

Launched by the President of the
United States and attended by the
ranking diplomatic representatives Of
the competing nations, the Fifth Inter-
national Oratorical Contest finals,
marking the close Of nearly q year of
forensic trays among high school stu
dents of the world, will be held at 8
o'clock tonight in Constitution Hall.
Eight youths under 10 years Of age
will take the stage to deliver orations
calculated to increase respect for gov
eminent, and when the last has been
heard the champion high-school orator
Of the world will be named.
Each Of these boys won the right to
compete in tonight's meet by conquering
the best student orators his respective
country could produce during months Of
elimination. The orators and the pre-
pared orationS which they will deliver
first tonight, in the order In which they
VIII take the stage, follow:
Contestants Are Listed.
Jack Mallard German of London,
England, on David Lloyd George"
Clemente Perez-Zanartu of Santiago.
Chile, spokesman for all of South Amer
lea, on Bolivar and San Martin"
Heinz Bockhacker of Wuppertal-El-
berfeld, Germany, on What Does
History Mean to the Young Genera
tion?"
Paul Leduc Of Quebec, Canada, on
Canada and International Peace
Andre p. ]. Fioux of Montferrand
France, on Liberty, Equality, Frater-
nifty"
Javier vivanco r. Of Guadalajars
Mexico, on "Nationalism and It's New
theology"
Edmund A. Gullion of Washington
spokesman for the United States, on
John Marshall and Federal Suprem-
acy"
william Hayes of Rathfarnham. Ire
land, on Ireland"
The speaking order was determined
by lot in the names Of the competing
nations, and it will prevail both in the
delivery Of the prepared orations and in
the extemporaneous speeches which
win follow. When each contestant de-
livers his first address he will be given
q slip OF paper on which Is written q
new topic which pertains to some par
ticular phase of the prepared oraiicn.
Each boy will retire from the stage as
ne receives his new title to assemble his
thoughts in the quiet of an ante room.
This preparation, however, will be done
without access to reference books Of
any sort and without consultation with
any other person. Thus, the extempo-
raneous feature becomes at once a
check Of the contestants genuine
oratorical ability and his knowledge Of
his chosen subject.
To Speak in Native Tongues.
The orators will be allowed six min
utes in which to deliver their prepared
orations and four minutes for their
extemporaneous work. To insure accu-
rate timing. three nigh officers Of the
Army and Navy will sit as an official
clocklng body. They are: Mai. Gen.
Harry L. Gilchrist. chief of Chemical
Warfare Service, U. 8. A; Maj Gen.
Amos A. Fries, U. S. A., retired. and
Rear Admiral T. J.. Cowie, U. s. N.
retired.
Each orator will speak in his native
language and thsir efforts will be
weighed by a board of five multi-lin-
guistic scholars capable of judging in
each of the four tongues. They are:
DR.. Louis j. A. Mercier of Harvard
University; DR.. Richard Henry Wilson
of the University of Virginia; DR.. H. A.
Jules-Bois of l'Ecole de Psychologist,
Paris; DR.. Paul @. Gleis of Catholic
University, and DR.. Henry Grattan
Doyle of George Washington University.
In judging the contestants tonight,
no consultation will be held by the
judges. When the last Grafton will
have been delivered each Judge will
write his own ballot, scaling each of
the, contestants in the order in which
he rates their merit. The five ballots
will be collected and compiled under
the low-point total system. with the
added requisite Of a majority Of first
place ratings for the determination Of
the victor. If no boy wins first place
under this dual requirement the Judges
will write new ballots on the highest
three contestants as determined by the
low-point total rating the first time.
Hoover to Extend Greetings.
When the foreign orators take their
places on the stage tonight they will
be accompanied by the ranking diplo-
mats of their respective countries in
the city at this time. Don Manuel c.
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