Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
4 MORE F|NAL|STS
NAMED IN STARS
ORATORICAL AREA
Selections Made in Leonard
town, 'LovettSviIIe, Rockville
and Washington.
TWO PROMINENT SCHOOL
ATHLETES ARE ON LIST
Preliminaries Will Be Held This
Week at Upperville, Hyattsville
and in This City.

The names of two prominent second
airy school athletes are among the four
ADDED to the list of contestants who
will compete in the higher stages Of the
National Oratorical Contest in The
Evening Star area,
AS a result of elimination held at the
Leonard Hall School, Leonardtown, Md,
and the Rockville High School, Rock
vile, Md, William Bethel Burch, soph-
omore, 16 years of age, and Alvin T.
Perkins, senior, also Is years old. will
represent those schools at the st Marys
County and Montgomery County finals,
respectively Both boys are identified
with four varied sports in their respec-
tive schools.
Two Girls Win.
Miss Mary Josephine Kelly, a 16-year-
old junior of Holy Trinity High School,
Washington, and Miss Winifred Grove,
17-year-old senior in the Lo"ettsville,
Va, High School, were the other two
winners selected.
Seven pupils participated in the
Leonard Hall event, which was held in
the school auditorium, with Rev. Broth
ers Sylvan, Theophane and CosrlaS act
ing as judges. In addition TO Burch
there were two sophomores, James E.
Law and j. Ford Loker, I'd; one junior,
Andrew Ryan, and three seniors, Ken
meth j. Lynch, Charles A. Cassidy and
Paul F. Russell, competing.
Burch'5 speech was entitled "The Sig
nificance Of the Constitution. He is
the son Of Mrs. Bernadette c. Burch of
Baltimore, Ma, and has been promi-
nently identified in athletics in the
school as a member Of the basket ball,
base ball, foot ball and track teams.
The Holy Trinity High School winner
is eligible next to compete in the pri-
yate and parochial district finals, which
will take place April Is. Miss Kelly
used as her topic THE Individual and
the Constitution" and delivered her
Grafton with such force and clarity as
to overcome the strong opposition
offered by Miss Blanche Lyddons, the
school victor of 1880, and Miss Ida
Crockett and Mary Hymes, the other
Sister M. Joseph, Sister NJ. Austin and
Sister M. de Lourdes. Sister Placide,
principal Of the school, presided.
Expects TO Become Teacher.
Miss Kelly is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. George Kelly of 3012 @ street
northwest. Her father Is a construction
engineer. Following her graduation in
1882 she expects to become a teacher.
At present she is an assistant editor Of
the Mission Chatter, a school publica-
ton.
Miss Winifred Grove took first honors
in the decision of Judges L. A. Womel-
dorph, Miss Laura Cross and Miss Rym-
pie Cross at the Lovettsville meeting,
with her grafton on THE Origin of the
Constitution" Three other pupils, Miss
Helen Tobler and Harold Warner Of
the junior class ana Miss Mamie Frye,
senior, competed in this event.
Miss Grove is the daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Guy T. Grove of Lovettsville
Her father is a clerk in the trainmas-
ter's office Of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad. Following her graduation in
June of this year, Miss Grove plans to
pursue bookkeeping as a vocation.
The second athlete to distinguish him
self in this years contest by marked
forensic powers is Alvin Perkins, a
member of the basket ball, case ball
track and soccer squads at the Rock
Vile High School, Rockville, Md. Per-
kins also is the president of the schools
dramatic club. His only competitor in
the finals was Schley Bowie, a Junior,
the other entrants having been elimi-
mated in preliminary stages Of the intra-
school competition. Miss Catherine Hall,
teacher in charge of the contest work,
presided at the meeting, and judges
were Mrs. Sterling Edwards, Mrs. Nut
ter and Miss Thelma Pyle.
Perkins is the son of Rev. and Mrs
Alvin T. Perkins Of Washington Grove,
Md. He plans to attend Duke Univer-
sity next year and to prepare himself to
become a chemist.
During the coming week the prelimi-
naries at Upperville, Va, High School,
the HyattSville, Md, and Sacred Heart,
Washington high schools will be held
and the school representatives chosen.