Evening star., 1932-05-10
Business High Senior Will
Receive $500 and Summer
Tour of Europe.
GEORGE BONDURANT
OF TECH ALTERNATE
Eleven Speakers Face Judges at
High School Auditoriums
During Morning.

Miss Minnie Sadie, II, a senior In
the Business High School, won The Star
area finals of the National Oratorical
contest here today.
She will receive a 5000 cash prize, a
Summer tour of Europe and will be
eligible to compete for national honors
here May 81.
The winner was selected on the
fourth judges ballot, receiving a vote
Of three firsts to two.
George Bondurant of Mckinley High
School was chosen alternate.
Miss Sadie spoke on The First
Amendment to the Constitution" and
supplemented her prepared topic with
an extemporaneous discussion of Con-
stitutional Provisions Covering Amend
ments.'' The time of her first speech
was five minutes four seconds and the
second, three minutes two seconds.
Speakers Face Board.
The victor was the last of IL speakers
who faced a distinguished board of
judges at the various Washington high
school auditoriums this morning. The
arbiters included Senator Thomas of
Oklahoma, DR.. George F. Bowerman,
librarian of the District Public Library;
Representative Mary T. Norton of New
Jersey, chairman Of the House District
Committee: DR.. Harris E. Starr, an
editor of the Dictionary of American
Biography and John j. Esch, prominent
attorney.
Although the judges remained but 10
minutes at each school, extensive cere-
monies were held prior to or after their
arrival Part of the proceedings was
the presentation of the $100 prizes offer
ed the winners in each of The Stars
areas IL subsections.
Promptly at 8:55 the party of five
judges, Randolph Leigh, director gen.
eral of the contest, and Richard Ham,
timekeeper from the American Automo-
bile Association, assembled at Eastern
High School, where the first speaker
was to be heard. As the group marched
into the auditorium where the entire
student body was assembled, the stu
dents arose and sang chorus of
America"
Miss Anna s. Miller, Eastern High
School orator was introduced by Charles
Hart, principal of the school She
launched Immediately into her prepared
discussion of Roosevelt, the Champion
Of Human Rights" and followed 1t with
an eXtemporaneous address on "Roose-
velt as Civil Service Commissioner"
Speaks on Alexander Hamilton.
Arriving at Western High School
where last years winner was schooled,
the judges marched into the crowded
auditorium to the strains of a selec-
ton by the Western Orchestra. DR.
Elmer Newton, principal of the institu-
ton, introduced the speaker, Henri
Bowles, who spoke on Alexander Ham,
ilton. the Master Builder" His pre-
pared speech was minutes and 80
seconds long and his discussion of the
Annapolis Trade Convention" the ex-
temporaneous topic, lasted the allotted
four minutes and was halted by the
timekeeper's whistle.
At Central High School Albert Abram-
son. IA. youngest orator in today's cen
test, spoke on Our Foreign Policy
Under the Constitution" He followed
his address for minutes and so seconds
with an extemporaneous discussion of
the World Court" which was stopped
by the whistle Abramson was intro
duced by DR.. Harvey Smith, the Central
principal.
Turning next to the National Museum
auditorium, the officials heard three
| orators representing the Washington
| private and parochial district, the Mary
! land and the Virginia territories. Mr.
Leigh acted as chairman for this part
of the meeting.
The speakers and their topics were
William Powell OF the Woodward School
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