Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
c. i. ORATORICAL
CONTEST MONDAY
Best Debater and Sectional
Representative win Be
Decided in Meet.

The annual oratorical contest con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the
Shahan Debating Society Of the Catho-
lie University Is to be held tomorrow
evening in the auditorium Of Mcmahon
Hall, beginning at 8:I5 o'clock. The
contest this year viii have a two-fold
purpose. It will decide who among
those eligible to compete for the honor
this year is the best Catholic University
orator and it will determine who is to
represent the university in the sectional
contests for the national intercollegiate
contest to be held in June.
Those who will compete tomorrow
night and their topics are, Patrick j.
Heaton, Central City, Nebr, 1.-THE Con-
stitution Yesterday and Today; Glenn
ent A. Ducy, Pueblo, Colo, THE Con-
stitution and Patriotism; Joseph A.
Haltigan, Washington, John ]. Mar
shall and the Constitution; John d.
Brosnan, Washington, THE Constitu-
ton and Democracy; Ceferiono Rola,
The Constitution and Philippine indie
pendence"; Archie p. Danos, Denver,
Colo, THE Balance Wheel of the Con-
stitution." All Of these participants,
with the exception Of Mr.. Bresnan, who
is barred by the fact that he won the
medal for second place in last years
contest, are eligible for the rector's
prizes for first and second place.
The forensic display tomorrow eve
ming is expected to be lively and bril-
liant, both because of the double i'm
portance Of the event and because Of
the excellent records the individual
competitors have made for themselves
in the past. Mr.. Heaton, who is q star
member of the university debating team,
established his reputation as an orator
at Creighton University, where he won
the oFatorteal contest last year. He
was semt-dnaltst In the national in
tercollegiate contest held last June.
MIR. BroSnan, who is local star, earned
his reputation as a student Of st. Johns
High School of this city; Mr.. Danos won
the Catholic University medal for debate
last year and is president of the Shahan
Debating Society. The public is invited
TO attend. The judges viii be faculty
members whose names are being with
held until the contest begins.
The Catholic University debating
team Is planning Northern trip during
the second week In April and Is arrang-
ing a schedule of intercollegiate en-
meet Johns Hopkins at Baltimore on
April 8, Temple University at Phila-
delphia on April 9, Columbia Univer-
sity at New York, April 10. and
Canisius College at Buffalo on April
IL. A debate with Colorado College
Is scheduled to be held at the univeT-
Sity on April 16.
This seasons team Is the best that
has represented the university in recent
years. BY virtue of its victory over
the Chinese debating team Of Harvard
it lays claim to the intercollegiate
championship. The Chinese team, I'M
defeated until its encounter with the
Shahan debating team, had just re-
turned from q tour Of the country
which had taken them from coast to
coast and on which they had defeated
many of the best teams IN the country.
1t had also defeated the varsity Harvard
team.
The annual Tower banquet will be
held next Thursday evening ct $50
pm, ct the University Club. On this
occasion the members OF the stan OF
the Tower, the campus weekly, Of whom
there are %, will be feted by the uni
versity administration and will be
awarded a gold key, appropriately en-
grayed, in recognition Of their services.