Evening star., 1932-05-09
STAR AREA FINALS
DUE TOMORROW IN
0RATOR|CAL TEST
Representative to Be Sc
leCted for National Finals
on May Fl.
$500 CASH AND TOUR
OF EUROPE AT STAKE
Judges to Travel From School to
School on Close-Knit
Schedule.

Ine Star Area finals Of the National
OratoricaI Contest will be held tomor-
row morning to decide who shall rem
resent this district in the national
finals May 21
Eleven orators from eight District
nlgn schools, the Maryland and Vir-
snIa territories and the private and
parochla! subsection will face a group
VI nVe distinguished judges, who win
decide which youth is entitled IN tha
5000 cash prize and Summer to,,r oS
Europe awarded The Star winner each
year. "'A ea0n
Inc judges will travel from school to
scnool on a close-knit schedule to hear
the washington high school speakers.
ana at the National Museum Audito-
mum VIII hear the Maryland, Virginia
ana private and parochial school rem
resentatlves. Forty-five minutes before
eacn orator Is scheduled to deliver a
SM-mlnute prepared speech and a four
minute extemporaneous discussion. he
or sne VIII receive the topic of the ex.
semperaneous address. In the succeed
ing 40 minutes, the student will pre-
pare 1our-m1nute talk on that subject.
Schedule Of Speakers.
Inc Judges will arrive at Eastern
High School at $50 am. and at
VIII hear Miss Anna S. Miller deliver
her grafton on Roosevelt, Chamnion
OF Human Rights" At 9:35 thev are
que az western, where Henri H. Bowles
WI speak on alexander Hamilton, the
Maseer bulloer. Hurrying next to
Ssntrai' az 9:55, the group will hear
S aloerI Aoramson speak on "Our For
elgn Policy Under the Constitution -
The next stop will be the Nationa,
museum Auditorium at IO:I5. where
william c. Powell of Woodward Scho-ol
Will represent the Washington nrivsfa
ana parochial schools with ''Iincojn
Ine savior Of the Constitution: Trvi,
Aoalr Brooke of Rockville, Nd High
Scnool, viii discuss "The influence ~
tne Civil War on the Constitution and
Gytton II. Gibson of jefferson High
Su1to1i; .SS1l rams Cnurch, Va, will speak on
washington and the Constitution"
AT IL O'Clock the party will hear
George w. Bon Durant discuss "Fco.
nomlc Expansion Under the Constitu-
tlon Since the Civil War" at McKin-
icy High School. Leonard z. Willoughby.
tne armstrong representative. will he
neard at IL 30 O'Clock on who is Who
az the Constitutional Convention: VIII
liam A. Richardson of Dunbar High
VIII present his Grafton on THE Con-
strtutlon, an American Epic" at II:45.
ana tne Cardozo speaker, James r.
jackson, is scheduled for IL O'Clock. His
subject Is Forming and Adopting the
Constitution"
VIII Award $100 Checks.
The contest will end at Business High
School, where Miss Minnie Sadie viii
present The First Amendment to the
Constitution"
As the judges leave each assembly.
the school winners will receive the $100
check given in each of the IL subdis-
tricts Of The Star territory.
rouowlng the f1nal speech, the judges
will retire and without conference or
consultation render decision based on
the low point total system of scoring.
The arbiters will be Senator Thomas
OF Oklahoma, DR.. George F. Bowerman,
public librarian; Representative Mary
7. Norton of New Jersey, DR.. Harris E.
Starr, editor, and John J. Esch, promi-
nent attorney.