The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-06-16
ARossea spell.

Inc fourth spelling match OF the season
came offin April, in the Music Hall, be.
tween the students Of TUFTS Uniyersalst
College and the students OF the Institute
Of Technology, with few volunteers, in.
Guiding several ladies' There was \ fair
audience, and great deal Of intercs, was
manifested in the spelling, many TuAoni.
ans and Institute boys being present, The
Only drawback 10 the enjoyment Of the
whole affair was the introduction Of
French words and thoswkward pronunoi.
alton Of many English ones by the gentle
man selected to give out the words, Mr.
H. II. Lincoln, master of the Lyman
School Of East Boston. There were fifty
contestants on each side In opening the
contest, the wori transcript was given
out, and mastered by TUFTS amid general
applause. Proprietors, subscriptions, re
eeived, believed, lieutenant, fortnightly,
successfully, and ike easy words led off,
ifisr1teu- being the first stumbling block,
which brought down three contestants.
The successful spelling OF potato" pro
duced great applause, aud ''aniline" trip
ped up three more scholars. Bourgeois
was spelled 'bouSior" by Tuhonian who
retired amid considerable laughter. Eight
more Tuhsmen missed on cricketers, hem
Orrhoids, prognostieated, ipecacuanha,
audible, epidemic, eolonelcy and dema-
gogue, which was spelled 'demmygogn
This thinned the ranks on the Tufts side
Of the platform very decidedly, and the
Universalists began to tremble for their
own salvation. At this point one Of their
number created = sensation by laundering
out assassin" and then looking almost as
scared IS if he had been one. Encyclical,
ethereal, earom and surveillance also prov
ed fatal to the Tufts side, and the Of 7
boys foundered on transiently, demoniac-
al, eidOlOn, newell, ratiOoination, pyramid
al and hagellate. The words 5eiles-lsttrss,
halibut, fascinating, "reminiscences and SEN
tient brought the number of Tuftonians
down to twenty, against over thirty of
their opponents. Patchouli, and tendin-
Gus proved fatal to several on both sides.
TUFTS then missed trisyIlable, exhilaration,
ciliary, and betel, and the other side failed
on imbruing and pharmaceutist- "Now,"
said Mr.. Lincoln, "we viii begin to give
some hard words" and be proceeded to
give out p0lonGiss PomPddOlE, t,iile,
fchus, tGbIisr, and mGtslGSSe, all French
dressmaking terms, which naturally con-
quered nearly all the remaining spoilers,
until at last some one protested, and the
Judges decided to rule French words out.
Tufts then went down on coercion" and
the chronological youths slipped up on
''felloe, u "giaour," and "cieisbeo." "Siri-
asis' was missed by four on each side, and
a number of the Institute students stepped
down and out in rapid succession nwoad,
scebaceous and sechium, which
brought down eleven, and was finally
spelled correctly by Tufts man amid
great applause. "Ptysmagoguen van
pushed the last representative of Tufts
College, Mr.. C. E Davis, and left dozen
survivors on the opposing side. The fol-
lowing euphonious words were given out
to them; Liqueur, photography, piel, tael,
psyehomachy, bourse, bOyau, govt, slough
eyre, eyot, taille, wassail, ghyl, noyau,
melee, meersehaum, daguerreotype, eeruse,
-ige, numismaties, philopena, pachydac-
.ylOus, padar, pianissimo. and euphony.
The FIVE prizes were awarded as follows:
First, Webster's Dictionary, In two ele-
yantly bound volumes, Mr.. S. G. Stone. OF /
1harlestown, formerly teacher; second,
WOreester's Unabridged Dictionary, Mr..
2. E Miller, rs, of the Institute of Tech
lology; third, " Jerusalem in Her Grand
EUR" 4 steel engraving framed, Mr..
JharIes n. Waite, 20 of the Institute of
Technology; fourth, original pastel draw
ng of fruit, Mr.. W. H. Burditt, Principal 1
# the Weymouth Grammar School; fifth,
complete edition of Shakespeare, Mr.. B. L. I
3eale, rs, of the Institute of Technology.