Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

The worlds champion in high school
oratory will be chosen in Constitution
Hall tonight in the Sixth International
Oratorical Contest finals
Seven nations have sent their best
young speakers to Washington and at
o'clock they will take the stage to
deliver scholarly orations designed to
increase interest in and respect for good
government as they make their bids for
world honors.
Six men, prominent in diplomacy and
education, will judge the seven boys
orations, and the verdict they render
will determine the victor
Contestants and Topics.
The contestants and the topics Of
their respective prepared orations fol-
low in the order in which they will be
heard tonight
John Thomas Lumsden, IT years old,
Of Peterborough. England, "Disraeli"
Pierre Henri Courtade- Cabessanis of
Paris, France, The French Colonial
Empire"
Henri r. NJ Van Hoof of Overeen,
Holland, The Royal House of the
Netherlands"
Robert Gibson Rayburn of Newton,
Kans., representing the United States,
The Tests of the Constitution.
Gerard Cournoyer of Quebec, Canada,
Why the French Race Has Survived
in Canada"
Martin Krieger of Berlin. Germany,
Youth and Disarmament"
Thomas Shillington of Rathfarnham,
Ireland, The Irish Free State"
Each boy will use his native language
and each will be allowed six minutes
in which to deliver his prepared ad-
dress. As the boys conclude their pre-
pared orations they are to be handed
slips of paper bearing new titles based
upon statements made in their initial
speeches and they will leave the stage
Immediately. When the last contestant
has completed his speech. the first, who
will have been in retirement arranging
his ideas without aid of any sort. will
return to the stage to speak eXtempo-
raneously for four minutes on the new
topic. The other six boys will return
TO the stage in the order. in which they
left it. each to deliver an extempore
address.
Plan Various Careers.
Various professions are represented
in the ambitions of the seven con-
testants. John Lumsden, the young
Briton. is plotting for himself career
in social service by way of the Saliva
ton Army. He is now cadet In that
organizations ranks as we'll as a mem
Der of its band in Peterborough, Eng
land. Van Hoof, Hollands entrant,
plans to be journalist, and Krieger,
the German, hopes to attain fame in
the foreign service field. Shillington
Ireland's spokesman, Is studying for a
pedagogic career. Canada's young
Frances Courtade- Cabessanis intends ia
be a teacher Americas own boy
Robert Rayburn. is studying music with
a view to following that profession.
In judging the contestants, the board
of judges will consider both speeches
These judges will be Ambassador Miguel
Cruchaga Tocornal of Chile. chairman
Dr. Jan Herman van Royden, Minister
from the Netherlands; DR.. Marc Peter
Minister from Switzerland; DR.. Henry
Grattan Doyle, dean Of the Junior COL
lege, George Washington University;
DR.. Richard Henry Wilson. head of the
Romance language department. Uni
versity of Virginia, and DR.. Paul Glois.
head of the department Of German,
Catholic University.
Tonight's meeting will be opened with
an address by DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of George Washington Uni
versity Randolph Leigh, director gen.
eral Of the contest will be the presiding
officer and in that capacity, he will
present the contestants to the audience.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
Of Washington schools, will present to
the victor the silver cup which Is sig
nificant of the world championship In
high school oratory.
Two to Keep Time.
The time limit will be held against
each, contestant. Two service officers
will keep time with stop watches. They
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