Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
MARYLAND SENDS
ORATORY ENTRIES
Students From 26 Schools in
Four Counties Enroll
in Contest.

With March 81 set as the last day on
which entries into the National Ora
torical Contest will be received, it was
announced today at contest headquar-
tiers in The Star building that students
attending twenty-six schools in the four
counties comprising the Maryland dis
trtct Of the Washington region have en-
rolled.
From this group will be chosen one
boy or girl to represent the section in
The Star area finals with chance to
win trip to Europe as the prize Of VIC
tory. The Maryland representative will
automatically receive $500 when chosen.
To each county victor will go hand
some medal presented by The Star.
Many Of the Maryland schools are
listed as 100 per cent institutions, while
in all Of them enthusiastic interest has
been shown in the competition.
A list Of the Maryland schools COM
peting follow:
Prince Georges County-Maryland
Park High School, Seat Pleasant, Md,
William D. Hines, principal and COM
mittee chairman; Brandywine High
School, Brandywine, Miss Ruth Z.
Warren, principal and committee chair
man; Surrattsville High School, Clin-
ton, Miss Ruth H. Schlincke and Miss
Vivian Barr composing the committee;
Oxon Hill. Consolidated School. Oxon
Hill, william It. lobe, principal and
committee chairman; Marlboro High
School, F.9P. Blunt, principal and COM
mittee chairman; Baden High School,
w. n. G. Connick, principal, Miss Mar
garet Merrick, committee chairman;
Bowie High School, r. G. Weagly,
principal, Miss Alma Essex, committee
chairman; Hyattsville High School,
K. J. Morris, principal, Henry r. Brech-
bill, committee chairman
Charles County-La Plata High
committee chairman: Lackey High
school, J. H. Rice, principal and com
mittee chairman; Hughesville High
school, r. c.. Martin, principal and
committee chairman, and GlaSva High
School, James Duffy, principal, Mass
Elizabeth .Bouchet, committee chair
St. Mary's dounty-st. Mary's Acade-
my, Sister Mary Hubert, principal; SIS
ter Frances Glare. committee chairman
Leonard Hall, Brother Paulus, prlnci-
pal: Brother Walter, committee chair
man; River Springs High School, nau-
renee Medlock, principal; Miss Pearl l..
Cullen, committee chairman; Me-
Gainesville High School, James Green
well, principal and committee chair
man; st. Mary's Seminary, Miss M.
Adele France, principal and commltGee
chairman, and Great Mills High School,
L. E. Cooper, principal; Miss Adele
Schiller, committee chairman.
Montgomery County-Takoma-Silver
Spring High School, A. C. Braedy, prin-
cfpal and committee chairman: Be-
tliesda- Chevy Chase High School,
Thomas w. Pyle, principal; Evalene B.
Beebe, committee chairman; Rockville
High School, L. Fletcher Schott, princi-
pal; Mrs. Fern Schneider, committee
chairman: Georgetown Preparatory
School, Rev. Robert S. Lloyd, s. j.,
head master and committee chairman;
Poolesville High School, B. o. Aiken,
principal and committee chairman;
Gaithersburg High School. Thomas w.
Troxen, principal and committee chair
man: Dickerson High School, M. r.
Showers, principal; T. H. owen Knight,
committee chairman; Falkland High
School, Maxwell e. Burdette, principal
and committee chairman, and Sherwood
High School, Ried Irving, principal and
committee chairman.