Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
ORATORS AWAIT
STAR AREA FINALS
Contests Will Be Held on
Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.

The last OF the contestants IN The
Star area finals of the National Ora
torical Contest will be chosen Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
when eliminations for Virginia, the pri-
vate and parochial schools Of Washing
ton and for Maryland will be held In
the order named
Representatives of the eight local
nigh schools already have been selected,
making up, with the addition Of speak
ers to be selected this week. the IL
contestants entered in the finals for
this zone
May 8 they will compete for the
right to represent The Star in the ma
tional contest May "a and for the two
and-a-half- trip to Europe this
Summer, which goes with victory in the
nnals of each of the seven zones into
which the United States is divided.
10 Will Compete.
Seven girls and six boys will take
part in the eliminations this week and
will be presented with gold medals,
donated by The Star, preventative of
victory in county or group finals.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia will
preside at the Virginia State finals
Tuesday night at o'clock in the audi
forum of the Westinghouse High
School, BallSton, Va, and will deliver
an Introductory address explaining the
aims and something of the history and
accomplishments of the contest.
Judges will include Representative
William E. Evans of California: Miss
Sarah Simons, in charge of English in
struction in the Washington high
schools, and Representative John c.
Ketcham Of Michigan Fletcher Kemp,
superintendent OF Arlington County
schools, will welcome the audience.
The speakers are the winners Of
county contests throughout the sec
ton of Virginia included in The Star
area. eheir names and the titles of
their srations follow in the order in
which they will speak: Ernest Brown,
Warrenton High School. Fauouier
County, THE Constitution in the Daily
Life Of the People: Betsy Cannon,
Westinghouse High School. Airing
ton County, THE Advantages of Rigid
over Flexible Constitution; Virginia
Carr, Oakton High School. Fairfax
County. THE Constitution: Guarantee
Of the Liberty of the Individual; Ray
Swank, Brentsville District High
School. Prince William County, THE
Constitution; Robert D. Woolf, Alex
andria High School, Alexandria, 1.-The
Effect Of the Civil War on the Con-
stitution," and Anna Branch Nichols,
Lincoln High School, Loudoun County,
THE Citizen: His Privileges and His
Duties"
Receive Checks for $1OO.
Following the announcement of the
judges decision The Star medals will
be awarded each contestant, and
check for 500, also donated by The
Star to each of the district winners. will
be presented to the boy or girl chosen
to represent the State.
Music will be provided by the Wash
fngton-Lee Cadet Band and the Wash
ington-Lee Girls Glee Club, under d.
rection of Miss Madeleine Whitlock.
There will be but three contestants
In the private and parochial finals to
be held Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock In the auditorium of St. PaulS
Academy, 1875 v street. They rep
resent the three groups Of the private
and parochial school district and will
receive The Star medal, the winner
receiving the 500 prize
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superin-
tendent OF public schools, is to preside
and make the Introductory speech.
Judges will include Dr. Charles Hart.
sity; DR.. Leo F. Stock, professor of
American history at Catholic Univer-
sity; Rev. George L. Farnham, profess
sor OF public speaking at George Wash
ington University; DR.. George Morton
Churchill, professor of history at
George Washington University, and DR.
Walter j. O'Connor, professor of his
tory. and James S. Ruby, jr., professor
Of English, both of Georgetown Univer-
sity.
The speakers and their orations are
Eileen Haltigan, st. Paul's Acadamy,
''The Citizen, His Privileges and Duties
Nnder the Constitution; Ronald Hub
bard, Woodward School for Boys, THE
Constitution, Graduate of Liberty of
the Individual" and j. Loren Freund
Gonzaga College, THE Foundations of
the Constitution"
Music will be by the Holy Trinity
Academy Orchestra.
Last Contest on Thursday.
The last of the district contests will
take place Thursday night at 8 o'clock
In the auditorium of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, Leland, Md,
with Senator Willard Tydings of Mary
land, presiding
The Star medals for all the contest
ants and the cash prize for the victor
will be awarded following the announce
ment of the decision of the judges, who
will include William Tyler Page, clerk
of the House of Representatives; Mrs
Anne Tillery Renshaw, director Of the
Renshaw School of Expression, and
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superin-
tendent of District schools.
The Washington Boys Independent
Band will render several selections I'M
der direction of C. j. Brown, jr.
The contestants follow in the order
of their speaking: Frances Gertrude
McKim, st. Mary's Seminary. ST.
Marys County, THE Constitution,
Guarantee of Personal Liberty" Wilson
Tyrrell, Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, Montgomery County, THE Con-
stitution Meeting the Revolving De-
nands of Changing Generation"
Beulah May Beall. Marlboro High
School, Prince Georges County, THE
Expansion of the Federal Power Since
the Civil War" and Dorothy E. Bean,
Hughesville High School, Charles
County, THE Constitution; Its Franz
ers"
Each Of the three meetings will be
brought to a close by the audience
singing 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"