Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
ORATORS PREPARE
FOR ZONE FINALS
Star Area Contest Will Be
Held May 8-NationaI
Meeting May "a.

The Star area finals of the National
Oratorical Contest to be held here May
8 win be followed by final competitions
in, five other zones within little more
than week, it was announced today at
contest headquarters in The Star
Building.
Three of the finalists In the contest
for this zone remain to be chosen. They
will represent the private and parochial
the Maryland and the Virginia districts
in which Examinations will be held early
next week. Others competing in the
local finals will be representatives of
each of the eight Washington high
schools. 80
Winners in the finals for the seven
zones into which the United States is
divided will compose the contestants in
May "a and will be rewarded with a
a-half-month tour of Europe
this Summer, which will include a visit
to Oberammergau while the Passion
Play" is being staged.
May 9 will witness competitions to
determine representatives. of the New
England and Pacific Coast zones, the
former to be held at Utica, N. Y, and
the latter at Seattle, Wash.
New England Contest.
The New England contest covers all
of New England, plus New York State
outside of New York City. Seven ora
tors will speak. Judges include DIR. AL
bert Bushnell Hart, prominent his
torian, author, editor and professor of
government at Harvard University:
United States Judge Hugh M. Morris Of
Delaware and DR.. Edward Frank Hum
phrey, professor OF history and political
sciences at Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.
The following board Of judges will
select the champion of the Pacific
Coast zone: Chief Justice Oliver p
Coshow of the Supreme Court of Ore
gon; Associate Justice William H. Fol-
land of the Supreme Court Of Utah,
Judge James Franklin Ailshie, former
chief justice of the Supreme Court of
Idaho, and DR.. Alfred Atkinson, presi-
dent of the Montana State College.
The zone includes besides the actual
Pacific Coast portions Of the Rocky
Mountain and Southwestern areas. AS
In the New England finals, seven orators
will compete.
The three other contests, on May
16, are for the Central, New York-New
Jersey and Southeastern Central zones.
In addition to the trip to Washing
ton for the national contest. the win
ner of the Central zone finals, to be
held at Chicago. will receive cash
award of $500 donated by the Chicago
Daily News, sponsor of the contest In
that region.
The New York-New Jersey finals will
be held at the Town Hall. New York
City, under auspices of the New York
Times, and is representative Of the
region compr,s sing Greater New York,
westchester, Long Island, and North
ern New Jersey.
John w. Davis to Preside.
John w. Davis, former Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, and former
Democratic candidate for President, will
preside and the following college presi-
dents will serve as judges: Mrs. Helen
Taft Manning, acting president and
dean of Byrn Mawr College; DR.. Clar-
ence A. Barbour of Brown University,
DR.. George B. Cutten of Colgate Univer-
sity, DR.. Frederick G. Perry Of Hamilton
College and Dr. James L. McConaughey
of Wesleyan University, Middleton.
Conn.
The Southeastern Central finals will
be held in Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh,
Pa, with seven young orators Compel
ing.
The board of judges which will select
the champion for the region is composed
of Dr. Frank B. Trotter of Morgantown,
w. Va, president Of the University OF
West Virginia: DR.. Charles Henry AM
bier. professor Of history at the Uni
versity of West virginia. and Judge
Frank W. Nesbitt, attorney, Of Wheeling.
w. Va.