Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 20

o) NEGRO MEORAL ROGT IS PUSHED I Plans Going' Forward for Constructing Building in Washington. Plans for a national memorial build- | ing project in Washington as “a tribute to the Negro's contribution to the achievements of America” are going forward following enactment of a law | Just before President Coolidge left office ®uthorizing a memorial. While details of picking a site and | constructing the building are to be left to a commission of 15 to be appointed by President Hoover, a site somewhere | near Howard University is understood to be favored by colored leaders. The measure authorizes an appropri- ation from the Federal treasury of 850,000 to assist in carrying out the plans. The National Memorial Asso- ciation, which is sponsoring the move- ment, will lay plans to raise $1.000,000 to _erect and maintain the building. Plans for a proposed memorial have been submitted by the Memorial Asso- ciation to the Fine Arts Commissicn, They were drawn by a colored archi- | tect, Edward R. Williams of New York i a graduate of Hampton Institute, nia, and Tuskegee Institute, Tuske- gee, Ala. Building Would Seat 5,000, The proposed building, according to tentative plans, would have an audi- torium with a seating capacity of from 4000 to 5000 and would contain a hall of fame, art and music rooms, library and reading rooms, museum, slatues and tablets commemorating particular events. ‘The measure wa$ introduced in the Senate by Senator (now Vice President) Curtis, and in the House by Represent- ative Taylor of Tennessee. “I think this would be a splt‘ndid| tribute to a very large number of our citizenship, for the valor that these citizens have shown in times of war and for what they have done in times of peace.” Representative Wood of In- diana told the House committee on pub- lic buildings and grounds during hear- ings on the bill. The commission is to include the director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, the su- pervising architect of the Treasury, the architect of the Capitol and others. ‘The commission is authorized to em- ploy the services of such artists, sculp- tors, architects and others as it shall determine to be necessary, and avail itself of the services or advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury and the architect of the Capitol. Meeting to Be Held Soon. A meeting of the National Memorial | Association will be held some time this Spring to lay plans for raising the funds. The act prescribes the building ghall cost not less than $500,000, to be provided by voluntary contributions. Officers of the National Memorial Association are: President, Ferdinand D. Lee of this city, graduate of Hamp- ton Institute and of Howard Univer- sity Law School; secretary, Samuel C. Smith; treasurer, Dr. John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the A. M. Church and president of the Prudential Bank; vice presidents, Dr. Robert R. Moton, president of Tuskegee; Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, and Rev. W. H. Jernigan of this city. Mr Lee in testifying before the com- mittee declared: “Inasmuch as there is not a suitable building in this coun- Wy where the development of our race along the lines of invention and art | | E.|be a splendid idea if a public building THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 10, PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO NEGRO RACE - Artist's sketch of the structure projected here to mark the achievements of the Negroes in this country. SCHDOLS ORATORS | CASH NEXT WEEK Group Competition in Star Area to Be Launched in McMahon Hall. Interschool competition in The Star's| area of the Sixth National Oratorieal | Contest will be launched one week from tomorrow when the first group of schools | of the private and pal send their representatives into forensic fray to contend for a place in that district's finals. Scheduled to be held in McMahon | Hall of Catholic University at 3 o'clock | on Monday afternoon of next week, the first group meeting will be followed on Tuesday and Thursday, March 19 and 21, respectively, by two similar group contests. The winners of each of those three competitions will comprise the con- testant field for the championship of the private and parochial schools dis- trict, while the winner of that final con- test will receive a cash award of $100 and a place in The Star finals, Mean- while, however, the various schools of the private and parocthial schools district are choosing their representatives and three of these school winners are an- nounced today. 100 Students to Judge. Besides being the first inter-school meet of this year's contest, next Mon- day’'s competition between four paro- chial schools will be distinguished by the largest board of judges determining victors in any phase of the Sixth Na- | tional Oratorical Contest here. Approxi- mately 100 students of Catholic Uni= versity will determine the winner in the competition between Miss Hollis Essex of Holy Cross Academy, Miss Eileen Haltigan <2 Ct. Paul's Academy, — e could be provided at the Nation's Capi- tal, where it would reflect the greatest possible good throughout the country. “Such a shrine would shed its light for ages to come, thereby inspiring others to follow the example of those who have aided in the advancement of the race and Natlon. It woald be a great educatignal temple that would give hope, tion, and pride to could be exhibited, we feel that it would OO OO OO OO OO OO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOREOK STAR RADIO WASHINGTONS LARGEST RADIO STORES 40911thSt.N.W. 1350FSt.N.W. 3218 14thSt.N.W. 10 SPARTON RADIO YN YHRN MOV E OO OO OO OO OO OO RO * ochial district | oy Miss Marie McCray of St. Cecillas| Academy and Lorend Frennd of Gon- zaza High School. The judges will be chosen from the logic classes of Rev. Charles A. Hart, who will preside at the meeting; the public-speaking classes of Prof. Joseph English and the American history classes of Dr. Charles H. McCarthy. The judges of the second group meet of next week, scheduled to be held at Corcoran Hall of George Washington University at 4 p.m., Tusday, March 19, will be students of history and pub- lic speaking at George Washington University. They will include members of Rev. George Farnham’s class in pub- lic speaking, Dr. W. S. Holt's class in American history and Dr. George Mor- ton Churchill’s class in constitutional history. None of the contestants in the second meet has yet been chosen, but they will be the representatives of the Emerson Institute, the Devitt Prepara- tory School, St. Alban's School for and the Woodward School for Boys. Dr. Farnham, who also is pastor of ‘the Cleveland Park Congregational Church, will preside over the meeting. Third to Be in Gaston Hall. ‘The third of next week’s meetings will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Gaston Hall of George- town University, and its participants will be judged by the university's Philodemic Society, the oldest college debate organization in the United States. Rev. John J. Toohey, S. J., faculty adviser of the Philodemic Society, will preside as chairman of the contest meeting, as he has for the past two years. Only one of the con- testants in that concluding private and parochial district group contest has been chosen. He is James E. Butch of St. John's. The other contenders will come from the Holy Trinity High School, the Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Patrick’s High School and the Immaculata Seminary. The third group meeting was to have been held Wednesday, March 20, but a change in the schedule of the Philodemic Society necessitated the postponement of the oratory meeting until the following night. The three most recently chosen school | . champions are Miss Haltigan, Miss Essex and Freund. Miss Haltigan won the right to repre- sent St. Cecilia’s Academy by defeat- ing & field of contestants which included Miss Margaret Chadwick, who repre- sented that school in the contest last Miss Chadwick, however, year. won the position of alternate to Miss Halti- | gan this year in a school final presided over by Sister Mary Gerardine. The judges in the meet included Rev. Cor- nelius Dacy, rector of St. Paul's Church; Sister Mary Agneze, principal of St. Patrick’s High School, and Sister Mary Reginald of 8t. 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Miss Virginia Brown of the school pre. sided and five members of the faculty | acted as judges An upset marked the finals at Gon- zaga High School when young Freund won the right to represent the .schooll in the face of opposition by last year’ Gonzagh winner, Jerome J. Downey. Only the two boys remained in the con~ test after a series of stiff eliminations and Freund sent the veteran Downey to defeat in the judgment of three priests of 8t. Aloysius Church. Rev. P. A. Oates, 8. J., of St. Aloysius was chalrman of the contest meeting, held in the high school’s auditorium and attended by the student body. The udges were Rev. N. F. Fitspatrick, . J., pastor of St. Aloysius and presi- dent of the school; Rev. James Cotter, 8. J, and Rev. A. Wels, 8. J. ST CAT BREAKS UP FAMILY. ‘Wife Asks Divorce on Ground Af- fections Turned to Animal. 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