Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-01
|65 SCHOOLS ENTER
ORATORY CONTEST
IN CAPITAL AREA
1899 Pupils Will PartiCi-
pate in Examinations Under
Stars Auspices.
COUNTY EVENTS ARE SET
FOR MARCH AND APRIL
Sectional Finals to Be Held Here
in May-Winner to Get
Trip to Europe.

Contestants from IS high schools will
compete in the elimination meets in
the Evening Star area of the National
Oratorical Contest, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by local contest
headquarters. A total Of 16,889 pupils
in this national district will participate
in the preparatory phases of the contest
this year, as compared to 1889 par
Elephants last year. This represents a
gain Of slightly better than IS per cent.
Entries for the contest closed officially
yesterday at noon.
-Four entries were received last week.
Georgetown Preparatory School, Gar
ret Park, Maryland, reports rs per cent
of its pupils at work on contest sub
jects. Rev Robert S. Lloyd is the head
master of this school. and Project of
Studies p. F. O'Gorman sponsors the
contest preparations.
Baden High Enters.
The Baden High School, Baden, Nd.
w. r. c. Connick, principal, also Is
grooming a contestant for the COM
petition. River Springs High School,
Oakley Md. Lawrence G. Medlock,
principal Is the third addition to the
Maryland roll. The Swavely School,
Manassas, Va, Eli Swavely. principal;
Robert S. Illingsworth, headmaster and
contest chairman, is the fourth new
entry.
Thirty-six of the schools listed are
in the 100 per cent class That is, in
these institutions every student has
been assigned TO compose written ora
ton on some subject related to the
Constitution Of the United States.
Virginia in Lead.
Virginia leads in this class, with 10
organizations qualified. Eight entire
student bodies In the Maryland divi-
sion and five In the District OF Colum-
bia private and parochial unit are
represented. Central, Mckinley, Bust
ness, Eastern and Western High
Schools, each one Of which comprises
one district among the IL embraced
BY the Star area. also are 100 per cent
entries. Dunbar, Armstrong and Car
doza High Schools form the other three
districts
The Virginia unit. which is composed
Of Fauquier, Fairfax. Loudoun, Airing
ton and Prince William Counties and
the city Of Alexandria, has "a schools
enrolled. Fourteen Of these are entered
Counties, where every student in every
high school is preparing a contest COM
position, giving these counties 100
per cent rating.
rs Maryland Schools.
Twenty-Five schools from the Mary
land division, eight from the private
and parochial section, and the eight
Washington high schools complete the
roster OF entries.
Intra-school examinations are pend
ing in many Of the. competing organiZa-
tions County preliminaries will begin
late in March and continue through the
middle of April. The winner OF each
county contest will receive gold medal.
and will be eligible to compete in the
district meet.
The State division winner is awarded
a prize of 500 cash, and Is enrolled in
the Star area finals, held in Washing
ton in May. The Star winner earns a
5000 cash prize, is given a Summer tour
Of Europe with all expenses paid, and
is qualifled for the National finals.
There the representatives from the
seven national contest zones, OF which
the Star area Is zone number two, en-
ter in competition for the championship
of the United States, and for the honor
of representing this country in the
International Contest.