Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
LUCY FRANK WINS
ORATOR|CAL FINALS
Montgomery Girl Takes
Maryland District Contest
Held in Bethesda.

epaking in low mellow tones that fairly
vfbrated with feeling, Lucy Frank. l5-
year-old senior OF the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School and champion OF
Montgomery County, last night won the
Maryland district finals and the re-
sultant right to compete IN The Eve
ming Star area finals Of the national
oratorical con est,
Separated from the victor by single
unit in the low-point ballot OF the
judges, Harriet Adams Mccall, l5-year-
old freshman of st. Marys Seminary,
St. Marys City, who represented ST.
Marys County, won second place, TO b.
named official alternate W the Mary
land champion.
Wins Cash Award.
BY virtue of her victory last night
Miss Frank captured not only the right
to advance to the highest competition
In this newspapers contS ST region, put
also q cash award OF 500. Her topic
was "LincolnS Service 10 the Constltu-
ton" and as she spoke-tall, stately
and poised in a modiSh frock OF gleam-
ing white-MisS Franks oratory was
fraurht with feeling and expression i'll
her sympathetic discussion Of slavery,
the Civil War issue. which she showed
was the forge in which Abraham Lin
coins character was tempered. Al
lowed minutes, Miss Frank used D
minutes 29ss seconds.
In her second place winning Grafton
on Origins Of the Constitution, Miss
Mccall spoke in massive voice that
reverberatsd In its strong depths. Hers
was a concise review OF the history OF
the making of the Constitution. and in
her Maryland is assured Of powerful
representation In the finals II Its newly
crowned champion Is, for any reason,
unable to carry on.
Presenting delightful contrast with
the white clad Miss Frank, Miss Mccall
wore Jet black. lightened only by
shoulder bouquet. She spoke for
minutes ~ seconds.
Daughter VI Engineer.
Miss Frank Is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie c. Frank of IL Leland
street, Chevy Chase. Md. Mr.. Frank
Is a sanitary engineer OF the United
States Public Health Service and his
oratorical daughter plans to study medi-
cine following work she will begin next
Fall at American University.
Miss Mccall Is the daughter OF DR..
and Mrs. A. @. Mccall of College Park,
Nd. The Maryland alternate plans to
enter Maryland University following her
graduation from the st. Mary's Semi
nary.
And If the announced honors OF last
night went TO girls. Marylands boys
may rest assured they had good repre-
sentation in william Radcliffe, the
Marlboro High School champion OF
Prince Georges County and Ia F. Lewis
Mitchell, the La Plata High, School
spokesman for Charles County. Young
Radcliffe spoke for 5 minutes 48%5 Sec
onds on Lincoln and the Constitu-
ton" while his fellowman used min
utes lS3. seconds on THE Development
Of the Constitution"
Pays Tribute to Work.
The Maryland State finals were pre-
sided over by Oliver Owen Kuhn, man
aging editor of The Star. In his open.
ing address, Mr.. Kuhn paid tribute TO
the work which each OF the contestants
in the meeting had performed 10 reach
that stage of the contest, and to the
contest itself as q means of promoting
American principles in the face Of Com
munism and other radical movements.
L fear We older folks do not fully
appreciate the work these young ora
tors already had performed TO reach
even the county finals Of the National
Oratorical contest" Mr.. Kuhn declared,
land when we consider that these young
people are the best which Maryland
can produce, we might well be proud To
recognize the toll OF energy they have
expended In study to attain the high
phases of this great contest"
Mr.. Kuhn traced briefly the history
Of the National OratOrical Contest, pay
ing tribute TO its founder and organizer,
Randolph Leigh, as the performer OF
"the greatest single constructive act one
could perform In the last decade" Cit
ing the unrest attendant upon business
crises. political upheaVals and Com
munistic campaigns. Mr.. Kuhn asserted
the National Oratorical Contest, by In
spring young Americans the length and
breadth OF the land 10 study the old
and sacred principles Of American gov
eminent. is one OF the most powerful
forces of opposition to the works OF
those who would destroy and ridicule
those principles.
Band Completes Program.
The judges Of last nights finals were
Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw Of the Rem
shaw School OF Speech; J. Fred EssAry,
Washington correspondent OF the Balt-
more Sun, and Frank A. Woodward.
principal Of the Gordon Junior High
School.
The program was completed by an
elaborate selection OF lively tunes played
by the Boys Independent Band OF
Washington, under the direction Of G.
j. Brown. Mr.. Kuhn commended the
young blue-coated musicians and the
audience applauded its subscription TO
his compliment.