Evening star., 1932-05-21
Three Boys and Three Girls
Will Compete for Title at
Constitution Hall.
WINNER WILL ENTER
INTERNATIONAL FINAL
Noted Educators to Act as Judges
Gen. Fries and Admiral Jones
Will Keep Time.

The champion high school orator o
the United States will be chosen in th'
Ninth National Oratorical Contest final
in Constitution Hall tonight
Three boys and three girls, each th'
Spokesman for multitude of lessei
orators who we're defeated in the trai
of elimination meets which produced
tonight'S contenders, will present TIVE
speeches apiece in their bids for honor
Five scholarly men will sit in judgmen
on their efforts and from the forensic
pageant will emerge the boy-or tht
girl-who will represent the United
States in the Seventh Internationa
Oratorical Contest finals here next Fall
Girl Represents Capital.
The oratDrs and their respective pre-
pared speeches follow in the order ir
which they will speak in tonight''
meet:
Miss Minnie Sadie, IT, of Business
High School, Washington, THE First
Amendment to the Constitution;
John H. Jarman, jr, Is, of Oklahoma
CITY Okla, Preservation OF Liberty
Under the Constitution;
John P. Ansley. II, Of Birmingham
Ala, Liberty Under the Constitution
John ]. Scanlon. II, OF Springfield
Mass. Washington and the Constltu-
ton; sc - ~.
Anoeles Calf. On Our Constitution
Cuimination OF Centuries" ana
Miss Muriel HerzStein, 10, OF New
York City, The Supreme Court ano
the Constitution.
Each to Speak Twice.
After each speaker has delivered ms
prepared address six minutes pelns az
lowed for this purpose, ne VIII DC sivet'
a new topic taken from MS nrst ORATOR,
on which ne will be required 10 speah
extemporaneously for tour minutes.
Time will be closely watched, and 1or
this reason the schedule Tor opening the
hall has been frequently called TO the
attention of ticketholders. Inc goo,
will be opened at 7:15 O'Clock. AT ] :4o
o'clock all seats, except those for box
seats will become void and the gate re-
strictions will be dropped to the general
public. At 8 o'clock the contest ltseli
will begin and no person will be per-
mitted to enter the hall while speaker
is talking.
Educators Are Judges.
For the contestants themselves, time
will be so important that 1t may result
in disqualification for them. Maj. Gen
Amos A. Fries, U. S. A, retired, and
Rear Admiral Hillary P. Jones, U. S. N
will time each speech. At the explra-
ton of the allowed period they VIII
sound a whistle blast and the speaking
orator will be required to halt at once
If he continues to speak he will be drop
ped to last place by the judges.
The judges for tonight's contest will
be DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president OF
George Washington University; Rigli;
Rev. James Hugh Ryan, rector of Cath
olic University DR.. Vincent Hart, dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences
Georgetown University; DR.. Leo S
Rowe, director general of the Pan Amer
lean Union, and Dr. Walter NJ. Splawn
dean of the Graduate School, American
University.
In addition to the judges, the orators
efforts will be weighed by DR.. William
Allen Wilbur of George Washington
University, who will be official scrutatoy
for the contest. DR.. Wilbur will check
the facts as presented by the orators
for historic accuracy.
School Symphony to Play.
Music for the contest program will
be played by the Tech Symphony Or
chestra of Mckinley High School under
the direction cf Dore Walten, faculty
leader.
The contest will be opened by Ran.
dolph Leigh, director general Of the
contest He, in turn, will present DR.
w. Coleman Nevils, S. j. president ol
Georgetown University, who will deliver
the opening address.
Following the announcement of the
victor, Henri r. M. Van Hoof, Holland.
victorious entrant in the Internationa
finals in the same hall last Fall vii
award the silver cup. Van Hcof ha,
remained in Washington since his owl
world championship as a student of tht
George Washington University.