National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-08
PUHIIC SCHOOLS.
Spelling Contests for Gold Hsdals-

EDelllnR ConteGL1 I0I oOAA ASooAS
There WAS more spelling in and about the elsI
yesterday than there has been a. any time ourins
tbe late oFtheRraphIe fnsuFTection. On the
printed programme Of the EXAMINATIONS IN the
public schools yesterday Aftornoon Was set apart
for q spe1lal examination IN spelling In the uii-
ferent schools. All the grades entered the con-
test excepting the seeoud and third. Over nTs
hundred pupils spelled. The contests in all the
grades were held IN che Franklin building, ex-
eeRting those in the third and fourth grades,
which were held in the Franklin, Wallsck,
Jefferson and Montgomery-street buildings, 60
SCI distrcts eG py t n OSElSSSs
Each school was represented BY SIX pupils. The
contest was between schools. The successful
the simple INSCRIPTION spelling" upon one side.
Thoee Of the six pupils Of the successful school in
each Instance who have the best record viii con-
tend hereafter for the posseGsoa Of the medal.
Tue contests, as they were carried on, were
much better tests Of the ability Of the eandidates
from . reader or speller with which the plPiis
were familiar, and each contestant wrote aa OF
the hundred. Worcester was the final authority
AS each word was pronounced according 10 the
printed rules, IL was rePeRted aloud by SveIy
%l5St:p or Tina ApitnR Il vas Counted an error.
The following are the results 90 lar as hAs ge'
been made known:
grades First district, errors, pupils perfect
Second district, 3 errors, pupil perfect Tnira
district 10 errors, PHPil perfect FsSr ,i Gus :,
thus undecided between the First and FOdrth
districts, each having scored errors.
Female Grammar schools, First district, en-
rors, pupils perfect. Second district s errors,
4 papils perfect Third district, error, pupils
perfect. Fourth district, errors. pupils per;
Feet. The medal in thGt case goes to the Tnro
district school, which scored but one error. a..
Male intermediate, seventh grade-EIrst di y
errors; perfect. Third district, 2sorrors; none
perfect Fourth district, errors; three perfect.
| Tue Fourth district boys carry OF the medal,
SiIth ETade-FirSt district, "a errsrs; none per-
feet. Second district, errors; perfect Third
| oistriet errors: ] perfect. Fourth district, q
| errors; perfect. The Third district takes the
| Fifth grade-First district, No. 3, "a errors;
1 none perfect First district, Not, III errors;
none perfect. Second district, No. g. 10 errors;
perfect. Second district, No. 4, Is errors; per-
| Third district, No. 4, 6s errors; none perfect
| Fourth district, No. 3, "a errors; none perfect
The Second district, No. B. are the Tictors, seor-
Female intermediate, seventh grade-First
district, error, pupils perfect. Second dis
perfect. Fourth district, error, perfect. The
medal lies between the First +and the Fourth
sTS1e Sss F9S district, N .proIs
perfect. Second district, Is errors, perfect
| Third district, no errers, all perfect. Fourth
carries OF the honors. Fffth grade-First dis
| triet No. 3 II errors, perfect Second district
feet; No. 6, errors, perfect Third district No.
3 errors, 8 perfect; No. (, errors, perfec:.
Fourth district, No. 3, errors, perfect; No. 4,
| 81 errors, none perfect. The Third district, No.
| 8, wins the medal.
Reports have not yet been made from the lower
grades. In the Fourth district lower Secondary
| Miss Lizzie RiIey's boys school takes medal,
| having made no errors, and in the higher Sec
| opdary Miss Trook's boys school having missed
/ bVt nine, and Miss BoWens girls school, having
! missed but twenty. In the First district in the
Secondary schools, third grade, No. 8, Miss Ella
| Mcmahon, teacher, and No. Il, Miss Ella Will
| liamG, teacher, take medals, as do also fourth
/ grade No. !, Miss Addie Fuller teacher, and No.
| 10, Miss Mary McGIll teacher. 1t has not yet
| been stcertsined how the lower grades In the
| other districts stand.
| This contest clearly demonstrated the ortho-
graphic ability Of the pupils Of the public schoolS
and also shows what has been shown At almost
every contest Of the kind, either in school out
that woman is more naturally adapted 10 WrSstle
| with big words than man.