Daily Republican., 1878-12-10
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ter the 0asen Bess.
A large audience was present last
evening u the Second Baptist Church,
TO witness the exercises connected with
the Pronouncing Bse. The exercises
we're held in ths Sunday School room,
commencing d 8 O'Clock, when those
who vera 70 participate in the Bee"
came out from an adjoining room,
taking seats 10 front Of the platform.
The following are the names Of the la-
dies who participated:
Misses Lscklsn, Whseler, Almond,
Steele, Taylor, Vandsv~r, Wells, Davis,
Alexander, Pierce, Tillie md Blla
Burns, Mrs. Lemaistrs and Mrs.
Deakyne.
The following are the names Of the
youn men who participated. .-Msssrs.
Alexander, Cooling, Wollaston. Sem
pie, Publ, Hanna, Prof. Macdonald and
Horn.
Professor william A. Reynolds acted
as the Pedagsgus; Miss Emma Wor-
rell, Professor Wiley and Alfred Cav
throp, umpires; Messrs. Lemaistre
and Dure were appointed Clerks; Wash
ington Johss, Rsq., being the presiding
officer.
The evening exercises commenced
with vocal Duet, by Misses Hirst and
Harland, Miss Agnes Ogle presiding
ably at the organ. The next In order
was select reading by Charles W.
Horn, the Roman soldier being his sub
jsct.
Before commencing the "Bee" Wash.
ington Jones, ESQ.,, read the following
rules to govern the evenings exer-
cises:
lst. There will be two trials Of pro-
nounciation, for each Of which there
will bs prize offered.
2nd. The words shall be written on a
black board in full view Of both class
and audience.
3rd. The latest editions Of Webster
and Worcester shall be the standard
authorities aud any word pronounced
according to either will be accepted a.
correct.
4th. The enunciation must be clear
and distinct, the pronouncer rising and
audiblv spelling the word before pro-
nouncing.
5th. No word shall be- used a second
time.
9Th. No strictly technical, foreign or
geographical word, or proper name, will
be given, and the pronouncer has the
privilege OF asking for definition.
TIN. The first trial will consist in a
certain number of words being passed
around the class, the clerks noting on
paper the number missed by each in
turn. This shall continue till each
member of the class has had eight
words. 1.-two or NOR. at end Of this
trial stand equal competitors, eight
more words shall be given to these two
or more, till the contest is decided be-
tween them.
8th. The Pedagoyue will furnish
words twice aronnd the class before the
competition for the prize shall com
msnce.
9Th. The | ronuntiation, shall he final.
10th. Amy word mispronounced blythe
class shall be pronounced correctly by
the Pedagogus and any appeal from his
decision will b. settled by the umpires.
18th. The competitor missing the
least number Of words, shall be the
winner Of the FIRST prize.
18th. The second trial will be made
by having list Of words given out As
before, but as each one misses he or she
will pass from the class, until but one
is left who shall be considered the win
ner of the second prize.
18th. The rules given for the first
prize shall hold good in the second.
l4th. The winner of the first prize
shall not compete for the second.
18th. All points not provided for
by these rules will be- settled by he
Umpires.
The Pedagogue before giving out the
words, desired that the class should be
perfectly free to appeal to the judges
from his decision, and in order to make
the class feel az ease they would spell
twice around before they commenced
the real hard words, and he cautioned
them to articulate very distinctly, as
the distinctness of articulation was ne
cessary in order for himself and the au-
dience to understand.
The Professor commenced by writing,
briefly" which was pronounced cor
rectly. The next three words, "bach-
elor, "inoome" and management, -"
were correctly pronounced. The next
word was "beneath," and the pro-
nouncer went under.
The word sometimes" the pedago-
que decided mispronounced, but the
Judges ruled his decision out. A young
lady didn't like dog" and one was
scored against her.
On the second round no one mispro-
nounced, and now commenced the
struggle for the first prize:
One young lady couldn't go subtle
ty," "puisne" was too low for another,
"univocal' was missed by another,
the word Nomenclature was too hard
for one, exemplary" was missed,
"sufiice" was too much, "vicar" was
mispronounced, another didn't want to
be "amendable," and it was incorrect
ly pronounced. The word "rise' was
r1led ont by the judges.
The following words were mispro-
nounced
'Enervated' fell fiat, "mainsail" wasn't
wanted. "derisive" was passed, Sex
tol' was brought down, notable was
not noted, "conjured" wasn't wanted,
"contumely" was treated contemptu-
ously, "khedive" was not wanted in
this country, Schumacher" was out of
order, "respiratory" wouldn't respire,
"tournampntn was passed, "tinancen