Evening star., 1939-04-29
Catholic. Youth
TO Parade
Tomorrow

More Than 1000
Expected in Line on
Constitution Avenue
More than 5000 young people Of
the archdiocesan Catholic youth
organizations will take part In .
huge peace parade and rally down
Constitution avenue to the Wash.
tngton Monument tomorrow.
The parade, which is sponsored by
the Catholic University Conference
Of Clerics and Religious, and the
Catholic Student Mission Crusade,
is to start at Fourth street and
Constitution avenue NV. 1T 2 pm.
The line of march will be west on
Constitution avenue to Sixteenth
street and south to the Sylvan Tho
ater area near the Washington Mon-
ument.
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani. apostolic delegate to the
United States, will review the pa.
rade, and will give the pontihcal
military benediction of the most
blessed sacrament at the rally ut
the Monument area.
Orators to Compete.
r:se students from sections Of
the Archdiocese, survivors Of elimina-
ton contests, will compete in the
finals OF an oratorical contest to be
held at the Catholic University
gymnasium at 8 pm. tomorrow.
They sre Miss Helen Hughes Of
Ursiline Academy, Cumberland,
Md; Miss Doris Petit of the
Sacred Heart Academy, Washing
ton; Thomas Lebherz, st. Johns
High School, Frederick, Md; Robert
Troy OF Mount st. Josephs High
School, Baltimore, and William
Lynn Of st. Michael's High School,
Ridge. Md. The topic is Mission
Crusaders Obligation to the Propa-
cation Of the Faith"
The Apostolic Delegate will be
honorary chairman and M. S.
Scznichak will preside. Judges will
be Representative Mary Norton of
New Jersey. Senator Maloney of
Connecticut, Representative Smith
of Connecticut and Msgr. M.
O'Dwyer Of the Catholic University.
The parade in the afternoon will
be formed in six divisions, and will
be headed by a police escort under
the command of Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, followed by the parade grand
marshal and aides; the Executive
Board of the clerical conference and
the Georgetown University r. o. T.
C. unit and land.
The, first division in the line of
march will include the Executive
Ae4n of the Washington local con-
ference, the recipients of Crusade
Awards and the Cadet Corps and
band of st. Johns College. WASH
ington.
Boys Band to Play.
The second division will include
youths from grammar schools and
will be led by the following bands:
Holy Comforter Boys Bond. Elks
Boys Band. Lodge No. Is: st. Mich
ael's Boys Band and the drum and
bugle corps of the Sons OF Fort
Stevens. -
The third division, to be made up
Of young people from junior colleges
and high sch ools, will include the
Knights Of Columbus Band, For.
Stevens Post. No. 80, Drum and Bu-
gle Corps; the National Training
School Boys Band and st. Dominic's
Fife and Drum Corps of Baltimore.
Representatives of organizations
will form the fourth division, led by
the Sons and Daughters of the
American Legion Band and the band
of the James Reese Europe, Post No.
5.
The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club Band will head the fifth divi-
sion. which will be composed of
veterans units and colleges.
The sixth division will have rep
resentatives of the clerical confer
ence in the line of march and will
include the Catholic University Band
and the Fourteen Holy Martyrs
Band of Baltimore.
The Rev. Father Vaeth is arch
diocesan director of the celebration
and Frater Timothy Donahue, s. A.,
is general chairman of the Catholic
youth rally.