Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
HIGH SCHOOLS NEAR
FINALS IN 0RATORY
Representatives of These
Groups to Appear in The
Star Area Contest.

Four Washington high schools will
choose their representatives for The
Star area finals Of the National Ora
torical Contest within the next two
weeks. During the same period the
group finals Of the Maryland and the
private and parochial districts will be
held.
Each Of the local high schools is rated
as a separate district and the winners
of their elimination competitions auto
matically become contestants in the
finals for all the territory In which
The Star sponsors the contest.
BY order of local public high school
authorities every student at Central,
Western, Eastern, Mckinley Manual
Training and Business High Schools
wrote an Grafton on some constitutional
subject, making their participation in
the oratorical contest 100 per cent.
Arrangements for Schools.
The institutions holding their contests
within the next two weeks include
Mckinley, Western, Central and Bust
ness. Eastern, CardoZa and Arm
strong have already chosen their school
representatives, while the date for the
Dunbar contest has not been set.
The first of the coming COMPETE
tionS will take place Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock at Mckinley High School
before the assembled history classes
which are studying the Constitution.
Six youthful orators, five boys and a
girl will vie for honors. For several
weeks they have been trained carefully
by Mrs. Edna B. Frost, faculty con-
test committee chairman.
The contestants with the names of
their orationS follow: Joseph Bend
helm, is years old, THE Birth Of the
Constitution: Gordon H. HornSnell,
Is years old, Personalities Of the Con-
stitutional Convention; David Akers
Hill, Is years old, who Shall Modern
lie Our CONSTITUTIONS: j. Milton Tep-
per. IS years old, you and the Con-
Stitution"; Tomalee Nix, Is years old,
Advantages of Rigid Over Flexible
Constitution" and Richard Bowman. 10
years old. THE Constitution in the
Daily Life Of the Individual"
Later Contests.
Next will come the Western High
School finals, to be held April II at 8
o'clock in the evening, under the aus
pices Of the Western Home and School
Association. Again five boys and one
girl will compete. Miss Rose Stutz,
history teacher, Is contest committee
chairman. Several members of the
faculty have assisted In coaching the
contestants.
The orators are: Stephen w. Hold
ernesS, Is years old, The Citizen: His
Privileges and His Duties Under the
Constitution; Katherine Ireland, II
years old, Prosperity and the Consti-
tuition; Forbes Burgess, II years old,
John Marshall and the Constitution;
Edmund Gullian, II years old, John
Marshall and Federal Supremacy;
Philip Ferris, Is years old, "Our Con-
stitution, Way to World Peace" and
Philip Edward Kent, 16 years DID,
Daniel Webster and the Indestructi-
bility of the Union"
April Is the Central finals will be
held at o'clock In the morning at an
assembly Of the entire student body
in the school auditorium. Here, the
finalists have been narrowed down to
three, all boys.
They are Earl Kennahan, 16 years
old. Lincoln and the Constitution:
Arthur Smith, II years old, THE Con-
stitution of the United States as
Model for the Government Of Future
World Union" and Griffith johnson,
II years old, 1.-THE Constitution; A
Symbol Of the American Spirit"
The Business finals will take place
April Is, but the finalists have not yet
been chosen. Twelve candidates for
the honored positions will compete in
the semi-finals, April 9.