Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-10
Jefferson School
To Pick Orator
In Times Contest
By RAY HARRINGTON

1
School. the only Detroit school
named for the great American
entered in The Detroit Times JEFF
lferson Bicentennial Memorial Ora
torical Contest, announced today
liz intends 70 be the first to choose
its champion orator.
Jefferson School. al Selden and
Hamilton, is one OF more than 80
schools in the contest which the
Times is conducting 10 find the
champion prep school and college
orators Of Greater Detroit.
They will compete in the ma
ltional jefferson Memorial Oratori-
cal Contest, sponsored by the
Times and other Hearst news
papers from coast TO coast.
BONDS TO WINNERS
jefferson intermediates enthus-
Iiasm for the Greater Detroit COM
petition. in which the Times is
awarding 81 1000 in bonds to dis
ltrict and city high school and col
llege victors, is typical of the keen
Interest being displayed by stu
dents throughout the schools OF
Detroit and its 13 suburbs.
The latter are Highland Park,
Hamtramck. Dearborn, Gross
Pointe, East Detroit. Hazel Park,
Ferndale, Royal Oak. Berkeley
Melvindale, Ecorse, Lincoln Park
and River Rouge.
In one English class at Jefferson
School all az students are battling
for the school championships, and
all the 1850 students enrolled In
the school have been invited &c
enter by the school paper, The JEFF
fersonian, Miss Kennetha Schaal
head of the English department
announced.
jefferson Schools champion also
will receive a prize, given by Miss
Schaal. IT is a framed photograph
of the jefferson Memorial al
washington. taken by her brother
Sgt. Hartley Schaal. who is sta
toned at nearby Aberdeen army
proving ground.
DEDICATION APRIL Is
The national high school and
college champions of the Hearst
newspapers Jefferson oratorical
contest, will participate in the
dedication of this memorial April
I13, the 200th anniversary Of JEFF
Iferson's birth. after having re-
lceived a $1,000 war bond each,
first prize in the national compe-
tition.
The Detroit Times war bond
awards begin at the five district
contests in both the junior and
senior high school divisions. Each
of the district division champions
will receive a SIS bond.
Then interdistrict contests will
be held in each division and the
two winners will compete against
each other with their six-minute
Iorations on Jefferson for prizes OF
Ia $3.50 war bond to the winner and
500 to the runnerup.
The junior and senior college
champions each will receive a S25
bond for his or her division title
and $3.50 and 500 bonds. respec-
lively, for the winner and run
nerup positions in the city college
final.
FIVE DISTRICTS OUTLINED
The five districts of Greater De-
|troit, for the junior and senior
high school competition, were out
lined today by M. E. Shattuck,
head OF the board of education
Language education department,
who is chairman of judges for the
high school contest.
Following the the senior high
school district lineupS:
East district, from Detroit River
to Gratiot: DENLY. East Com
merce. Eastern. Miller and South
eastern highs, all of Detroit; East
Detroit High and Crosse PointeI
High.
Northeast district, from GratiotI
to Woodward Northeastern,
Northern and Pershing highs of
Detroit; Hamtramck High, Hazel
Fdrk Hlgn ana hOydl Yak t1lSn'
Northwest district. from Wood
ward to Grand River: Central
Cooley, Northwestern and Wilbur
Wright highs of Detroit: Berkeley
High, Ferndale Lincoln High and
Highland Park High.
West district, from Grand River
10 Michigan: Cass Tech, Chadsey,I
Commerce, Mackenzie and RedfordI
highs of Detroit; Dearborn and
Fordson highs OF Dearborn.
Southwest district, from Michi-
gan TO Detroit River: Southwest
,ern and Western highs of Detroit;
Ecorse High, Lincoln Park High,
Melvindale High and River Rouge
High.
JUNIOR HIGH AREAS
Following is the composition Of