The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-07
SCACLIOLA BREAKS
Up SPELLING BEE
Woodmen of Minnehaha Camp
Quit When They Reach
This Word

Memories of the little red school
house that stood on the hilltop in the
days long before towsled heads turned
gray, were recalled to the Minnehaha
Camp Woodmen, who took part in an
old fashioned spelling bee held in their
hall on Ninth street last night.
Venerable G. c. Collins looked suffi-
ciently the serious minded schoolmaster
as he peered over the top of his spec
tacles to cause many one to forget
for moment that he stood in the lodge
room of fraternal order, and to feel
again the shiver that coursed down
his spinal column in the old school
days when teacher caught him blow
ing spit balls through paper tube at
Fatty Meeker across the room.
"Gentlem-er, children!" spoke
Teacher Collins, as he raped on the
desk I'VE will please have order in
the school room," and he reached for
the dictionary. Looking up a moment
later he noticed hubbub at the end of
the room.
"Joie Mounts will write love my
teacher 100 times during recess, for
kicking Jimmie Nankivell on the shins
and Jimmie will stay for half an hour
after school for slapping Joie," an
nounced the teacher. Then on second
thought:
All Love the Teacher
You all love your teacher. don't you
children"
'Oh, yes!" came the response in
chorus
THAT being the case" continued
Collins. Len Hicks and Willie Bam-
ford will choose up sides for the SPELL
ing bee, from among the ten crack
spoilers in the school,
Willie chose A. ]. Whitbeck, c:
OMera, A. Sullivan, A. Sauerwein and
A. ]. McHugh, and Len called upon j.
Nankivill, c. Bomback, A. j. Rose
meyer, NJ. D. Sullivan and A. w. Hoo
per- Both sides lined up in the CEN
ter of the room, while Teacher Collins
carefully wiped his spectacles.
IF you are all ready We will please
PsglR' Ps!9 n Ahem-Artie Hooper, spell
Us. is" spelled Artie.
Correct. Mike Sullivan, spell and F"
"A-N-D, and" quoth Mike.
Correct. Bamford, spell corpuscle."
Bamford spelled it correctly.
Jimmie MAXWELL 'charavarf
shiviree.''
Jimmie failed, and Whitbeck and
Bomback followed suit Charles
O'Meara lost out when called upon to
spell the latter word and also fell out.
Albert j. Rosemeyer, NJ. d. Sullivan, A.
SauerWein and A. J. McHugh were also
tripped up.
linen came the cruShlng DiOW.
Class Strikes a Snas
Allie Hooper," called the teacher in
his severest tones, spell Sal-io-la."
A wall of protest arose from Allie.
Please, teacher" he protested, that's
q Swedish word ASK Charley O'Meara
to spell it,
The pupils laughed aloud-boister-
ously, right in teachers face. In right
eouS wrath at such unseemly mirth in
the school room he pounded for order.
Hooper, drop out" he commanded.
Len Hicks, spell the word
'S-k-a-l-i-o-l-a."
Wrong. Willie Bamford, you spell
it.-Willie is such nice speller," he
added patronizingly.
"S-a-p-o-l-, l mean, S-a-l-i-o-l-a"
1T grieves me to announce that you
are all wrong. 1t is spelled s-c-a-g-
l-i-o-l-a, and means a composition of
gypsum. Willie Bamford and Len
Hicks having been the last to drop
out will receive the prizes he an
nounced.
School then broke up and the WIN
ners were presented with a box of
cigars each. All went home smoking
and in good humor.
AS evidence that Teacher Collins did
not intend to allow any to remain after
the list of words ran out. he inserted
some of which the following are
samples:
Schiedam, rhinal, aangineotype, an
kytosis, andoecium, arongcal and aard-
Vark