Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
WARRENTON YOUTH
FAUQU|ER ORATOR
Newton N. Brooke, Jr., Wins
First Place in County Finals
in Annual Contest.

! in the county's Tenth National Orator.
cal Contest finals at Warrenton last
night.
Running Brooke . close second was
Miss Hazel Neale Of the Bealeton High
School, whom the judges proclaimed
official alternate to the Fauquier County
champion. The contest was the last
county finals to be held, and the field
now Is complete for the Virginia State
finals at the Westinghouse High
School at Ballston. Arlington County,
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
Eastern Finals Tonight.
Meanwhile the contest advances
another step nearer its end here tonight
when Eastern High School stages its
finals at o'clock. The Eastern High
School finalistS, contenders for the
right to represent that school in The
Star area finals, are, in the order in
which they will speak, and their re-
spective orationS:
Harry Goldberg, 1.-THE District Of
Columbia and the Constitution"
Frank Kearney. Abraham Lincoln
and the Constitution"
Robert Lee, Jefferson, the Apostle
of American Democracy"
Bertha Miller, John Marshall"
Sidney Davis, The Expansion Of the
Constitution Through the Unwritten
Constitution" and
June Southworth, Personalities Of
the Constitution
Judges of the Eastern High School
finals will be DR.. Leo Behrendt Of the
Hot oil TTv,}v fky, 20 Y
Jones, head Of the history department,
and Mrs. John Bruce Handy, president
Of the Eastern High School Alumni
Association.
Tomorrow afternoon will witness the
private and parochial school district
finals. The representative of the
private and parochial schools of the
District of Columbia will be chosen in
a competition at 8 O'Clock In the audi
forum of the National Museum.
The Dunbar High School finals will
be staged 1T lao O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Tells Story q Constitution.
Speaking last night 1T Warrenton ON
THE Making of the Constitution, "
Newton Brooke, the fifth Of six speakers,
told the entire story of the framing of
the Constitution from the calling Of
the convention at Philadelphia to the
redrafting of the Articles of Confedera-
ton, through the final stages Of the
assembly at which the document was
signed. He talked for minutes, ~
seconds.
Miss Neale, the second honors winner,
was the third orator to take the stage
last night. She spoke on THE Con-
stitution: A Challenge to Citizenship"
The main challenge Of the Constitution,
she commended, lay In the demands
which the instrument makes upon the
people governed by 1t for their active
participation In It's responsibilities,
duties and benefits. She spoke for
minutes, SO seconds.
The first Of the Fauquer County
orators to be heard was Hazel e. Poe
Of the Hume High School, who spoke
on 1.-THE Origins Of the Jury and the
Constitution" She showed how many
Of the features Of American jurispru-
dence was taken from the English by
the American Government founders.
She spoke for minutes, 56 seconds.
Micha Nicholas Kadick Of the Mar
shall High School was the next con-
testant and discussed THE Constitu-
ton and the Present Crisis" In his
Grafton he cited difficulties IN trying
and conviction for income tax evasion
Of AL Capone, Chicago gangster and
beer baron, Is evidence Of the peril to
which the Constitution Is subjected.
Although Capone was known Is
power in the criminal world, Kadick
declared that the Government agents
who compiled the evidence against him,
sought not to learn how much crime
he committed, but merely how much
profit ne made" Kadick spoke for
minutes, SO seconds.
Miss Neale was next and then Louise
Kinney Of the Upperv1lle High School
took the stage. Miss Kinney was al
ternate to Lucy Alfredo Sisk, who was
unable to compete, and spoke on John
Marshall and the Constitution" She
presented much historical data to illus
trate MarShalls contributions to the
framing and subsequent launching Of
the Constitution. She spoke for s
minutes, So seconds.
CONSTITUTION Origins" Topic.
The Warrenton High School contest
ant was next and then the final speak
er, Samuel Read, Of the Calverton
High School took the stage. He spoke
on Origins of the Constitution" Read
was still talking when the whistle
blew after minutes.
w. H. Thomas, superintendent OF
Fauquier County schools, was chair
man of the Warrenton meeting. In
his Introductory, Mr.. Thomas pointed
out that the National Oratorical Con-
test had had an influence for the good
in the schools Of his county by inspir-
ing students generally to greater study
efforts and to the organization of pub
lie speaking groups, the activities of
which materially promoted scholarly
pursuits in the schools.
The judges Of last nights meeting
were Allison r. Williams, Gordon Dun
thOrne and Mary Dlnthorne.