The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14

spelling contests were held, and the
specimens of writing submitted by the
participants in the penmanship contest
were judged. The winners in the pen.
manship contest were Lena Laudt OF
Two Rivers and Blanche Pevonka of
Cato the former winning the gold
medal ''for best writing by pupil IA
years old or over, and the latter secur.
ing the gold medal for best writing by
pupil under IA years. These two prizes
were given by Prof. j. A. Book, princi.
pal of the Wisconsin Business college of
this city.
The exercises of the day were opened
with the adding contest, which took
place shortly after 0 o'clock a. m. Seven
prizes were offered as follows;
ADDING
First Prize-Gold Medal, awarded by
O. Torrison Co.
Second Prize-Silver Medal, awarded
by Henry Esch.
Third Prize-Case, S1.0O, awarded by
Otto Drews.
Fourth Prize-Book (S1OO, awarded
by g. w. Fechter.
Fifth Prize-Our Business Boys and
Girls, awarded by c. F. Fechter.
Sixth Prize-Life of Daniel Webster,
awarded by c. F. Fechter.
Seventh Prize. Life of Daniel Webster,
awarded by c. F. Fecbter.
The winners were: Edward Zaruba,
Coopcrstown, 1st prize; Roland Herr,
Meelre, end; William Kronforst, Kos.
suth, 3rd Agela Kreiman, Schleswig,
4th; Lillian Arnnolz, Two Rivers, 5th
Willie Wilsman, Two Rivers, 9th
Margaret Hessel, Kossuth, 18th.
For the spelling contest, which oc-
cupied the last hour of the forenoon's g
program, the seats were arranged longi-
tudinally. The participants in the con.
test. about sixtyfour in number, were
seated vis.a,vis in two rows, one on
either side of a central aisle. Prof. w.
c. Hewitt of Oshkosh acted as pronunci-
ator. The contestants acquitted them
selves very creditably. Seven prizes
were given as follows:
PRIZES
banner Given by O.. Torrson Co. in
1900 to school winning the spelling
contest.
SPELLING
First Prize-Gold Medal, awarded by
Schuette Bros. Co.
Second Prize-Silver Medal, awarded
by John Chloupek.
Third Prize-Academic Dictionary,
awarded by Theo. Schmidtman's Sons
Go.
Fourth Prize German English Die
tionary, awarded by Theo. Schmidt
mans Sons Co.
Fifth Prize-High School Dictionary,
awarded by Theo. Schmidtmans Sons
Co.
Sixth Prize-High School Dictionary,
awarded by j. Staehle q Son.
Seventh Prize-High School Diction-
ary, awarded by j. Staehle & Son.
The winners were: Lydia Tills, Spen-
Ger district, Kossuth, 1st prize; Frank
Bartelme, Cooperstown, end; William
Linder, Mishicot, 3rd; Richard Hayden,
Cato, 4th; Libby Strouf Gibson, 9Th
Alma Vetter, Liberty, 9th and G.. Arens,
Cooperstown, 7th.
The Spencer district in the town of
Kossuth secured the banner for the
year, Miss Lydia Tills. graduate OF
that school, having won first honors in
spelling. The same school held the
banner in 1904 Last year it was secured
by district No. five of Liberty. Should
the Spencer school win the banner for 8
third time, it would be permitted to re
tain the trophy permanently.
Nineteen of the 70 graduates secured
first honors. Among those who received
first grade diplomas were Miss Mabel
Sell, Schleswig, and Master Oscar
the gold medal on the diploma examina
tions and Aug. Pohland secured the silver
medal, the former having attained the
highest mark and the latter the second
highest. These two medals were award
ed by F. Christensen, principal of the
training school for teachers.
The following program was carried
ont in the afternoon:
10 p. NJ.
Recitation Roland Blese1
Recitation Sylvia Worthingtor
Music-Pupils of Dist. No 3, Centerville
Recitation Freddie Jonas
Recitation Leonie HetZe
Music-Pupils of Dist. No. 3, Centerville
Recitation Clarence Rouillel
Address Prof. w. G. Hewitt
Award of Medals and Prizes
F. Christensen