Evening star., 1932-05-22
Los ANGELES GIRL
IS 0RATORY VICTOR
LucyIIe Goldsmith, II, Wins
on "Constitution, CuImina-
tion of Centuries"
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founders of the Constitution, Jarman
pleaded for preservation Of the con-
stitutional instruments-courts, legis-
latures and executives-a responsible
ity, he said, which rests squarely on the
present generation.
Ansley was the third orator, and he
spoke on Liberty Under the Consti-
tuition" Ansley challenged the peo-
pie and their educators, the schools
and the press to develop a virile citi-
zenship that expresses active determi-
nation at the ballot box.
Speaks on Washington.
The fourth contestant to be heard
was Scanlon. The only orator on the
program to address himself to the man
whose Bicentennial now is in full
swing, Scanlon reviewed the first Presi-
dents life as a Chief Executive of an
infant Nation in his speech, Washing
ton and the Constitution" He stressed
Washington's strict adherence to neu-
trality in internationalism. The fact
the United States has been Compare
lively free" from foreign wars, he said,
was traceable to Washington's pro-
nouncement. The timekeeper's whistle,
however, caught Scanlon near the end
Of his speech.
Miss Goldsmith delivered her ma
tional championship winning speech
next. A striking figure of white slender
ness, capped by head of softly waved
blonde hair. Miss Goldsmith spoke,
deep voiced, on Our Constitution.
elimination of Centuries" She found
the Constitution the offspring of an
Client governmental instruments. not
ably tables of Hebrew rule.
New York's Miss Herzstein was the
final orator to deliver a prepared ad-
dress. Wearing pink lace dress, Miss
Herzste1n impressed her audience with
her sincerity as she spoke on "The
Supreme Court and the Constitution. +"
In reviewing the courts existence. the
New York orator paid tribute to John
Marshall, who, she said, found it (the
COURT falltble, and left 1t strong" and
to Oliver Wendell Holmes, who. she
said. 100 years later carried on Mar
shall's work
Given Extemporaneous Topics.
AS each of the contestants finished
nus initial Grafton he was handed a
slip Of paper bearing a new topic. with
which he retired. alone, to a closed room
to study. Following a brief musical
interlude, Miss Sadie returned to deliver
the first OF series of four-minute ex-
temporaneous addresses.
The First Amendment During the
Civil War was the topic of Miss Sadle's
new speech. The Civil War. she said
resulted in the firm establishment of
the Constitutions guarantee of religious
liberty.
Jarnan returned to the stage to dis
cuss "Habeas Corpus" The Okla
homan adhered to his subject, review
ing the enactment of the habeas corpus
act, and fitting it into its relative posi-
ton with respect to Magma Charta and
the Bill Of Rights, of which, in effect,
1t Is a part, Just as the Constitution
itself is a natural descendant of the
Declaration Of Independence and the
Articles OF Confederation
Ansley came back to talk on "The
British Trade Policy Which Provoked
the Revolution" Scanlon was next,
with the requirement to harmonic
your statement that neutrality has
dominated our foreign policy with the
fact OF our entry into the World War"
Miss Goldsmith talked next on THE
Albany Plan," which she said, was
presented by Benjamin Franklin when
Colonial Americans were striving 10