Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-07
ORATORY F|NAL|ST
TO Be CHOSEN AT
\ TESTS TOMORROW
Board OF Judges to Travel
About City, Hearing Boys
and Girls.
WINNERS NAMES TO BE
? GIVEN ONLY IN THE STAR
Contestants to Have Extempora-
neous as Well as Set
Subjects.

The boy or girl orator who will enter
the National Oratorical Contest final'
As spokesman for The Evening Star anc
who then will travel for three months
through Europe, will be chosen tomor-
row. when a highly qualified board Oh
Judges will listen to their bids for VIC
tory.
with the exception of the champions
Of the Maryland, Virginia and private
and parochial school districts, VINO Will
sneak in the auditorium of the National
Museum. each of the contestants Will De
heard in his own auditorium. Inc
Judges viii journey about the city until
each bid has been heard.
The Judging tour will begin at $50
I'M. tomorrow, when the judges VIII as
semble FIRST in the Western High ScnOol
Auditorium to hear ana Welsn Ine
ability of James Alfred Moore, west
ems 15-vear-old spokesman, in his
sneech on Henry Clay, the Great Un-
ionist." Young Moore is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Moore OF 27S7 Devon
shire place.
viii Discuss Lincoln.
From western the cavalcade OF
judges will go to Central. where at zig
o'ciock Bernard H. White. 17-year-old
entrant from that school, will speak on
'Tincoln and the Constitution" Ber-
nard is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
r. White, 2039 New Hampshire avenue.
The Judges will reach Business High
school at 1855 O'Clock, where they VIII
hear Edwin Faunce. l6. as he delivers
his grafton on John Marshall ana the
with William H. Sanford, his guardian,
Mt 29O4 Sixth street northeast.
FROM Business High School the traV-
cling Jury will go to the National Mu-
scum, where at 9:55 o'clock Miss Lucy
frank. champion of Maryland. viii de-
liver her grafton on "Lincoln'S Service
to His Country" Miss Frank Is 10
years old and a senior OF the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School. she Is tne
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie FRANK
of II Leland street, Chevy Chase.
Immediately after Miss Frank has
been heard. Gordon walker, 17-yeaI-
old Virginia State champion. VIII speak
on America and the Constitution.
Gordon lives with Mr.. and Mrs. L. K.
Murray at Clarendon, Va, and Is
student of the Westinghouse High
School OF Ballston.
Miss Pepper to Speak.
Miss Lillian Christine Pepper. IL
year-old entrant from the Notre Dame
Academy and champion of the private
Observation-Disclosures district, will be
the third orator to be judged in the
National Museum Auditorium. She will
speak on THE Citizen; His Rights and
Privileges Under the Constitution" She
Is the daughter OF Mrs. Lillian v. Pep
per Of 900 Michigan avenue.
From the museum the judges will go
to the Cardozo High School Auditorium
1s-year-old champion of that school,
will speak on THE Constitution as a
Parent" Coleman Is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Sterling Of. ~ Ninth
From Cardozo, the oficials will 60 to
Dunbar High School to Judge Jessie v.
Holloman at 1l:lo O'Clock in her Grafton
on The Citizen: His Privileges and
Duties Under the Constitution" She is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. S.
Holloman OF 4O3 P street.
The judges next will reach the Arm
strong High School, where DeAtley
Ridgley, 17-year-old champion of that
school. will speak at 11:25 o'clock on
The Fate OF Our Nation Depends Upon
the Average Citizen" DeAtley lives
with his guardians, DR.. and Mrs. W.. c.
johnson, at 1918 Seventeenth street.
Due At Mckinley High.
Atll:45 o'clock, the Judges will reach
Mckinley High School to hear Row
land Falconer Kinks, 16, on Lincoln,
the Savior Of the Constitution" Young
Kinks is the son of A. Fl. Kirks OF II
Randolph place.
The fnal speaker tomorrow will be
Miss Ruth Critchfield, 16-year-old
champion of Eastern High School. She
will speak at 1905 O'Clock on THE
Political Parties In the Functioning OF
the Constitution" She Is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Critchf1eld OF
1905 A street northeast.
Besides their prepared orations, which
are to be delivered In six minutes, each
speaker will make four-minute eX-
temporaneous address. Forty minutes
before the judges reach the scene OF
each grafton, an offlcial OF contest
headquarters will have presented each
contestant with a new topic. Then,
under the membership of an ofncial
of his own school, each contestant will
be permitted to assemble his thoughts
for the new speech, without, however,
using reference books or counsel from
any one.
Results In The Star.
The judges in The Star finals tomor-
row viii be Frank j. Loesch, Chicago
attorney, member OF the Wickersham
Commission and president of the Chica-
20 Crime Commission: Albert w. At
wood. editorial writer for the Saturday
Evening Post, author and member OF
Phi Beta Kappa; Wade H. Ellis, at
torney and president Of the Washington
Chapter Of Phi Beta Kappa; French
Strother, administrative assistant OF
President Hoover, author and former
editor Of Worlds Work, and George F.
BoWerman, librarian of the Public
Library author, lecturer and member
OF Phi Beta Kappa
Richard Ham OF the American Auto
mobile Association will be official time
keeper No announcement OF the win
ner will be made at Eastern High School,
the last building visited. The cham
pion will be announced only in tomor-
row afternoons edition of The Star.