Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1925, Page 16

ORATORY CONTEST LAUDED BY D. AR, Magazine Writer Outiines Benefits That May Result From Competition. High praise for the National Ora- torical Contest on the Constitution is contained in the February issue of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution Magazine. Writing on the subject, “Our Friend—The Constitu- tion,” Louise dman Proctor not only describes and evaluates the movement, but also gives an excel- lent outline of the way in which it works in relationship to a specific, though hypothetical, community. The article follows: ‘We, the people of the United States, * * * ' Most of us recall that much of the Constitution, and some, with specially good memor: have retained the old preamble’s other forty-five words, but who can describe the body of that charter upon, which is founded the greatest business of the world—the Govern- ment of the United States? Suggested as “Practical Plan.” ‘Many who have pondered . upon thls vital question of the day will be interested in a plan that has been devised to meet the situation—a plan so practical that through thé co- operation of the Nation's leading newspapers it has materialized into a project in which, in 1923, ten thousand Californians took part and in 1924 more than a million Americans competed. Iz the ‘coming Spring, with its repetition, many thousands above last year's million will doubt- le enlist f you are under 19 vears of age and a secondary school pupil ¥ou maysbe numbered among these thousands. But, if not, and you hap- pen 1o know or to be a kinswoman of such an eligible, in all likelihood your interest will be just as keen as that of the publisher in your locality who is spending good moncy as his gratuitous offering toward better citizenskhip. “It is a contest—this unique plan— an oratorical contest ‘to increase in- terest In the Constitution o the United States’ High school boys and girls in all parts of the countr un- der the guidance of newspapers in their respective territories, will again Spring dig down into the hives of their town libraries and glean from those shelves romances and facts surrounding this blessed old document, t.e original of which now proudly adorns a wall in the Library of Congre: at Washington, and will frame 3 upon either the Constitution' or the Constitution and its: connection with one of the following statesmen: Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Marshall, Madi- son, Webster or Lincoln. “Then the fun will begin. Through the gantlet of many teachers and judges the competitors will run, in classrooms, assembly halls and audi- toriums at home and abroad, deliver- ing their arguments in 10-minute orations, in which oratorical delivery will count equally with context of essay. Five times will competitions be held before the repr ntatives of each fo the seven zones into which the country has been divided for the pur- poses of the contest will have been selected for the final natlonal con- test May 8 at Washington.? “For example, young Tom Brown of Smithville, Kans, submits his essay to his classroom teacher in the Smithville High School. Tom's treatise is a clear and convincing d ourse on the subject he has chosen and as a speaker he is well rated in his classes. He is selected by his teacher as the best competitor who come within her bailiwick Therefore Tom is allowed April 3 to compcte in the assembly hall of his gh s 1 with other schoolmates. | Judges picked either from the school faculty or from representative citi or from both, hear the orations and lect Tom as contestant from the Smithville High School in the district finals April 17, where other high schools are likewise represented. Tom “Comes Through.” “On April 17 Tom comes through with fiving to the satisfaction of ail Smi and appears April 21 entative local for the newpaper semi- ain, he leads and newspaper final usins and aunts) and udly proclaimed in head- leading newspaper of his as its ative in Kansas City for the final contest of the sixth, or Midwestern, zone “Here, in the presence of, possibly. the Governor of Kansas, the presi- dent of the First N al Bank of Karsas C tice of the supreme court of the State. ing as judges, Tom once again recites the argument in behalf of his Nation" Constitution that has won him recog- nition thus far. And here, amid ap- plause, he is de ated as represent- ative of the sixth zone to appear at the national finais in W “At beautiful Memor tal Hall in Washington Tom feels himself none too pr in the task for which he is chosen. Before him are statesmen, diplomats and soldiers of national and international re- nown, and ladies—brilliant and cultured. Besids him, on the platform, where Daughters of the American Revolu- tion have held many sessions, sit the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, justices of the United States Supreme Court, the United States commissioner of edu- cation, the president of the American Bar Association, and no end of other statesmen and educators who have reached the top rung on the ladder ame. Tom would be appalled, but on eith de of him sit also young men and girls from the six other sections of the country, and in his mind-there looms the picture of a $5,000 prize— for a large part of which he has traveled here from Smithville. And he braces up, of course. “M astute thoughts are ex- pounded that night in speeches of some of the prominent leaders gath- ered there. But when Tom sets forth his message In clear, studied tones and presents his thoughts so swiftly, so concisely, & peculiar thrill goes through his visible audience of sev- eral thousand, and his invisible list- -in numbering countless thou- throughout the land. Some- Tom's words work strange mir- acles in the hearts of men and women grown immune to the appeals of the servants into whose hands they have intrusted their Government's rein But this boy—why it is for him that old charter was drawn. It is fine enough and strong enough to serve him, and his boy—if unearthed from dusty recesses of our minds and looked over a hit “Six_other boys and girls deliver PISO’S . forcoughs | | | THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23,. 1925.' their astonndingly convincing re- | ceived the second award of $1,000, and | nalism has thers been effected such re- | and financed the movement for the State | Vietor F. Lawson, Chicago Dally News: | of this move marks with astoundingly dramatic | John Mortimer Dallam, 3d, of Philadel- | markable co-operation of newspapers |of California in 1923, and contributed | W. L. Mclean, ir.. Philadelphia. Bul. .\mu::_mlM:"evr:‘-;rm(fl’,;’:;ua;:pt’v‘; Before You Buy—See finish and poise. And all but the |phia received third prize of $500. for a purpose o thoroughly unselfish— (largely to the funds necessary for the |letin; K. I.Thompson, Birmingham Age. | by the participating papers. was, -The judges are happy. It is no easy mat- i % e nothing whatever being offered for sale | first national _contest the following | Herald: R. B. Stout, Kansas City Star, | Schools of America Must Save Amer) ter to rate these youthful Anthonies Then Comes “Joy All Around. in connection with the project. It began | Spring. and Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles | In interesting over a million young p’:a and Portias. “The eccond contést, however, Will | with the generous example of Harry | “The system perfected this year ad- [ Times. The participating newspapers | ple, about to take upon themselves the _“In the first national contest the | prove @ joy all around, for the prizes | Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles | justs aasessments of participants upon | throughout the comntrs are the units | Qutles of citizenship to- the peimt of | $5.000 prize was divided into threeiparts. | will be divided into seven shares, rang- | Times. These scheme was originally |& purely co-operative basis, and the | with which the contral office deals, while | studying and discuscing the fundamen. | Don Tyler of Los Angeles received the | ing from $2,000 to 3300, £o that ail com- | presented to him by Randolph Leigh, | movement is directed by Mr, Lelgh, with | the schools themselves are the units | tals upon which theit Government . is largost, in the amount of $3,500: Ruth | petitors will recelve awards. political scientist, and Mr. Chandler’s |an advisory committee composed of | With which the newspapers work built—surely a service of inestimable Newburp of Washington, D. C., re-| “Never before in the history of jour- | enthusiasm was such that he sponsored ' Frank B. Noyes of the Washington Star, | “There is 1o question as to the value | importance nas heen wonderbar” for your pocketbook’s sake Rt i b s i Woodward &Lothrop 45t Anniversaty Sale DOWN STAIRS STORE See Our Other Advertisements on Pages 20 and 21. 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