Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1928, Page 24

ORATORY LS DUEOETOBER 13 Plans for Third International Competition Here Now Be- ing Completed. Plans for the finals of the Third International Oratorical Contest. to be staged in the Washington Auditorium at 8 p.m., Saturday, October 13, rapid- ly are being completed by Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest. At present six nations besides the TUnited States have chosen their spokes- men for the oratory meet. Three of these, the champions . of England, France and Germany, are on the seas together, due to land at Boston Sun- day on their way to the Capital via Detroit, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Can- ada, and Chicago. The Mexican cham- | pion already 1s in the United States, while the Argentine youth is sched- uled to begin his long voyage from down under the equator Saturday to | reach New York October 10. James R. Moore, the United States champion, who won the right to com- pete in the international meet at the national finals in the Auditorium here in May, is at his home, in Somerset, Ky. He will go from that city to Chi- cago in time to meet the European champions and the Canadian spokes- man, who will leave his London, On- tario, home to join the party for a round of entertainment. World Contestants Listed. ‘The contestant field which will com- ete before a brilliant audience of Amer- lcan and foreign notables here next month, as it siands today. with the speeches with which the boys will bid for world honors, follows: Dudley Raymond Barker, 18, of Southampton, a student of the Bourne- mouth School, representing England, with a speech on “The English Govern- mental System™: Rene Ponthieu, 17 of Paris, a student at the Lycee Henri IV, spokesman for France, on “French Thought and thz | Idea of Liberty”; William Fox, jr.. 19, of London, On- tario. a student of the London Seconc- ary School, on “Canada’s Future”; Efrain Brito Rosado, 18, of Mexico City, a_student of the Mexico City | ight School, representing Mexico, on *The Character and Future of Spanish Culture in America™; Heinz Barth, 18, of Berlin, a student of the Hochschule fur Politik, repre- senting Germany, on “Unity, Justice and Liberty in the Development of the German Constitution”; Jose de Tomaso, 18, of Buenos Airec. @ student of the high school department of the Mariano Moreno National Col- lege, representing Argentine, on “The Reborn and Free Civilization of the A:- gentine Republic,” and James Moore, 18-year-old United States entry, on “The Development of the Constitution.” Cuba is conducting its national finals this week and the announcement of its spokesmen in the International meet probably will be made by Saturday. Test Embraces Four Languages. In the oratory meet four languages will be heard, with the United States, English and Canadian contestants using English, the French and German youths speaking the tongue of their ctive lands, and the Argentine, Cuban and Mexican speakers delivering their addresses in Spanish. To meet the exacting requirements imposed by the various languages, a board of five multi-linguist judges will be appointed to select the victor. The nations tepresented have been invited to nominate candidates for the judging ‘board and several of them already have sent the names of capable men to the International contest headquarters in ‘The Star Building. The personnel of the board will be made known about one week before the meet. The first International Oratorical Con- test was held here two years ago, when Herbert Wenig, California youth, won 90-Coil Bed Spring 1f you have been “sleeping” bed spring try this one. A m type of bed spring—sizes to fit with 90 resilient steel coils, constructed for years of service. Budget Payments 5-Piece Decorated Braakfast Suite $29'75 | $1Al'i’-'l,|’nc‘n An ideal and decorative suits porch or breakfast room. ivory and blue enameled breakfast suite. -~ 1415 H St. N.W. TWENTY-ONE STORES IN TWENTY-ONE CITIES Table and four chairs. Other Suites at $17.50 and Up Any colors to your custom order. VAN TR the world champlonship. In the second world meet, held here last year, Arturo Garcia Formenti, Mexican student, won the International championship. With a greater number of nations competing in the coming meet, interest in the affair has increased to a high degree. Tickets of admission to the contest finals will be distributed within a few weeks at the contest headquarters. An- nouncement of their availability will be made in The Star, sponsoring news- paper of the contest here. CARNIVAL DUE TONIGHT MAY BE HELD INDOORS| Friendship House Benefit, Schtd-, uled for Street, Likely to Be In- | terrupted by Weather. The third annual carnival of Friend- ship House, 326 Virginia avenue south- east, scheduled as a “strect carnival”| for late this afternoon and evening.; will be held indoors if the weather does not permit it outdoors, it was announced by Miss Lydia A. H. Burk- |lin, head resident, tocay. The program .opens this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, wh>n selections by the Friendship House Toy Symphony Or- hestra and a seri>s of folk dances vill be presented. Buffet supper will| be served from 5 to 7 o'clock. A pa- {rade will be held at 6:30 and a juvenile circus presented at 7:15. The carnival | will conclude with dancing from 8 to pm 10 The carnival is a benefit to help | wipe out a deficit ct $2.000 incurred | in running Friendship House through the Summer. i “Seventy per cent of the women who marry run from plump to fat,” recites a syndicate writer. 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