Evening star., 1933-05-07
L. ORATORS CLASH
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Of NATIONAL RACE.
School Auditorium and That
of National Museum Are
Scenes of Contests.
JUDGES AND OFFICIALS
TO TRAVEL ABOUT CITY
District and Neighboring Virginia
and Maryland Counties in
Star Area.

The champion high school orator of
the District Of Columbia and the neigh
boring counties Of Maryland and Vir-
g1nia will be chosen in The Star area
finals Of the Tenth National Oratorical
Contest Thursday.
Eleven contestants, each the spokes-
man for his particular district" by
virtue Of victory in a line Of elimina-
ton competitions, will comprise the
field. Like previous Star finals, the
meet which determines the boy or girl
who shall enter the National Contest
finals here May 20 and who. by virtue
OF that participation shall go on Sum-
mer trip to Europe, will be held in nine
separate auditoriums in various sections
OF the city. The District Of Columbia
public high school spokesmen will be
heard in their respective school audi
forums, and the speakers for the
Maryland, the Virginia and the private
and-parochial school districts will be
heard in the National Museum Audi
torium.
The board Of judges and other con-
test oficials will travel about the city
pausing long enough in the nine halls
to listen to the individual contestants
The decision will be reached immedi-
ately after the last speaker has been
heard. but 1t will be announced only in
the Thursday afternoon edition Of The
Star.
Schedule Of Contests.
The contestants, their respective pre-
pared Grafton topics and the scheduled
time of their bids for victory. follow:
High School, John Marshall"
9:25 a.m-George Bondurant Of Nc
Kinley High School, The Constitution,
Challenge to American Youth"
$50 am.-Constance Conway of
Roosevelt High School, The Preamble
to the Constitution
1915 am. lin the National Museum
Auditorium)-Ma Cardwell Of the
Washington-Lee High School at Balls
ton. champion Of Virginia, The Pur-
pose of the Constitution; followed by
Henry Estevez of the La Plata High
School. champion Of Maryland, why
We Should Support the Constitution"
Grace Collinower Of st. Cecilia's
Academy, champion Of the private and
parochial schools. Thomas Jefferson
Champion Of Constitutional Democ-
racy"
1l:o5 a.m.-Betty Francis Of Dun.
bar High School, THE Constitution. q
Basis for Reconstruction"
strong High School, THE Constitution
an Instrument of More Perfect Union.
1885 a.m.-John c. Yeldell Of the
Cardozo High School. THE Origins OF
the Constitution"
1910 p.m-Albert Abramson Of Cen
tral High School, "Our Constitution
the Basis for International Govern
ment," and
1925 pm-Henry William Snyder
jr., of western High School. Justice
Holmes. Champion Of Human Rights.
Extemporaneous Talks.
As soon as each contestant has de.
livered his six-minute prepared ora
ton, he will speak extemporaneouslJ
for four minutes on a new subject. INT
new subject will be based upon state.
ments contained In the prepared ora.
tions Of the respective contestants ana
in addition to constituting q stern ties,
of an orators genuine forensic ability
the extemporaneous phase OF the con
test will challenge each orators knoWl'
edge of his subject.
When the judges and contest officials
reach an auditorium in their rounds
of the city, they will find the audience
waiting and the contestant himself
ready for action. The moment the
contestant finishes his second speech
the contest officials will leave the hal
and move on to the next auditorium
where the performance will be repeated
The ballots Of the judges, written with
out consultation, will be compiled i'm
mediately after the last speakers per-
formance at Western High School. How
ever, the verdict will not be made
known at Western, but will be re.
vealed in the news columns Of The
Star an hour later.
Each contender in Thursdays Stal
finals already has won 500. Victory
in Thursdays meet will add 5000 te
the champions purse and, best Of all
will give that winner the right to &C
to Europe this Summer with all ex.
penses paid. To 60 on the trip. how
ever, the winner of The Star finals must
represent this newspapers area in the
national finale In Constitution Hal
May 20.
Judges of The Star finals will be
announced just before the contest.