Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-05

On Friday afternoon the spelling contests
among pupils of the public schools for medals
took place, a. stated in Saturdays STAR, those
OF the grammar and Intermediate grades of pu-
pills in the jefferson building. The six best
spellers were selected from each school. The
from the sixth Reader, selected by Mt. j. W.
Hunt, and the 4th district male grammar lMr.
j F.. Thompson's) carried OFF the prize-H. &.
Anderson and Herman Koch being perfect
The female grammar school prize was award
ed the LIST district Mrs. Nevitt's) school, Jean
cite elephant and Emma Weaver being equal.
Mr.. VIM: Stickney selected the words from
the comprehensive spelling book for the first in
termediate pupils, and the prizes were awarded
TO the 4th district (male) school, Mr.. +. H.
Thompson, teacher; Meyer Herman and Saml
r. Milton each having missed one word, and to
the Sd district female school, Miss Lucy b.
Davis, teacher, in which all the contesting
girlICoIa r; 0ber, Margaret J Scarf, Helen
Annie s. Harrington, were perfect.
The second intermediate pupils were given
words from the first 1l9 pages of the com pre-
hensive speller by Mr.. p. ID. Foster, and the
| second district male and first district female
| schools bore off the prizes-Miss Adele TAFT,
teacher Of the foImes In which f. Rider
| and Miss Lucilla f. Smith, teacher Of the lat
| ter, in which Ellen Fitzhugh takes the prize.
The third intermediate scholars had 100 words
selected by Mr.. r. W. Fenwick, and the second
and first districts carried off the prize-Fred-
erick r.. Tasker, of Miss Rowe's school. taking
that for the male schools, and there was a tie
Gibbs school, for the prize for the female
schools.
SUMMARY.
ne Wnoic number OF words written were
$50, of which ]. 30i were misspelled. Last
year there were but 623 errors, which is ac-
counted for by the selection of less difsrnit
words that year. According to grades the mum
Der OF errors were as follows:-Male grammar
Isl, female grammar so; total 211. First male
total l39 Second male intermediate 555, second
female intermediate 134; total $50. Third male
inter mediate Ia, third female intermediate SO;
The number of errors in each school and each
district shows that the girls are better spoilers
than the boys: Male Grammar-First district,
1 seeoh1, o.; th,sd, "A; fourth, 8: Male Inter
third, 80; fourth, II. Male Intermediate No. .
First district, 50; second, 10; third, 255; fourth
r. I Male 1nt ts No. saFrst district,
FIRST district, 1l9; second 80; third, no. fourth,
Female Grammar-First district, Q; second.
-; third, ~; fourth, 16. Female intermediate
No. 1-First district. 6; second Z; third, o;
fourth, II. Female intermediate No. First,
F Fsn,s ~ seeoEd, 81 third, 49, fourth, 81
second, 80; third, 9; fourth, 10. Total female
First district, ST. second. 1O7 third, 81; fourth.
%; Grand totaiIFirstdistrict, go; second, BOG;
third, ISL; fourth, 81.
THE TIRs.
In E!r. j. +. Thompson's male grammar
school this morning the successful Contestants,
their claims In favor of John Merrill who is
regarded, although he missed one word TIE best
spel3er in the school.
The contest in the male intermediate, 4th dis
trlct. (AiT. T.. III. ThOmpson's,l having resulted
in tie, Mr. Champlln Will some time this week
give oeIt fifty words TO determine the best
speller.
TIE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
al-o had spelling matches on FRIDAY. In the
1T district the contest resulted: LIST grade male
Charles MeNabb, of Miss Addie Fuller's school
NO ~; ID grade, do, BENJAMIN DuvalI, Z,
Mertzs and VIM. Baldwin, of Miss Ella Me
MahOns school; No. made a tie: LIST grade fe-
male, Alice Curl and Hattie Hauptman. of
Miss Sarsh Gibbs. school (NO. 81, tied: and in
the Sd grade, Sadie Gerard, OF Miss Dora
Browns school, was successful.
The secondary contests in the I'd district re-
suited as fOllows-1st grade, (male. D James W.
IuSman, OF Miss Kate Browns school, No O.
took the prize; I'd grade, (male, y Albert WILEY,
Jefferson Smith, and Frank Reilly, of No 5,
Miss Amanda NJ. East's school, made a tie: in
the LIST grade female, Sophia Dahler OF No 10,
Miss H. Jennie Free, } took the prize. and Adj
die LansGale. Dora McMurTay and Ella Dom.
OF No. ", miss Metalla king) made a tie
Moses Newmayer and Francis w. Clement of
No. 7, and Amelia Jakob, OF No. g, were per-
feet.
The secondary contest in the 4th district was
postponed.