Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-08
Smelling Contests ia the Public
Schools.

Yesterday the special examinations in
spelling OF the pupils of our public schools
took place under the direction of the gentle
men APPOINTED by the board TO conduct
tEem. The contests in all the grades were
held in the Franklin building, excepting
those in the third ard fourth grades, which
were held in the Franklin, WalIach, Jeffer-
son and Montgomery-street buildings, &C
cCTding a. the grade. was in one or the other
Of tie districts represented by these build
iugs. Zach school was represented by six
pupils. The contest was between schools
of the same grade. The successful school
ofeach class receives gold medal, with the
simple inscription spelling" upon one
side. Those of the six pupils of the sue
cessful school in each instance who have
the best record will contend hereafter for the
possession of the medal.
one hundred words were selected for
each contest from reader or speller with
which the pupils were familiar, and each
contestant wrote all OF the hundred. The
results were as follows:
Male Grammar schools, eighth and seventh
gTadeE-FiTst district, errors. pupils per-
rect second district, q errors, pupil per-
feet. Third district, 10 errors. l pupil per
fect. Fourth district, 6 errors. ? pupils per-
feet. The contest is thus undecided between
the First and Fourth districts. each having
scored errors.
We hear to-day that the word Cctasy e
ended by one pupil with cy, and is likely to
De admitted as correct. because il is a mis-
print in Hillard's Reader in use in the
SCHOOLS. This may decide the contest be-
tween the Male Grammar schools. but the
decision, If made thus, will hardly be salts
factory.
Female Grammar schools-First distr,c,. ?
errors, pupils perfect. Second district 8
errors. pupils perfect. Third district. I error,
jpupils perfect. Fourth district, > errors. 3
pupils perfect. The medal in that case gne
10 the Third district school, which scored out
error.
Male Intermediate. seventh grale-First
district, Il errors, none perfect. Second dis
trict. 3 errors, 1 perfect. Third district, 20
errors, none perfect. Fourth district, ; errors,
> perfect. The Fourth district boys carry OF
the medal, having missed but 5.
Sixth gTahe-FiTst district, 81 errors none
perfect. Second district, errors, . perfect.
Ihird district, errors, | Perfect Fonrth
district: p errors, perfect. the TEi-d dis
tTiCt takes the medal.
Fifth gTade-First district, No 3, Il errors.
none perfect. First district, No. /, IL errors,
none perfect. Second district. Nos. 10 errors,
perfect. Second district. No. : 25 errors, /
perfect. Third district, No. ?. .; errors I
perfect. Third district. No. 4, e errors, none
perfect. Fourth district, Nos, = errors, none
perfect. The Second district, No. 3, are the
ViCtoTs, scoring 10 errors.
Female intermediate, seventh grade-FirSt
dl>tIIct, error, pupils perfect. Second dis
trTct. = errors, l perfect. Third district I
errors, perfect. Fourt district, / error. )
Perfect. The medal lies between the First
ana the Fourth districts. Sixth grade-First
district. No. ,, errors, ) perfect. First dis
lf!ct, 10 I, Is errors, perfect. Second dis
tTiet. Is errors, perfect. Third district, no
errors. all perfect. Fourth district. | error,
5leTiect. lac Idlrd district carries of the
hOEOrS. Fifth cTade-FirSt district, No. 3, -
errors. 3 perfect. Second district, No. 3
errors, o perfect; No. {, errors. perfect;
No. ,, o errors, perfect. Third district. No.
:, errors. perfect; No. t, $ errors. perfect
Fourth district. No. ;, errors, perfect; NJ.
/, 81 errors, none perfect. The Third district.
No. .. wins the medal.
In the Fourth district lower Secondary
Miss Lizzie k!ley's boys school takes 4
medal. having made TO errors, ana in the
higher Secondary Miss TrOOk's boys school
having missed but nine, and Miss Bowers
girls school. having missed but twenty. In
The lower grade OF girls SecOudarieS. Miss
Hsrnes' school. having but errors, wins the
medal. lrtbe First district, in the Second
airy schools, third grade. No. ;, Miss Ella
Mcmahon, teacher, and No. - Miss Ella
Williams, teacher, take metals, as do also
fourth Grade No. 7, Miss Addie Fuller teach
or. AID No. l0, Miss Mary IcGill teacher.