Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1930, Page 7

VIREIA CARRVIN ORATORGAL FNAL Fairfax County Senior Takes State Contest With Six- Minute Speech. ‘Winning the Virginia State finals of the National Oratorical Contest last night with a six-minute speech, Vir- @inia Carr, 17-year-old senior of the ‘Oakton High School, Fairfax County, displayed ability as an orator calculated to make her a serious contender in The Star area finals, May 8. Expanding her theme, “The Consti- tution: A Guarantee of the Liberty of the Individual,” she portrayed the Con- stitution as requiring obedience to law, rather than a justification for. those who attempt to invoke it to permit un- Testrained license. Reward for victory in the contest last night, held in the auditorium of the ‘Washington-Lee High School, Ballston, Va., before a capacity audience, Was & check for $100, presented by Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, and the right to ccmpete in The Star area finals. The prize offered ‘The Star area champion is a two-and- a-half-month tour of Europe this Summer in company with the six other finalists in the national competition. Each of the contestants in the Vir- ia finals was given a gold medal, lonated by The Star, representative of victory in his or her county contest. The presentation was made by Mr. Kuhn following the announcement of the judges’ decision. Speech Commended. ‘The speech of the winner was the object of particular commendation by all the judges because of its pithiness, eonciseness and clarity of thought. Miss Carr is the daughter of the sec- retary of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, C. C. Carr,and Mrs, Ethel Ward Carr of Fairfax. She is active in school affairs, being editor-in-chief of the school paper and president of the 4-H Club. She intends to enter a * business college and study stenography following her graduation in June. Second place was awarded to Ray R, . Swank of the Brentsville District High School, Prince Willlam County, whose subject was, “The Constitution.” Swank is just 18 years old today. His father, W. H. Swank, is a farmer of Nokes- wville, Va. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia pre- sided and made a_brief introductory address, in which he emphasized the importance of oratory and told of the history and high aims of the contest. Oratory is an art which at the present . time is badly in need of stimulation, he factor. Speaker. Thanks Star. Senator Glass was introduced by BState Senator Frank Ball of Virginia, who welcomed the audience and ex- eruud the deep appreciation of the irginia schools to The Star for spon- soring the contest in this region, The schools are deeply indebted to the ora- torical contest, he said, not only for its . development of forensic talent, but for its livening of enthusiasm among the . students. In presenting the medals and check, Mr. Kuhn lauded the courage and zeal of the youthful orators. ‘The judges were Representative Wil- E. Evans of California, Miss Saral Simons, head of the English department of the Washington public schools, and Representative John C. Ketcham of Michigan. Music was furnished by the ‘Washington-Lee Cadet Band and the ‘Washington-Lee Boys' Glee Club. Besides the winner and alternate, the orators with the subjects of their ad- follow: Ernest Brown, War- renton High School, Fauquier County, “The Constitution in the Dall of the People”; Bets) -Lee High , lington County, “The Advantages of a_Rigid Over a_Flexible Constitution”; D. Woolf, Alexandria High School, Al- exandria, “The Effect of the Civil War ! on the Constitution,” and Anna Branch “T00t0 7:30” “CHANGE CARs!!!” VIRGINIA CARR, . Representative of Fairfax County, whi won the oratorical finals for the State of Virginia last night. Nichols, Lincoln High School, Loudoun County, “The Citizen; His Privileges and His Duties.” Private Finals Today. ‘This afternoon the finals for the private and parochial district are being held at St. Paul's Academy, 1421 V street, beginning at 3:30 o'clock. The winner also gets a check for $100 and will become a contestant in the final for the entire region in which The Star sponsors the contest. Medals will be presented to all the contestants. The three speakers are winners in ®roup interschool eliminations. They are Eileen Haltigan, 18 years old, St. Paul's Acagemy; John Loren Freund, 18 years old, Gonzaga College, and Ronald Hub- El::“" 19 years old, Woodward School for Vs, Miss Haltigan is the daughter of Pat- rick J. Haltigan, reading clerk of the House of Representatives. She will dis- cuss “The Citizen; His Duties and Privi- leges Under the Constitution.” Freund was chosen to regre!ent Gon- zaga last year, but was unable to appear in the finals because of illness. He will speak on “The Foundations of the Con- stitution.” The subject of Hubbard's oration is “The Constitution; a Guarantee of the Liberty of the Individual.” e Marriage Subsidy Urged. PHILADELPHIA, April 30 (#)—State subsidy of early marriage is favored by Judge William E. Lewis, who for four months has been hearing disputes between husbands and wives in which economic condition has been a large i “The average young man cannot af- ford to undertake the responsibilities of home life,” he remarked. “Why not then assistance in marriage, which i one of the most serious things in life?"” These suits are not special purchase suits but garments taken from our own stock which were originally marked at $35 as a featured low George price. Only the GOLDEN RULE SYSTEM allows us to sell them for $24.90. x ;{ fAlle PA Vo Dianiod ayon Shirts or Shorts s] 2 Garments Lightweight Ribbed Union Suits 59c % sleeves Ankle length Nainsook & Fine Broadcloth Union Suits 69 Snubberb a ck 5. c Extra full cut. Sizes 36 to 4 THE EVENING CHURCH DEPLORES - MINISTRY UNREST Presbyterian Council Cites Lowering of Standards and Economic Factor. | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 30.—The general council of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer~ cinnati next month, says there Is sel ous unrest in the ministry of the de- nominations, resulting in a steady shortening of the pastorates. The report was made public today. Among the causes for the unrest in cities: ) economic factor, the desire for TAR, WASHINGTON, financial betterment. Ministers neces- sarily share the conditions of the times. “A lowering of the standards by which many men with insufficient prep- aration and largely ‘gnorant of Presby- terian traditions have been admitted to the pulpits, adding an element of in- stability to the pulpits.” The council finds from a survey of 173 presbyteries with 6,197 ministers that 4,261 are college graduates as re- quired by Presbyterian standards, while 1,916 are not. ~Nearly one-fourth, or :,.5!3, have had no theological educa- jon. The council, the report says, consulted with stated clerks of presbyteries, who suggest recommending to presbyteries that extreme care and caution be ex- ercised in admitting to the Presbyterian ghurch ministers from other denomina- lons. “We would not,” the suggestion con- tinues, “be understood as in any way peing opposed to the present trend for church union, we we are one in the | opinion that the high standards of the | Presbyterian Church must be held in- creasingly high and that any tendency to lower them must be zealously guarded against.” ‘The council suggests a study of pre- ventive as well as corrective remedies, and urges that because of the relaxed Stop at Reilly’s s A Big Surprise Package ‘ FREE Thursday and Friday Only We are giving a Surprise Package Free, with Every D. 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