The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-23
OLD-FASH|ONED
SPELLING BEE
IS ENTERTAINING

Last evening the pupils OF the day and
evening classes assembled in the audience
room OF the Doyle Avenue school with
their friends and parents to hold an old
fashioned spelling bee. There were prizes
offered which became the property OF the
department winning for year IT Is to be
contested for each year. The prize is a
large solid silver medal with the name
DOYLE Avenue school inscribed and The
seal OF the state
The contest was a very lively one, with
the pupils OF both schools about evenly
matched The word~ were taken from
one OF the pages OF a local afternoon
newspaper and were for the most part
very simple.
At first there were few mistakes on
either side. but after time the pupils be-
gan to fail and one by one, TO step Off
the stage. Finally the contest narrowed
down 10 two and the excitement grew
apace The boys spelling the longest for
each eide were Master James Egan and
Frank r.. Abbott, the former Of the eyen-
ing school, latter OF the day.
These two faced the storm of applause
that greeted them with the composure OF
generals on the battlefield
II appeared as though they would spell
successfully ad libltum when School
master Meader propounded the word null
len 10 Frank Abbott. 1t was the first
word TO cause him to hesitate. He who
hesitates is lost" says the old saw. and
so with him He spelled the word mullin
and the evening school had won.
There was a free-for-all match then put
on with a large number OF volunteers
ffyasr fIa Cfa hnt hat, ,,r
several whose school days were over sew
eral years ago. For these there were two
prizes offered. a gold coin valued at $3.50
aud a small dictionary, the latter given
to the one who was first TO fail. There
was much fun during this contest
The full program rendered was as fol-
| lows:
! Piano solo John j. Fitzpatrick: singing.
! American" 8. +. Smith. audience, with
violin accompaniment; clarinet solo. Sc
/ lected. Mr.. Norman l.. Williams, Miss
| Anna q. Royce, accompan mist; spelling
| match violin duet, No. s. Opero 80, Pleyel.
| Vera Decker and Samuel Gardner: read
ing selected, Miss jeanette Carroll; solo,
/ Mr.. William NJ Trafton: prize spelling
| contest, open to ell not belonging 10
teams: solo: violin solo, Hungarian
/ Rhapeody," Hauser. Samuel Gardner.
George Hirst. sccompanist; singing. Star
\ spangled Banner" r. s Key, audience,
with violin accompaniment.
Those who took part In the spelling bee
! were: Day school-Frank r. Abbott, Re
| becca Alberts r. Ernest Balcolm, NIL
dred f. Rowland. Sophie Horovtz. Jessie
Klein. James McElroy. Daniel L. Nc
| Guinness, Frances G. NcManus, Thomas
+. Rooney. Laura r.. Smith, Sarah TIA
berlsky: evening school-Mary Buckley
Harry Bucco. Leteua Day. James Egan,
| Herbert Johnson, Nellie Mahoney. Grace
-rAa a..
| Donough. Jennie Mullaney, Blanche
Perry. James Roach; schoolmaster. IA II
/ Meader. Lexington Avenue Gramms,
school, judges. Gilbert Y. whIttenore
supervisor OF evening schools: n. =. Ran
dali. principal Branch Avenue Grammar
school; y. A. spratt principal Vineyard
/ Street Grammar school: y. l.. ID. Turner
/ principal PoiHt- Street Evening school: J
J. McCsrrey. principal Brigham street
| Evening school.