Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1929, Page 28

28 BIRL ORATOR WINS HAWAI'S CONTEST Thousands Finals Were Held. ‘The Sixth National Oratorical Con- | test of the United States has a little in- | ternational meet all its own tucked away in the corner of one of its major zones. Turned llway1 From Auditorium in Which | ~Miss Adeline Reis, champion high | school speechmaker of the Hawalian Islands, landed at Los Angeles late yes- | terday to participate in the Pacific Zone finals Friday and she brought the story of her island victory with her. Hers was a meet in which four peo- ples were represented. She, deep-dim- ped and broad-smiled, is of Portuguese ancestry. Her alternate. Miss_Kehau Peterson, is Hawaiian. one of two boys whom Miss Reis defeat- Henry Tanaka, ! ed, is of Japanese descent, whie his fel- | low man-in-oratory. Manuel Kwon, car- ries the blood of China in his vel The other two girls in the meet we Miss Hanae Yoshida and Miss Irc Wong of Japanese and Chinese descent. respectively. May Be West Coast Champion. The competition which sent Miss Reis to the United States mainiand aboard the S. S. Calawail was the a- | waiian Island finals of the Sixth Na- tional Oratorical Contest. Hawaii, this year, constitutes a district of the Pa- Left to right: Henry Tanaka, Island of Kauai: Miss Irene Wong, Island of Hawaii; Miss Hanae Yoshida, Islanfl of | Hawaii; Miss Adeline Reis. Island of Ha | Manuel Kwon, Island of Maui. The four waii, and champion of the groun: Miss Kehau Peterson, Island of Oahu, and girls are tearln: Ha 'nrld famed “leis.” eific’ Coast Zone and. if Miss Reis k, victorious in the zone finals Priday | night, she will carry the title “cham- pion of the Pacific Coast” with her into the national finals in _the Washington Auditorium May 25. Besides the right | to enter the national meet, Miss Relis, if victorious in the California meet, would win the right to the three-month tourl of South America this Summer. Held in Honolulu, thc Hawalian Island finals, described as “a feslival of ora- tory” in the Star-Bulletik, Hawaii's contest sponsoring newspape?, attracted thousands of men and women from the island group. Opened an hour before the meet was scheduled to begin, the ludiwrlum at Honolulu was jammed within half an hour. Fifteen minutes later 1,000 persons had been turned away from the auditorium. At the opening of the meeting the hall was stormed by crowds demanding admit- tance. At 9 o'clock, an hour after the contest had begun, the meet was in- terrupted by a cautious fire marshal, who requested the crowds filling the aisles to leave the building. It wasonly when Riley H. Allen. chairman, invoked the Constitution and respect for all au- thority under it that the overflow of persons obeyed the edict of the fire de- partment officials and the' meet was permitted to continue. Former Governor Is Judge. The judges of the Hawaiian meet were ‘W. F. Frear, former governor of the islands and former chief justice of the territorial Supreme Court; Antonio Perry, chief justice of the- Supreme Court of Hawaii; Mrs. Willis T. . Anderson, president of the” Hawail Bar Association, and Rev. Stephen L. Desha, Senator from Hawaii. The con- testants represented the Islands of Ha- waii, Kauai, Oahu and Maui. On her trip to the United States Miss Reis is accompanied by Mrs. Pay K. ‘Watts of the Star-Bulletin staff. PLAN FUN FESTIVAL. ‘The . second_annual fun festival of the Potomac Palisades Landscape and Garden' Club’ will ‘be held at the Com- munity. Church of the Potomac Palis- ades at 8 o'clock Thursday night. A lecture, illustrated with slides on “America’s Scenic Wonderland,” will be (lven by Representative Cramton of , sponsor of a comprehensive E{ognm covering the Valley fl'll be a musical concert. HOROLOGICAL BODY Scientific Dlscussmns of Im-| portance of Time Will Fea- | ture Annual Gathering. | | Scientific discussion of the importance of time and accurate timekeeping in- struments will feature the annual meet- ing of the Horological Institute of America. Inc., in, the building of the National Academy | of Sciences and | National Research Council, Twenty- first and B streets, Wednesday, with the program be- ginning at 10 o’'clock in the morning. Dr. Julius H.| Parmalee, director | of the Bureau of Railway Economics and Tepresenting | the president of the American Rail- way Association, Mr. Packard. b ARty pal speaker, choosing as his topic_“The Importance of Time and the Tlme- keeping Instrument.” In connection with the meeting there will be displayed for the first time pub- | licly the collection of watches made by | the late James Ward Packard. Most ‘ of the watches are of the complicated ! type that concern themselves with split | seconds, leap years, sunrise and such intricate time measurements. Edward H. Hufnagel of Mount Ver- | non, N. Y., is president of the institute, ; which has its office in the building of | the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council. The meeting is open to the public. \ Business to be taken up includes elec- | tion of members to the organization’s | advisory council to fill vacancies and | discussions regarding expansion of the | d its work. | M[ETS TH'S WEEK Mr. Zerkels will lead: | - 1% The American Association of Univer- | maculate ‘Seminary will give a benefit | | sity Women invites college women and | card party Tuesday, May 14, 8 pmfi | flashlight. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Washington Division, No. 183, Universal Negro Improvement Associa- TODAY. | tion, and African Communities, Inc., The Wanderiusters, hike will start | will meet, 8:30 o'clock, in main audi- | from Lloyd, Va. Meet at Twelfth.and | torium of 1421 T street. Mme. L. T. pennulvaniu “avenue at 2:30 o'clock. | Demena will speak Buy round-trip ticket for Alexandria FUTURE. The Alumunae Association of Im- friends to meet at Hyattsville ;l"?ce!'; car at the Willard Hotel. station, 3 o'clock, and go to the est- | nut home for a walk P that point. | The Loyal Ladies fes and Knights of the Bring supper. Leaders, Mr. and, Mrs, | Round “Table wiil meet, Tuesday, 12:30 V. K. Chesnut. o Nelson T. The Red Triangle Outing Club wil vill speak. Reader: Mrs. Esther Wal- i meet at end of Congress Heights car |dron; soloist, F. W. Wright; accompa- line. Hike along old District line to | nist, Victor Neale; pianist, Mrs. R. L. Belleview M!gn%fine and nt'.hfl ‘Emnls ;;f Morrison. interest. Campfire party for those who L oare w0 stay ot Bring lunch, cup and | A card party for the benefit of St. Coffee 1 be furnished by ! James' Church will be given tomorrow. | the club. John S leader. © 1 8:30 pm., in auditorium of school, | 3 Thirty-seventh and Rhode Island ave- | The Naturalist Club will meet at | nue, Mt. Rainer, Md. Chain Bridge station, 9:30 o'clock. An — ‘The League of o Lorester e TePUIe XPErt | il meet tomorrow, 3:30 pm., at the | Washington Club. Demarest Lloyd. The first annual concert by the Frei- | chairman of the national immigrations heit Singing Society will be given, 8:30 committee, which comprises 28 patriotic o'clock, at_the Jewish Community Cen organizations, will speak of ‘“National ter. The Dorman Trio of Peabody wil ‘ Origins PrD\’lflons of Restricted Immi- | assist. gration.” (7T N\ '0 \ ) Fr. 7055 To See RIGHT “C” FORIGHT Two Elevators to Our Parlors Genuine Toric pubhcan ‘Women Dr. C. 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