Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
ORATORY CONTEST
ENROLMENT MARK
SET WITH 14,529
II High Schools Will Compete
in Evening Star Area
Clashes.
CENTRAL HIGH LEADS
WITH 1851 ENTERED
Eleven District Winners Will Bat
tie for Right to Go Into
Finals.

;. With 1889 students participating in
It's preliminary phases, by far the larg-
est enrolment in the history Of the
contest In this area. observation-disclosures of
Inc Evening Star area In the Seventh
National Oratorical Contest yesterday
declared all entries closed.
IN the " high schools enrolled In The
Star area which embraces the District
OF Columbia, four nearby MARYLAND
counties, flve nearby Virginia counties
and the City Of Alexandra, an un-
precedented number of principals have
demonstrated their approval Of the pro-
Jecc ny assigning the writing Of orations
on the Constitution Of the United States
TO their entire student body.
Central Leads with 2,esI.
Central High School Of Washington.
with q total student enrolment of
1851, leads the IL districts In The Star
contest area In point Of participation.
Every student there IS required to SUBJ
nut 2 paper 70 his English teacher on
Likewise, an pupils in Mckinley
Manual Training High School, whose
membership totals also; In Eastern
High School totalling 2,O33; In Western,
Win 1,6T4, ana In Business, with 1850.
subject.
Each Of the above schools constitutes
one district in The Sta area, as does
also Dunbar High School, In which 46
ana Armstrong, In which 20 prepared
oratlonS.
The following constitute the three
other districts IN the contest area: Dis.
trict 3, embracing the private and pa.
rocnlal nigh schools of the District Of
Columbia; district 10, embracing the
nign schools In Arlington, Fairfax, Lou
ooun, Fauqu1er and Prince william
Counties and the City Of Alexandra, in
Virginia ana district IL, embracing
montgomery, Prince Georges, Charles
and st. Marys Counties In Maryland.
WsshingtOn-Lee II 100 Per Cent.
The private and parochial district
leads both Maryland and Virginia in
point OF schools enrolled 100 per cent.
with II Of its IS entrants announcing
that the contest Il being included In the
regular curriculum. Through the me-
dunn OF the contest, therefore, 1,4o2
young people In this district are, dur
ing the present term, informing them
selves on various subjects relating to
their governmental institutions and
submitting papers thereon. Incidentally,
the largest school body In this district
Is 81. Johns College Preparatory School,
with $40 boys, from which came James
L. Butsch, the 1879 Star area cham
pion.
The largest school outside of WASH
ington participating 100 per cent in the
contest Is the Westinghouse High
School at Ballston, Va. 8. P. Wander
slice, principal, required all Of his 1900
Junior and senior high school students
to prepare ana submit orations on the
Constitution. So convinced Is Mr.. VAN
derSlice OF the merits Of such require
ment that he has already announced his
intention Of repeating the assignment
next year and, In addition, calling upon
each student to deliver his paper be.
fore his classmates and teachers.
Altogether 2,245 students In the %
Virginia schools enrolled have written
orattonS. II. T. Moncure, principal Of
Alexandria High school, has for the
third consecutive year included the con-
test subjects In his regular curriculum
Tor his entire student membership Of
$50. Mrs. Pearl Ranow, public speaking
teacher at this school, whose representa-
tive, Carey Howard Blackwell, captured
the Virginia championship last year,
has given The Star contest Q major
place in her classes throughout the
present term.
% Maryland Schools Enlist.
Twenty.eight Maryland high schools,
located al the way from the Allegha-
MES TO the southern tip Of st. Mary's
County, have enlisted and enthusiastic
reports ct contest headquarters indi-
cate . caliber Of contestants similar to
previous years, when this district pro-
duced The Star Area champion once
ana again, the area alternate. A total
Of zoos Maryland students has been
reported to headquarters as enrolled In
the writing Of papers.
The flrSt and largest Examinations In
the oratorical contest take place In the
class rooms. English, history and pub
Lie speaking teachers for weeks have
been reading papers and discussing
their merits with young orators, some
Of whom have rewritten and menu
ortzed their speeches for school semi
finals. Through such q process each
school Is selecting the orator best quail
ned to represent It in the inter-School
contests to be conducted under the
auspices OF The Star between March 81
and May 8.
Each Of the II district winners In
The Star Area viii receive q cash award
Of 500. The Star Area champion, to
be selected on May 3, viii be awarded
an additional $500, Q two-and-a-haH
months Summer tour Of Europe and
the right to compete In the Seventh
National Oratorical Contest here May
"a, the prize for which Is q handsome
silver loving cup and the honor Of rep
resenting this country in the Fifth In-
teHnational Oratcrical Finals on Octo-
her IS