Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1928, Page 27

TIT TVENTNG STAR, WASHATNGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, MAROH 10, 1928, ~ Nine Nations in 1928 . National and International - Oratorical Contests Largest Prizes in History of Project lncluding Three Months’ European Tour and Total of $1,400 in Cash Prizes for Winners in Territory of The S. S. America o[»"" United States Lines, on which the 1928 Oratorical finalists will sail for Europe on June 30 The Foening Star Commissioner Tigert’s Indorsement President Coolidge’s Indorsement Eligibility of GRAND PRIZE $200 and a Trip to Europe 8 District Prizes $50 Each = and 38 Sub-District Prizes $20 Each For Washington and Vicinity | i The Contestants Boys and girls who are under nineteen years of age and who are regularly enrolled in a recognized secondary school, public, private or parochial, are eligible to com- pete in the oratorical contest. The Orations —must be original, not more than ten minutes long, and must deal with the Constitution in one of the following phases: “The Development of the Constitution” “The Present Significance of the Constitution” Dates School Selections Champion of Metropoli- tan Area of Washing- ton May 10 National Finals at Wash- May 26 March 16 Beginning of European End of European Tour.. Sept. 10 International Finals at Washington The Trip to Europe Sailing from New York on tke S, S. America, the eight national finalists and chaperones will enjoy a superb 11-week tour of Europe, visiting England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland (and the Olympic Games) and Belgium, and returning to New York on the S. S, Lapland, September 10. RIS I PP 1900) In addressing a final meeting of the con- test, President Coolidge described it as ‘“the greatest competition of its kind ever held in the world,” and added: “Itis the most effec- tive way of interesting young men and women in American institutions.” tomorrow.” Dr. John J. Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education: *‘I hope this contest becomes a perma- nent national institution. It is of two-fold value. It stimulates our young people to continue their edu- cation into the college and university and, at the same time, it insures a widespread knowledge of the Constitution among those who are to be our citizens The Star has joined with fifty-three other leading newspapers throughout the United States—and in England, France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Holland and Japan—for promotion and support of the National and Inter- national Oratorical Contest—believing this to be a material means to a better understanding and a more intelligent exercise of citizenship. The chief end sought is to increase interest in and respect for the basic prin- ciple of government in each of the participating nations. Therefore, in the United States, the contest this year, as heretofore, will center around the Constitution. This is the fifth year of the contest as a nation-wide undertaking, and its third year as an international contest. The preliminary work of the contest is now under way in the schools. Itis tak- ing the form of original, ten-minute orations on the Constitution. There are three stages of the contest, regional, national and international. The Regional Contest This is the competition con- ducted by The Star in the terri- tory mentioned. Each high school in that territory will be assigned to one of eight districts. In these districts there will be 38 sub-district prizes. Each sub-district prize will be for $20, and to the winner in each district a prize of $50 will be awarded. These eight district winners will then be passed upon by a board of judges to deter- mine the spokesman for the ter- ritory of The Star, who will re- ceive a European tour, with all expenses paid, as well as $200 in addition to the $70 prizes for his preceding victories. The National Contest The winner of the champion- ship of the territory of The Star will compete on May 26 with six other contestants who have been selected in other parts of the country. From these seven there will be selected the national champion, who will have special recognition in the form of an em- blem and who will represent this country in the meetings abroad and at the international finals. All seven national finalists will receive, as their awards, trips to Europe this coming Summer, with all expenses paid! The International Contest The final event of the 1928 competition will be the Interna- tional Contest, which will be held on October 13, At least nine na- tional groups will be represented —namely, England, France, Ger- many, Canada, Mexico, United States, Cuba, Japan and Hol- land. Each speaker will deal with his own governmental insti- tutions. All of the speakers, ex- cept the Japanese champion, will use their own language. The Japanese orator will use English. Thus the winner of The Star’s Regional Contest will enjoy a trip abroad, will be given $270 in cash and a place in the National Contest, with a chance to com- pete in the International Contest as the representative from the United States. Entries of schools desiring to take part in the contest should be made immediately. Appli- cations and requests for information are to be addressed to the “Oratorical Contest, The Evening Star, 323 Star Bldg., Washington, D. C. i | i 41 Contestants Open to All Students of Secondary Public Private Parochial Schools The Following Embraces The Star’s Territory The Central, Eastern, Business, McKinley and Western High Schools will each count as a dis- trict, with twenty-five sub-district prizes. The private and parochial schools within the District of Co- lumbia will be grouped into one district, this district to be divided into three sub-divisions, with a prize for each. All the high schools, public, private and parochial, in Prince Georges, Montgomery, St. Marys and Charles Counties, in Maryland, will count as one district, this dis- trict to have five sub-divisions, with a prize for each. All the high schools, public, private and parochial, in Loudoun, Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties, as well as Alexandria, in Virginia, will count as one district, this district to have five sub-divisions, with a prize for each. There will be, therefore, eight district and thirty-eight sub-district prizes. The winner in each one of these eight districts will receive a cash prize of $50, and the sub-dis- trict prizes will be $20 each. In addition, the winner of the cham- pionship i The Evening Star's ter ritory will receive a cash prize of $200, and a place in the national finals, which automatically carries with it the privilege of making the European tour, with all expenses paid. TR S R BT e AR R e sss RV FH3 0628000 o e BRI DI LRAE IS (s s ropesssssiotsssssors