National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-13
cHIIDRIK's spEIIIKa.MArCH.
The Congregational Sunday seho5l Van.
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4OAbACos
For some time past extensive arrangement
have been made by the Sunday schools Of the
Congregational and Calvary Baptist churches for
the spelling contest that took place last night at
the hrstpamed church.
The clerical part Of the community concentrated
its rorces tere. The audience was spri1kled with
ministers and the platform was oyerrun with
them. There were fat ministers and lean minis
tiers, Jolly ministers and sour ones ministers In
straight spike-tail coats and open vests and otn-
erE in open coats and straight vests, ministers IN
white ties, preachers in black ties and clergymen
whiskers, some without any whiskers and others
who apparently were all Whiskers.
There were some who sat on the end OF their
chals, with their hands on their knees VINO sp-
peared as enthusiastic as q boy in stif shirt,
and there were others who sat squarely In their
chairs like men, and folded their arms and eyed
the Children Of the two schools as If they expected
to see some very orthodox and scriptural orthog-
rRphy. There were not very many children 70
had. all piked down to the circus and the old
ones had to go along, Of course, to take care Oh
them.
At eight O'Clock the schools invaded the plat
form; the
CALVARY BAPTIST SCHOOL
with Mr.. VIM. A. StickneY as captain and the
following members: S. H. Mesick, q. H. Norton,
Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Matthews, MOrtie Bessie,
Messrs. N. Hamlet, L. Hedrick, A. Parks, J. p.
De Mattoes, G. Parks, F. SWEET, F. Wilson, Miss
MckneW, Sallie Davis, ID. Haynes: and the
CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOL,
with DR.. o. F. Presbrey as captain. The follow
ing COMPOSED this school: Messrs. F. S. Williams,
Hubbard, Rankin, Gilhllan, Chickering, Gibbs,
Clark, Benjamin, and Misses Fuller, Hopkins,
Coleman, Gilfllan, ChIckering, Smith, Warren,
Gaylord and Mrs. Duncklee.
REV. S. s. MITCHELL
was chosen pedagogue and DR.. Byron Sunderland
umpire.
All being in readiness, DR.. Mitchell began by
giving out the words-the first being fruitful"
which was spelled by MIR. Stickney correctly
Multiply" was next given out, which was fol-
lowed by "Iseac,n which rather caught little
girl. She liked Ike, and made up her mind to
spell him at all hazards. She succeeded, and
came out triumphant.
Jephunneh was next given out and DR.. Pres
brey attempted to spell II, but tripped up. Spell
ing continued lively until about $50 words were
given out and the following were missed: Straight
way, Immediately, convenient, forbade, agreed
hypocrisy, DiOnysius spOllyon, migonnette, ply
lHcteTy, pentateuch, splkenard, MesOpOtamia,
Baalam, Phineas, Tychicus.
The time set apart for the spelling having ex-
PRED, the umpire announced the number OF
words missed to have been twenty-twO-seven
by the Calvary Baptist school and fifteen by the
Congregational school.
Mr.. Stickney here presented Dr. Presbrey with
a handsome basket OF flowers
DR.. Sunderland addressed the scholars briefly,
saying he favored spelling matches. The mania
having broken out atresh was pleasant to him,
and he thought that much good would result
from them. They were relaXatiOns from business
and made people more acquainted with the
English language.
Dr. Presbrey said another challenge would be
issued to the Calvary Baptist school.
A hymn was sung, the benedictiOn pronounced
and the exercises closed.