Show oratorical AND ESSAY NEXT FALL the united states george washington bicentennial commission seeks to to open every avenue of expression in tue nation celebration of the two hundredth anniversary ot of the birth of george washington many are its ita activities so that the people of this nation may find land ways waya in which to express their appreciation of the heritage left them by the great est of americans among the avenues opened to nil all the schools public private and parochial are the oratorical essay and declamatory contests the contests will be carried on an in the colleges see sec andary and elementary schools of the nation the rules governing these theae contests will be distributed in ample tune time for the opening oti of the schools next tall tail the plan of the contests is worked put in ili ia a logical Be sequence quence the children of the elementary grades will be b given opportunity to commit and r recite some of the impressive prose and poems nis which ar q within their compre hension hen slon the pupils of the secondary will have the chance to study source mai material erfal and write their own orn impressions and opinions gained from their study while the third group croup the students in the institutions of higher learning will have to write and deliver their conclusions ondus lons from their study of 1 ceorge I eorge washington washing ton the material for the declamation lavt and orations will he be h tv y the fhe commission for the use of f ali 10 three thre Q groups it will be taken i f from rom the outstanding literature writ ton tep by and about george Was hirSton in addition to the material furnished ily by I 1 the U united states commission directly to the schools there will be available material in the state coun f ty ty and city libraries |