Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-30
VIRGINIA CARR WINS
0RATOR|CAL FINAL
Fairfax County Senior Takes
State Contest With Six
Minute Speech.

winning the Virginia State finals Of
the National Oratorical Contest last
might with a six-minute speech, Vir-
ginia Carr. 17-year-old senior of the
Oakton High School, Fairfax County,
displayed ability as an orator calculated
to make her a serious contender In
The Star area finals, May 8.
Expanding her theme, "The Consti-
tuition: A Guarantee of the Liberty OF
the Individual" she portrayed the Con-
stitution as requiring obedience to law,
rather than a justification for those
who attempt to invoke it to permit I'M
restrained license.
Reward for victory in the contest last
night, held in the auditorium Of the
Washington-Lee High School, Ballston,
Va, before a capacity audience, was
q check for $100, presented by Oliver
Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The
Star, and the right to compete in The
The Star area champion is two-and-
a-half- month tour of Europe this
Summer in company with the six other
finalists in the national competition
Each of the contestants in the Vir-
GINA finals was given a gold medal,
donated by The Star, representative OF
victory in his or her county contest.
The presentation was made by Mr..
Kuhn following the announcement Of
the judges decision.
Speech Commended.
The speech of the winner was the
object of particular commentator by
all the judges because of its pithineSS,
conciseness and clarity of thought.
Miss Carr is the daughter Of the Sec
rotary of the Fairfax County Chamber
Of Commerce, C. C. Carr, and Mrs. Ethel
Ward Carr Of Fairfax. She is active
in school affairs. being editor-in-chi
Of the school paper and president OF
the All Club. She intends to enter
business college and study stenography
following her graduation in June.
Second place was awarded to Ray R.
Swank of the Brentsville District High
School, Prince William County, whose
subject was, THE Constitution" Swank
Is Just 10 years old today. His father,
W. H. Swank, is a farmer of Nokes-
VILE Va.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia pre-
sided and made brief Introductory
address, in which he emphasized the
Importance of oratory and told Of the
history and high aims of the contest.
Oratory is an art which at the present
time Is badly in need Of stimulation, he
declared.
Speaker Thanks Star.
Senator Glass was introduced by
State Senator Frank Ball of Virginia,
who welcomed the audience and exc
pressed the deep appreciation Of the
Virginia schools to The Star for spon-
soring the contest in this region. The
schools are deeply indebted to the ora
torical contest, he said, not only for its
development of forensic talent, but for
its livening of enthusiasm among the
students
In presenting the medals and check,
Mr. Kuhn lauded the courage and zeal
Of the youthful orators.
The judges were Representative VIII
liam E. Evans of California, Miss Sarah
Simons, head of the English department
Of the Washington public schools, and
Representative John c. Ketcham Of
Michigan. Music was furnished by the
Westinghouse Cadet Band and the
washington-Lee Boys Glee Club
Besides the winner and alternate, the
orators with the subjects of their adj
dresses follow: Ernest Brown. War
renton High School, Fauquier County,
1.-THE Constitution In the Daily Life
Of the People; Betsy Cannon, WASH
ington-Lee High School, Arlington
County, THE Advantages of a Rigid
Over a Flexible Constitution; Robert
D. Woolf, Alexandria High School, AL
exandria, 1.-THE Effect of the Civil War
on the Constitution" and Anna Branch