Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-29
SIX ORATORS MEET
IN F|NALSAT TECH
Five Boys and Girl Will Com
pete in Contest Week
From tuesday.

Six studentsT-five boys and a girl
will take part in the Mckinley High
School oratorical finals to be held a
week from Tuesday at public assembly
in the school auditorium. The entire
student body will be present
Victory in the contest means a place
in The Star Area finals May as we'll
as prize of 500.
Selection of the six speakers was
made by a committee of five faculty
judges in a preliminary test March II.
Non faculty judges, however. will off,
ciate at the finals Tuesday. Five of The
six competitors have never before par-
ticipated in the contest. Gordon Hors-
nell reached the school finals last year
when Harry Schonrank was selected as
the winning speaker.
This years finalists with their sub
jects are: Richard Bowman, THE Con-
stitGt.on in the Daily Life of the
People; Miss Tomalee Nix, THE Ad-
vantages of a Rigid Over a Flexible
Constitution; j. Milton Topper, you
helm, THE Birth of the Constitution:
Gordon Horsnell, Personalities of the
Constitutional Convention" and David
Hill, Who Shall Modernize Our Con-
stitution?"
AOunB bowman Is Senior.
Young Bowman, 10 years old is the
son OF Richard F. Bowman Of 1900
Pals place, an engraver at the Bureau
OF engraving and Printing. He is to
be graduated in June of this year,
Miss Nix, the only girl in the finals
also Is a senior. She is Is years old
and the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lin
ley H. Nix of 1900 Seventeenth street
northeast. Following her graduation
she intends to enter George Washing
ton University and ultimately to pursue
the profession of teaching.
Topper, junior, is is years old and
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Saul Topper
Of 7121 Ninth street. He expects to
and study either medicine or Journal
ism.
Benheim intends to study civil engi-
neering at Cornell University following
his graduation next year. He is 16
years old and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel j. Benheim Of 1894 Morrison
street.
Although he competed last year
Horsnell is only in his third year. He
is Is years old and the son of Mr..
and Mrs. George C. HorsnelI of 6o4
alton he expects to matriculate at
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
and ultimately to become an aviator.
Hill, a senior, is 18 years old. His
mother is Mrs. Roberta A. Hill Of
rs s street. He expects to study archi-
lecture at the Georgia School Of
Technology.
Finals at Alexandria Tuesday.
Mckinley High School never has won
The Star area finals, but every effort is
being made to make a victorious Show
ing this year. The coaches are Mrs.
Ida Frost. instructor in public speak,
Ing. and Malcolm Young, history
teacher.
Next Tuesday has been set as the
date for the Alexandria finals, with
two representatives of both the George
Mason and Alexandria High Schools
competing.
The orators of the former institution
were announced today by National Ora
tor1cal Contest headquarters. They are
Margaret Stephenson, II years old.
and John s. Nixon, 16 years old. Miss
ShepherdScn, a senior, will speak on
The Significance of the Constitution. :"
while the boy, junior, has chosen as
ms subject. The Constitution az a
Source of National Patriotism
The names OF two other school win
ners were made public today at con-
! test headquarters. They are Maxine
Compiler, 16 years old, of the Lees
burg High School, LeeSburg Va, and
Louise Baden, II years old, of the
Maryland Park High School, Seat
Pleasant, Md.