Evening star., 1933-05-21
John Milton Phillips, II, Is
National Champion, After
Close Contest.
TWO BALLOTS REQUIRED
TO MAKE FIRST AWARD
Grace Mary Collifower Makes
Strong Bid for Title-Florida
Boy Is Third.

John Milton Phillips, II, of Kansas
City. Mo, speaking for the Midwest,
won the Tenth National Oratorjcal
Contest in Constitution Hall last night.
Grace Mary Colliflower, also II, the
st. Cecilia's Academy girl who cham
pioned the District of Columbia and
neighboring counties of Maryland and
Virginia, won second place.
The contest, presenting the keenest
competition Of any of the annual meets,
was decided by the narrowest margin.
The first ballot resulted in a COM
parative tie for first place between
Miss Colliflower and Mr.. Phillips. The
second ballot, taken on the three top
contestants as determined by the in
1tial ballot, gave the Kansas City boy
the championship by single unit. He
received a low-point total of 8 and
Miss Colliflower received a total of 8
units.
Good Sportsmanshfp.
Phillips won the championship with
prepared Grafton on The Living Con-
stltutlon" and an extemporaneous ad-
oreSs on How Does Congress Act as
Check on the Supreme Court?"
Miss Colliflower won her honors with
prepared Grafton on Thomas Jeffer-
son: Father of Constitutional Democ-
racy, and an extemporaneous speech
on the assignment, Compare the Lead
ership OF Jefferson with that of Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt"
note Of keen sportsmanship and
gooo1elloWShip marked the announce
ment OF the verdict by Fleming New
ooio, business manager of The Wash
mgton Star, when Samuel King, the IT.
year-old Scotch-Hawaiiian boy who
lourneyed all the way from Honolulu to
De spokesman for the Pacific zone,
walked directly to the two first-place
winners and looped Hawaiian leis about
their necks. King had brought the COL
or1ul garlands all the way from his
island home with him to salute those
who would defeat him. His gesture won
tremendous applause from the audience.
Florida Boy Third.
The only place announced at the
end OF the contest was third. and this
was captured by George w. Oliver. ir
II, Of Lake Wales, Fla, champion Of
the Southern zone He used a pre-
pared Grafton on THE Expansion of
Ine Constltutlon IN the Regulation o.
Business" and an extemporaneous ad-
dress on the query, If the Federal Re-
serve System Is so Marvellous, WHY
Have So Many Banks Failed Under It?"
The verdict was rendered by a board
OF scholars, composed of DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin. president of George WASH
ington University: DR.. Hayden John
son, chancellor of National University:
DR.. w. Coleman Nevis, president of
Georgetown University: DR.. Lucius
Clark, dean Of American University's
Graduate School; DR.. James Hugh
Ryan, rector OF Catholic University,
and Roy st. Lewis, Assistant Attorney
General
Presided over by Randolph Leigh.
director general of the contest, the
finals were opened at o'clock by
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
OF Washington, who in his brief intro
ductory address paid tribute to the
work which the young orators had done
and were doing in the contest.
The study and orations which that
study produces, Bishop Freeman de-
clared, is an encouragement and In
spiration to the sluggish and careless
citizen who is content to drift along
on the flowing and erratic tides of an
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