Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-07
MARYLAND COUNTY
ORATORS COMPETE
Series of Elimination Con-
tests Will Open Tuesday
at Clinton.

County representatives in the Mary
land State finals of the National Ora
torical Contest will be chosen this week
in a series of elimination tests, the first
of which will be held Tuesday night
at Clinton, Prince Georges County.
Each of the contests will be between
picked orators of the various high
schools in the county which already
have selected outstanding speakers. Be-
sides the right to participate in the
State finals the county winners Will
receive gold medals emblematic OF their
victory, donated by The Evening Star,
which sponsors the contest In the
washington region.
Contestants Are Named.
The Prince Georges contest, in the
auditorium of the Surrattsville High
School, Clinton, is scheduled to begin
at 8 pm. Nicholas Oren1, county super
intendent of schools, will preside.
The eight contestants and their sub
jects follow: Robert Lemon, Hyatts-
VILE High School, THE Influence OF
Our Constitution on Other Govern
ments"; Virginia Names. Oxon Hill
Daily Life of the Individual; Eugene
Henry Sisson. Surrattsville High
School, 1.-THE Development of the Con-
stitution"; Genevieve Everett, Bowie
High School, THE Constitution in the
Daily Life of the Individual; Joseph
Laurie Dyson, Brandywine High School,
Personalities in the Constitutional
Convention: Marion L. Baden, Mary
land Park High School, Our Constitu-
ton signifies Freedom; Elsie Ruth
Turner, Baden High School, Per
sonalit1es of the Constitutional Con-
vention," and Beulah May Beall, MARI
boro High School, Expansion OF the
Federal Power Since the Civil War"
Wednesday evening the Charles
County finals will be held at the La
Plata High School, with State Senator
Walter J.: Mitchell presiding. Four
schools will be represented by the fol-
lowing: H. Austin Swami, La Plata
High School, 1.-The Constitution; Dor
othy Bean, Hughesville High School,
"The Constitution It's Trainers; Mary
Mitchell, Lackey High School, THE
Constitution; Guarantee OF Liberty
to the Individual" and Alice G. Stein,
Glasva High School, Our American
Constitution"
1927 Winner Will Preside.
The st. Marys County finals will
take place in the court house at Leon
erdtown Thursday evening at o'clock.
William Alexander Loker of Leonard
town, champion of the entire Star area
in 1927, will preside.
Speakers will include Elizabeth Ba-
bashanian, st. Mary's Academy, our
Influence on Other Federalisms"; Eliz-
abeth Wallace, Mechanicsville High
School, THE Constitution; Frances
Thompson, River Springs High School
1.-THE Influence of the Civil War on the
Constitution: Aubrey S. Yowaiski
Leonard Hall, Personal Rights In
vaded," and Frances Gertrude McKim
st. Mary's Seminary. THE Constitu-
ton, a Guarantee of Personal Liberty.
Friday night will see the last OF the
Maryland county contest, at the Be-
thesda-Chevy Chase High School, Mont
Romery County. Oliver owen Kuhn
managing editor of The Star, will pre-
side.
AS in Prince Georges County. there
will be eight contestants. They are
Doris M. Palmer, Gaithersburg High
School, The Constitution; a Guarantee
of Liberty to the Individual; Marion
Rueth, Takoma-Silver Spring High
School, 1.-THE Origin of the Constitu-
ton; Eleanor Cissel, Sherwood High
School, Personalities of the Constitu-
ton; Maggie Rose Showers, Dickerson
High School, THE Constitution and the
Individual; Nan Edith Wheeler, Fair
land High School, THE Federal APP
pointive Power; Alvin Perkins. Rock
Vile High School, 1.-The Civil War and
the Constitution" and James A. Can
non, jr., Georgetown Preparatory School
1.-THE Legacy of the Constitution"