Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08
SEVENTH ANNUAL
ORATORY CONTEST
IS DRAWING NEAR

IS DRAWING NEAT
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rized speech. BY the way under tn
contest rules, your school may require
stage of your candidacy for the right t.
represent 1t in the earlier elimination
meets. 1t Is obligatory, however, in boti
The Star area finals and the nationa
finals.
On ExtempOraneOus Speeches.
That extemporaneous feature may
sound harder at first than it actually
is. 1t is administered like this:
When you have delivered your regu.
lar grafton, you will be given a new
topic, selected from list of subjects
relating to the Constitution as you
studied 1t in class. You will have from
the moment you complete your first
speech until every other contestant or
the program has delivered his to collect
your thoughts and assemble your points
In oratorical style. Then you will take
the stage for the second time to deliver
your extemporaneous address. And SC
| 1t will 60 down the line; every contest
ant in the finals will get his new topic
after. he has delivered his memorized
| speech, and all viii have the same time
and the same conditions under which
to prepare themselves.
Detailed announcements concerning
the conduct Of the contest in this Ma
tional Capital area and the prizes which
The Star will offer to the winners In
the various phases Of the competition
will be printed in this newspaper within
the next few days. Other announce
ments will be carried frequently as time
for the actual contest participation
draws near so watch the paper for the
latest developments.
Now about that European trip which
the winner receives, along with the right
to represent the National Capital area
In the United States finals This years
feature will be attendance at the world
famous Passion Play at Oberammer-
gau, in Bavaria.
Seven to Take Trip.
The American party of orators which
will make up the seven regional win
ners in the contest-one Of whom. you
remember, will be a boy or girl from
Washington or Maryland or Virginia
will sail first to Germany on the steam
ship America After nine days In Ber-
lin, Munich. Heidelberg and Leipzig, it
will enter Bavaria and the quaint little
village Of Oberammergau.
In the village of the Passion Play
the American orators will find novel
satisfaction, whether their individual
interests pertain to religion, art. drama,
history or merely to the viewing Of q
qtaint and historic pageant.
After Oberammergau there will be
Switzerland and its Alpine resorts;
tlefields and Versailles; Belgium, seand
then Holland. Then the party will
cross the English Channel going to
London, from which visits will be made
to oxford, the lake district and to
Shakespeare's country. Finally there
will be the boarding of the S. 8. George
washington at Southampton and on
September IL, in time to resume school,
there will be the return to New York.
To individual Tastes.
One delightful attribute of this prize
visit to countries abroad which makes
it different from the ordinary scheduled
tour" Is that the individual likes Of the
orators themselves will govern much
of the route and the schedule. In
other words, an itinerary Is not planned
now which will necessitate railroads.&c.
precision on the part of the orators, but
instead, plan Is evolved which will
permit additional stop-overs at places
which the boys and girls will find par
ticularly interesting. The chaperons OF
the party will bear in mind the overall
time limits and q few basic stops and
the rest will be worked out in friendly
| conference with the orators.
pnt oil that 10 vet for ahAad The
poi t now Is to get busy on the orations
| and write as good O. speech as each
contestant Is able to produce. Remem-
! Der. the purpose of the contest. to in
crease interest in and respect for good
| governTnent-your Government of the
United States. A list of topics has
been issued by the contest headquarters
in The Star Building. You may use
any one of them or you may evolve
your own subject, just so it pertains
to the Constitution or some phase OF
the United States Government under It
Topics Are Suggested.
Here's the suggested list:
The Constitution in the Daily Life
Of the Individual; Personalities in thu
Constitutional Convention; the Value
Of Political Parties in the Functionine
| of the Constitution; Advantages of 8
Rigid over Flexible Constitution fol
the American People; Origins of the
Constitution; the Constitution, Guar.
antee Of the Individual; the Citizen
His Privileges and His Duties Under
the Constitution: the Expansion Of
Federal Power Since the Civil War
the Influence of the Doctrine of I'm.
piled Powers as Enumerated in the Nc.
Culloch VS.. Maryland Decision; Our In.
fiuence Upon other Federalisms thu
Federal Appointive Power; the Inf1u'
ence of the Veto Power of the Presi.
dent the Treaty-making Power: tn,
Influence Of the President Upon LegiS-
lation; Lincoln and the Constitution
Cleveland and the Constitution: Roose
welt and the Constitution: Wilson. anC
the Constitution; Influence OF the Civil
War Upon the Constitution; the Elk
pansion Of the Constitution in the Reg
ulatiOn Of Business; Federalism as I
Force in the Development OF Our Ma
ton: America, q Rejuvenating Force IL
Modern Political Life; the Separation
of Powers Versus the Supremacy o
the Legislature in PreSent-day Politica
Practice; the Value OF the Fedora
Principle I'm Modern Constitution Max
ing; Adaptation of the Constitution t,
Changing Needs OF the People; Thoma
Jefferson and the Spirit Of Religion
Liberty: John Marshall and Fedora
Supremacy; Abraham Lincoln and Wa
Powers of the President; Freedom o
Speech and Press-Its Scope and Liml
tations: Daniel Webster and the In
destructibility of the Union; tn
Growth Of Federal Control of Bushes
Activities: the Constitutional Powers
the President and World Peace, an
the Constitution and Civil Liberties.
PARll LAMENT TO MEET.