The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
CHAMPION SPELLER.
William eusie. Fifteen years Old,
Holds the Belt.


William Cusic. fifteen year old
boy, and a pupil Of Benham school in !
Tecumseh. township, took first honors
in the Shawnee county spelling match
at the district court house last Saturday
afternoon, and won the Webster's IN
abridged dictionary which was given
by County Superintendent Carter. He
spelled a hundred of the most difficult
kind of words correctly.
Ruth York of Seal school in Soldier
township and Ralph Taylor Of West
IndianOla each missed one OF the
words, and tied for second place. 50
they were each given twenty-five
more words. Miss York wrote every one
correctly on the blackboard, while
Taylor missed ten.
The free-for-an was Won by John
Cusic, a brother of the winner OF the
county contest. In this event every
body was welcome to participate. 1t
finally narrowed down 10 Miss Eisda
BurroW of Topeka, a daughter of Sec
rotary of State Joel r. BUrrow, and
Cusic. The race went on merr1ly until
it came to the word "indtces. Miss
Burrow could not spell it, and Cusic
won out He got a Webster's d1ctIon-
airy as the prize, a contribution Of the
teachers. Miss BurrOW got volume
of Phyfe's Test Pronouncer, given by
H G. Larimer, who with E. f. Stanley
Of Quincy school were the pronoun-
lar fountain pen, given by the mellow
ell Office & Supply company.
The hundred words which were used
in the main contest are as IolloWs;
Bicycle, erosion, cohesion, catarrh, pre-
face, vinegar, bicuspid, toothache, chlV-
airy, nuisance, intercede, tyranny, Ian
g4lage secede supersede eczema, hya-
nhaeton. resonant. acceptable, sepa-
rate, prairie. sumac. luxuriant eXag-
gerate fertilizer, privilege, plateau
isotherm, estuary delta, nauIcal'
canon, glacier, Caucasian, reVo!utlon'
ratio, uuotient, avoirdupois, equ1later-
al, circumference, equivalent, Dllzzaro'
catalpa. chrysolite, barbarous, crystal
/ lie solstice, heliotrOpe, proTnontory,
! seminary, pantomlIne' sul1rlhess, hS sll
! orrhage nasturtium, monotonous'
parochial girdle, fiendish. parasol, low
/ a HE ecstasy deferred. daintness, an
gufsh. parishioners, daisies, caterer
/ shepherd, Wyoming, nemesis grineee
! palatable fmpious, desultory, reLef-
/ able. irrevocable. tolerable, cellular
| 9isDutatnt plebeian. aborigines, mo-
/ noentous. Hedging, artesian, archl-
/ pelago, pygmy, ehandelei, Llla.iLe-
4 mates effaceable, blamable, austere
| trivial asphalt, spinach, tweezers' re-
These are the Is words used in the
'sspell-off'': Ambrosia, adolescence
molecule, nauseous, opsequles, allie, y,
perennial. patrician, beneficence, en-
| chona, desuetude litigious oohquity'
! denouement. contagious, hygiene, kaleI-
/ doscope. diacritica1, inchoate, hyIneIleeil'
pinuancv. guillotine, buncombe.
The event was such a success tnat
hereafter it will be held annually
is a great thing to do was the com
rnenf of County Superintendent car
ter ssIt creates an interest in spelllng
ana the pupils not only learn TO spell
| correctly. but they become acquainted
with new words and their meanlne s.
hone the contest will be nae no"
every year. ,-,.-- .,s.
zBlauch Peck. John Cusle'
| William Cusic- 4-,o-,
Afenoken-Rayse hlliWooo'
Cochran. Leila Retter- yr-.7.,
Soidier-Ruth York. Ralph Taylor
Elizabeth Jacques 1880
Auburn-Olive F1eck, Ina moore.
Eossville-Sarah Lambotte, Lyda
Dean. Alta Groons. 49, ,,,.es.,.7
SILVER TakeAA1ta Golfer, ChHofu
enofts Mabel lands.
'Tonelxa-BtheI Mode, Hflda BurroW'
Margaret Young r.,,,.
Observation-Disclosures SInlOh' Lille
Sage. Ida Denander - n-.oa
Nfissfon=Mary Courier. Perry 4lce'
W11l iifna 4risFa Snyder, Maude
McClelland-