Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
.ORATORY CONTEST
|. DRAWS ENTRANTS
FROM II SCHOOLS
Total of 1926 Students
Here in Star Area Division
to Compose Essays.
FIVE GROUPS HERE
LIST EVERY PUPIL
Constitution of U. S. Is Subject
in National Competition.
Entries Close Soon.

Contestants from every Washington
high school and from nine private and
parochial schools in the District of Co
lumbia will participate in The Eve
ming Star area division of the National
Oratorical Contest this year. Prepare
tory to the selection of each schools
representative, 1926 pupils in this
portion Of the local section of the con-
test are writing or will write compost
tons on subjects related to the Consti-
tuition of the United States. Entries
for the contest will close at noon next
Saturday.
Each of the eight Washington high
schools constitutes district in The
Star area, while the private and paro-
chial institutions are grouped together
TO form a ninth district Territorial
units in Maryland and Virginia COM
prise the tenth and eleventh divisions.
Five of the District of Columbia high
schools are entered in the 100 per cent
class, with every pupil writing on the
Central, Mckinley, Eastern, Western
and Business High Schools are the or
CARNATIONS in this group. The partici-
patton of these schools Is under q plan
evolved by George j. Jones, head Of the
history department in the District of
Columbia schools, and by Miss Sara E.
Simons, head of the English depart
ment, under which all the students in
the five high schools will write on the
Constitution in connection with their
English and civics courses. This aspect
of the work will be stressed particu-
larly in the second, third and fourth
years in the English classes, and gen.
orally in the civics courses.
Private Schools Entered.
Dunbar. Armstrong and Cardoza
High Schools have so, 10 and 8 stu
dents, respectively, already preparing
for the contest.
In the private and parochial unit,
Sacred Heart High School, Sister Marie
Cecilia, principal; Dewitt Preparatory
School, George H. Dewitt, principal:
immaculate Seminary, Miss Isabel
Mullins, faculty sponsor; st. Johns
College, Brother Philip, advisor; the
Woodward School, J. J. King. princi-
John Frederick, sister superior, are the
100 per cent entrants. Other private
and parochial schools participating are
the Landon School, P. L. Banfleld,
head master; Notre Dame Academy.
Sister Paula, sister superior, and Sister
Miriam, faculty sponsor, and the st.
Adams School, A. H. Lucas, head
master.
The faculty committees organized to
administer the contest work in the
Washington public high schools and the
enrolment of each 100 per cent school
this year are as follows:
Central High School-Harvey A.
Smith, principal; Miss Hester McNelly,
committee chairman; Miss Charlotte
IN1h
Alice Dubreuil, Miss Sara Lynch, Miss
Dorothea Sherman, Miss Emily Sic
man, Miss Edith Kojonharoff, Mrs.
Lola Hutchins and Edmund NoyeS.
Enrolment, 1882 pupils.
1896 Contest at Mckinley.
Mckinley High School-Frank c.
George J. Young. Enrolment, 2,696
pupils.
Eastern High School-Charles Hart,
principal: Miss Kate Buchanan, COM
mittee chairman; Miss Bertha Gardner,
Miss Louella Webb. Enrolment, 2,256
pupils.
Western High School-Dr. Elmer S.
Newton, principal; Miss Isabel Pickett,
committee chairman; Miss Rose Stutz,
Miss Clara Stutz, Miss Sue Gardner,
Miss Alice Wood, Miss Blanche Lewis,
Miss Elizabeth DeSSez. Enrolment,
1872 pupils.
Business High School-Alan Davis,
principal: Mrs. Mary Resi-, committee
chairman: Mrs. j. C. Mase, Miss Bessie
Yoder, Miss Pauline Scott. Enrolment
1892 pupils.
Dunbar High School-W. L. Smith,
principal; J. M Hill, committee chair
man; Mrs Josephine Harley, Mrs. H.
@. Jackson, c. S. Shipper, Miss M. D.
Burrill, Miss J. F. johnson.
Armstrong High School-G. David
Houston, principal: j. B. Hunter, COM
mittee chairman II. L. Bailey, Charles
M. Thomas, Mrs. E. H. Smith, Mrs. E.
B. Howard Miss Carrie E. F. Lee.
CardoZa High School-R. M. Mating
ly, principal; Mrs. M. H. Skinner, COM
mittee chairman; Miss Ruth E. Wealth
erless, Miss Jennie E. MuStapha, Miss
Mary o. H. Williamson.