Evening star., 1933-04-22
ORATOR
wins IN CHARLES
Henry Estevez to Compete
in Maryland Finals Next
Saturday.

Henry Estevez of the La Plata High
School last night won the championship
Of Charles County IN the Tenth Ma
tional Oratorical Contest to complete
the feld Of contenders for the Mary
land State championship.
The other county champions who will
participate with Estevez in the Mary
land finals at La Plata one week from
tonight are Robert Bradley of the
Hyattsville High School, Prince Georges
County champion: Haylett B. Shaw Of
the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.
Montgomery County champion, and
Sergi Remby Diab Of Charlotte Hall
School, st. Marys County champion.
In his victory over the four other
Charles County school spokesmen last
night, Estevez presented effectively his
grafton on why We Should Support
the Constitution" The La Plata boy
spoke unhurriedly, deliberately and with
expression that is heard rarely in high
school oratory He introduced a sense
Of the dramatic in his speech by the
turn Of infection, by well timed pause
and, rarely, by gesture that COM
manded the attention Of his audience
that packed the auditorium. He spoke
for S minutes and 81 seconds. EsteveZ's s
grafton itself was composed Of unusually
strong contender for the Maryland
State championship next week.
Wins Second Honors.
Harry Anderson of the Lackey High
School won second hOnOrs in the
Charles County finals with his ora
ton on THE Civil War. the Supreme
Test Of the Constitution" Anderson
relied chiefly upon gestures for effect
and his bid for the county champion
ship was one Of interesting animation.
He traced the history of the making
Of the Constitution and drew the con-
clusion that the Civil War was the
test Of the Constitution because, by
splitting the States, 1t struck at the very
foundation Of the Constitution-union
He spoke 5 minutes IS seconds.
Estevez and Anderson were the Sec
ond and first contestants, respectively,
to be introduced. Harold Ames of the
Glasya High School was the third
orator to speak. He sought victory with
his GRAFTON on THE Immortal Lincoln
and the Effect Of the Civil War on the
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the father Of his country and Madison
the interpreter of the Constitution
which guided it, then Lincoln, Ames de-
clared. was the preserver of the coun-
try. He spoke fer minutes 26 seconds.
Eleanor Wheeler of the Nanjemoy
High School was the fourth orator to
be heard and she spoke for minutes
40 seconds on Personalities of the
Constitution" She declared that the
United States seeks a guiding hand only
when 1t Is in the midst of depression
and dihculty. just as the American
colonists turned to Washington, Frank
lin, Hamilton, Madison. John Jay, John
Marshall and Robert Morris and placed
In them their whole faith for solution
OF the problems Of the founding Of the
Nation.
Entire Families Attend.
Betty Istvan of the Hughesville High
School was the final speaker. She dis
cuSsed The Constitution" and seemed
to put her whole self into her speech.
The audience gave her its rapt atten-
tion and even the audible whimpering
OF little baby in the audience failed
to distract this girl. She completed her
speech in just S minutes.
That infant, whose restlessness caused
the little stir. was an important mem
ber OF the audience, for it was he and
several about his own age who estab-
llshed the Charles County finals as a
real family affair. Entire families
turned out for the meeting and more
than one mother heard the speakers
as she Graded her baby in her arms
and gently rocked it to court sleep.
JUDGES OF last nights meeting were
Or. Walter j. .Greenleaf. specialist in
high school education. United States
od1ce Of education: w. D. boutwell,,
editor Of publications, office of educa-
ton, and H. M. Keyser, secretary and
counsel for the Potomac Electric Power
Co.