Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Drawing of Lots Puts Winner
in Washington Zone Second
on Program.
DATES ARE ALSO CHOSEN
FOR COUNTY CONTESTS
Leading Speaker in Stars Area to
Get Summer Tour of Europe
and Cash Prize.

The speaking order for the finals In
the Eighth Annual National Oratorical
Contest on the Constitution, to be held
in Constitution Hall on May %, was
announced today by Randolph Leigh,
director general of the National and
International Oratorical Contests.
The order was determined by lot
drawings made by Frank B. Noyes,
president of The Washington Star
Newspaper Co. and chairman of the
Publishers Committee for the contest
in the United States.
The speaking order will be as fol-
lows:
First Winner in the Mid
western Zone meeting.
Second speaker-Winner in the East
ern Zone meeting.
Third Speaker-Winner in the North
ern Zone meeting.
Fourth speaker-Winner in the Cen
trail Zone meeting.
Fifth speaker-Winner in the Pacific
Zone meeting.
Sixth speaker-winner in the North
eastern Zone meeting.
Seventh speaker - Winner In the
Southern Zone meeting.
Zone Clearing Centers.
These zones have the following clear
ing centers: Kansas City, Mo-, May 16;
Washington, May g.; New York City,
May Is; Chicago, May Is; Los Angeles,
May Is; Springfield, Mass, May Is,
and Birmingham; May Is.
Last year the first speaker was from
the Pacific Zone and the last from the
Central Zone. The winner last year
spoke third and the year before fifth.
All seven of the National finalists
will be given a Summer tour OF Eu-
rope, beginning July 16, with all ex-
penses paid.
The details for the final meeting in
the Washington, Virginia and Maryland
division of the contest, sponsored by
The Evening Star, to be held on May
8, will be announced shortly. The first
county meeting in this division Of the
contest will be held on March 26, when
the finals for Loudoun County, Va, will
be held at Leesburg. Other county
meetings will be held as follows: Fau-
quier County, at Warrenton, April q;
Alexandria, April 8: Prince William
County. at Brentsville. April 9; Fair
fax County, at Falls Church, April 10;
Arlington County, at Ballston, April IA.
Maryland County Dates.
Prince Georges County, Md, at OXon
Hill, April IA; Charles County, La Plata,
April Is; St. Marys County, Leonard
town, April 16; Montgomery County,
Bethesda, April II.
Private and parochial school finals,
National Museum auditorium, April ID.
The winner in each of the county
contests in The Washington Stars
area will receive gold medal. The
winner in each Of the II major divi-
sions of The Stars territory will re-
ceive 500 in cash and the winner OF
the championship of this territory will
receive an additional 5000 in cash and
Summer tour of Europe, with all ex-
penSes paid, from New York back to
New York, as we'll as the privilege of
participating in the national finals.
The grand prize in the national finals
Is a handsome silver loving cup.
The winner in the national finals OF
the United States will participate in
the international finals, to be held at
Washington on october "a. The Inter
national Contest, which is now in its
sixth year, is participated in by sec
ondary school students in the leading
nations of North and South America
and Europe.