Evening star., 1933-04-23
FINALS IN ORAT0RY
TO Be THIS WEEK.
Virginia, Maryland and D. c.
Champions to Be Sc
!ected in Contests.

With three Virginia county spokes-
men, the Virginia State champion, the
Maryland State champion and the pri-
vate-and-parochial schools champion
to be chosen within the next seven days,
the coming week will be the busiest yet
in The Stars regional participation in
the Tenth National Oratorical Contest.
Three of Virginias county spokesmen
already have been designated. They
are Maxine Cardwell of the Washing
ton-Lee High School, who spoke on
THE Constitution" to win the right to
represent Arlington County; George
Martin of the Leesburg High School,
who spoke on 'Virginians IN the Con-
stitutional Convention" spokesman for
Loundoun County, and Louise F. May
of the Brentsville District High School,
Who spoke on The Tests of the Con-
stitution' to be spokesman for Prince
William County.
Virginia Finals This Week.
The Virginia county finals to be held
this week will be staged on the follow
ing schedule:
Alexandria finals at 8:15 o'clock to-
morrow night at the George Mason
High School with Miss Thurman Baker
of the Alexandria High School. Miss
Gladys Caswell of George Mason High
School, Lawrence Wood of the Alex
andria High School and Godfrey Runal-
due OF the George Mason High School
competing. Harry Kennedy, Alexandra
attorney, will preside, and the Judges
will be DR.. James A. Bell, Prof. Gilbert
7 uon and Drnf Aldo T., RATA
Fairfax County finals at pm. Tues
DAY at Falls Church with Howard
Thornberg of the Herndon High School;
Lytton H Gibson of the Jefferson High
School of Falls Church, a yet-to-be-
designated spokesman for the Clifton
High School, Marry Carrico of the
Lee-Jackson High School, Helen Mac
Asian of the Oakton High School and
Mary Cline of the Franklin-Sh
High School of Mclean competing. The
chairman will be W. T. Woodson. su-
and the judges will be Arthur Flem-
ming DR.. Walter j. Greenleaf and w.
D. Boutwell,.
Contest at WarrentOn.
Fauquier County finals at pm.
Wednesday at Warrenton, with Hazel
E Poe of the Hume High School. Mlsha
Nicholas Kadick of the Marshall High
School, Hazel Neale of the Bealeton
High School, Lucy Elfreda Sisk OF the
Upperville High School, Newton M.
Brooke, jr.. of the Warrenton High
School,. and a MISUNDERSTANDING
spokesman for the Calverton High
School The chairman will be w. II.
Thomas, superintendent OF Fauquler
County schools, and the judges Will be
Allison R. Williams, Gordon Dunthorne
and Mary Dunthorne.
Each of the county finals winners
will receive a gold medal emblematlc
of the county championship and the
right to compete in the Virginia state
finals.
The Virginia State finals will be held
at o'clock Friday night at the Wash
ington-Lee High School in Clarendon
The winner of that contest will receive
a cash award of S100 and the right 20
represent all the Virginia contestants
in The Star area finals, which in turn,
will be staged in Washington, May IL.
Maryland Meet Saturday. :. :.
The Maryland State finals will be
held at La Plata at 8 o'clock next Sat
urday night and. like in Virginia, the
winner will receive cash award OF
500 and the right to compete in the
Star finals as the spokesman for the
Maryland contestants.
Meanwhile, the contest activity in the
District of Columbia is being acceler-
ated. and the private and parochial
schools district will designate its cham
pion at o'clock Friday afternoon in
the National Museum Auditorium. The
winner of that meet also will receive
an award of Sl00 and he will enter The
Star finals as spokesman for the pri-
vate and parochial schools Of the Dis
trict of Columbia
The Star finals, the last local compe-
tition in this newspapers region, Will
be held in various auditoriums through
out the city The Spokesmen for the
public high schools of Washington will
be heard in their respective audito-
ruins. while the Maryland, Virginia and
private and parochial spokesmen will
be heard in the National Museum.
The board of judges will travel from
hall to hall. rating the speakers as they
go, and the winner will be announced
only in The Star on the afternoon OF
the contest.
The Star finals winner will receive
the right to an additional cash award
of 5000 and the grand prize of Sum-
mer trip to Europe, along with tAe
right to enter the national contest
finals in Constitution Hall, Saturday,
May 90 Receipt of the European trip,
however, will be dependent upon the
victor's actual competition in the ma
tional finals. In other words victory
in The Star finals simply gives the con-
testant a leg on the grand prize. The
actual attainment of the trip is won
only on participation in the national