Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
Student ORATORS
AMESANNOUNCED
National Contest Headquar-
tiers Makes Speech Contest
Schedule Public.

! National Oratorical Contest head
quarters announced today the names oi
representatives of six schools in the
Maryland district of the Washington
region, which includes Prince Georges
Montgomery Charles and st. Mary's
; Counties. Each must compete with
representatives of other institutions ir
their county for a chance to enter the
Maryland finals to be held May 1 in the
Bsthesda-Chevy Chase High School,
auditorium.
The winners include Virginia Maines
OF the Oxon Hill Consolidated School
and Elizabeth Babashanian of st. Mary'S
Academy, Leonardtown, Md.
Other announced representatives were
Beulah May Beal of the Marlboro High
School, Nan Edith Wheeler of Falkland
High School. Aubrey S. Yowaiski OF
Leonard Hall and Robert Linon of the
Hyattsville High School.
Entire Schedule Announced.
The entire schedule of dates for the
contest, excepting the Washington high
school competitions, which are set by
the authorities of each school, was made
public today by contest headquarters.
The finals for The washington Star
area are to be held May 8, to be fol-
lowed May "a by the national finals, in
which The Star winner will compete
with winners of the six other zones in
the United States.
The Star finals judges will visit the
eight local high schools, hearing their
representatives separately, and then will
hear the winners of the Maryland, Viz
ginia and private and parochial dis
tricts.
The first finals scheduled are for
Arlington County Thursday. Here there
will be no interschool meeting, since
Washington and Lee Is the only high
school in the section.
In the Loudoun County finals, March
81, Leesburg, Round Hill, Ashburn and
Lincoln High Schools will compete for
honors in the Leesburg auditorium.
April l the Alexandria contest will
take place at the Maury School audi
forum. The two best orators from the
Alexandria High School will vie with
the two from the George Mason High
School.
The next day the Prince william
County finals will be held in the
Manassas High School auditorium with
speakers from the Swavely School,
Manassas High School, Brentsville High
School and Haymarket High School.
The Fauquier County competition
will be on the night of April 8. The
competing high schools are Warrenton,
Bealeton, Marshall, Calverton and
Remington. The contest is to be in
the Warrenton High School auditorium.
Eight Fairfax Schools In.
Eight high schools will take part in
the Fairfax County finals, April 4, at
the Madison High School, Other par
ticipating institutions are the Lee
Jackson, Herndon, Franklin Sherman,
Oakton, Floris Vocational, Fairfax and
Clifton Station High Schools.
Competitors in the Prince Georges
County finals, April 8, at the Surratts-
vile High School auditorium. will
represent Maryland Park High School,
Brandywine High School, Surrattsville
High School, Oxon Hill High School,
Upper Marlboro High School, Baden
High School, Bowie High School and
Hyattsville High School.
The Charles County contest will take
place the next day, with La Plata.
Schools represented.
On April 10 orators from Leonard
Hall, St. Marys Academy, st. Mary's
Seminary, River Springs High School,
Charlotte Hall, Mechanicsville High
School and Great Mills High School
will complete in the st. Mary's County
finals, at the county court house,
Leonardtown, Md.
The Montgomery County finals will be
held at the Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School April IL. with the following
schools participating: Georgetown Pre-
paratory School and Bethesda Chevy
Chase, Takoma- Silver Spring, Rockville
Poolesville, Gaithersburg. Dickerson
Falkland and Sherwood High Schools.
Private md Parochial Contests.
The week of April IA will witness the
group elinlinations of the private and
parochial district. Group l finals will
take place Monday in Mcmahon Hall
Catholic University. The following
schools will be represented: Gonzaga
Notre Dame Academy, st. Johns Col
lege, Immaculate Conception Academy
and st. Cecelia'S Academy.
Tuesday of the same week the Group
2 contest will be held in CASTOR Hall
Georgetown University. Students from
st. Paul's Academy, st. Patrick's Acad-
envy, Sacred Heart Academy, Immacu-
late Seminary and Holy Trinity School
will speak.
Wednesday, April 16, the third and
last group of the private and parochial
district will select a representative. The
contest will be at Corcoran Hall, George
Washington University, and boys from
Dewitt Preparatory School, Emerson In
stitute, Woodward School for Boys ano
the Iandon School are to compete