Evening star., 1933-04-16
COUNTY0RAT0R|CAL
CHAMPIONS TO Be
DECIDED THIS WEEK
Montgomery, Prince Georges,
st. Marys and Charles
Contests Scheduled.
vICT0RS WILL COMPETE
IN MEET AT LA PLATA
Winner of State Title Will Enter
The Star Finals in Wash
ington in May.

The four high school students who
will compete for the Maryland speech
making championship in the tenth Ma
tional Oratorical Contest late this month
will be determined this week in q Sc
ries Of four county competitions.
Montgomery County will launch the
series at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, when
four school spokesmen meet in the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase High School audi
torium for the county championship
and its accompanying award Of a gold
medal, together with the right to enter
the Maryland State finals. The con-
testants will be Miss Gladys Beall Of the
Sherwood High School at Sandy Spring;
Haylett B. Shaw Of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School; Norman B. Jacobs,
jr., OF the Gaithersburg High School,
and Paul Deeb of the Takoma Park
Silver Spring High School,
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superintendent
OF Montgomery County schools, will pre-
side and the judges will be Norman
Nelson, Miss Sue Gardner and Jacob
Gichner
Finals in Prin}e Georges.
Prince Georges County will be the
second to stage its finals, with a GEM
petition between six school spokesmen
slated for 8 pm. Wednesday at Upper
Marlboro. The contestants will be
Robert Brady of the Hyattsville High
School. Margaret Ballard Of the Marl-
boro High School, Margaret Halpap
Of the Maryland Park High School; Lu-
cille Goodwin of the Oxon Hill High
School. and a spokesman for the Laurel
High School. who will be designated
tomorrow
Judges of the Prince Georges County
finals will be Arthur Fleming, Mr.. Mel
son and Miss Gardner. Nicholas Orem,
superintendent Of Prince Georges
County schools, will preside
st. Marys County will stage its foren-
sic finals at Charlotte Hall at pm.
Thursday. Four school spokesmen will
compete there, and they will be Seigi
Remi Diab Of the Charlotte Hall School,
William Sterling Of ST. Marys Academy,
Louise Jones Of st. Marys Female Sem
mary. and H. c. Jones Of the Marga-
ret Brent High School.
Judges for the St. Marys finals will
be Alan Deibert. DR.. N. W. Dickerson
and M. NJ Meca1lip. Dr. Charles v.
Hayden of Leonardtown will preside.
Charles Contest Friday.
Charles County will conclude the Sc
ries at O'Clock Friday night with its
finals at La Plata. Five school final
lists will comprise the field. although
three of the schools scheduled to par
ticipate have not yet determined their
spokesman. The field will include Betty
Istvan Of the Hughesville High School,
Henry Estevez of the La Plata High
School, and the as yet undesignated
spokesmen for the Lackey, Glasva and
Nanjemoi High Schools.
Judges of the Charles County finals
will be DR.. Walter j. Greenhol, w.
boutwell, and j. M. Long. F. Bernard
Gwynn, superintendent of Charles
County schools, will preside
The four county champions will meet
in the Maryland State finals at La
Plata April 49, In that contest, not
only will the Maryland championship
be at stake, but the prize will be 500
in cash.
The Maryland champion then will
move on up to The Star finals. to be
held in Washington early in May. The
winner of this newspapers finals will
be the spokesman for the District Of
Columbia. Maryland and Virginia in the
tenth National Oratorical Contest in
Constitution Hall in Washington May
20. BY virtue of his competition in the
national final, whether the finalist wins
or loses, The Star area champion will
receive an additional cash award Of
5000 and Summer trip to Europe.