The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
FducatfOnaI NOtes.


Miss Dolly Jones Of KanOradO en-
rolled as a student for the month OF
school for teachers Monday
In giving the names Of the common
school graduates last week, the name
Of one Of the graduates, Miss Fern
Hall of the Edison sCnOOl, was unin-
tentiOnally omitted
The graduating exercises for the
common school graduates viii be held
at the opera house in GOOdland on
the evening Of June Z. There viii
be about fOFty-hve graduates this
year. Several Of the graduates viii
speak. State superintendent z. T
Fafrchfld Will address the class. Ev-
eryOne interested in education is in
vited to attend these exercises. 1t IS
not very often that the people Of this
part Of the state have the OppOrtuni-
ty Of listening to the state superinend-
ent so if you are interested in the
schools come out and hear what the
state superintendent has to say
Miss Edith Priest closed her school
in district No. 80 last Friday. The
patrons Of the district gave a dinner
in honor OF the teacher and pupils
After dinner q fine program was rem
dered by the pupils OF the school,
which was very interesting. After the
program was rendered Miss Priest in
Mrs. Quick. where she treated them to
ice cream and cake Miss Priest will
leave for her home in AtchisOn cOun-
ty in a few days-
The first annual spelling contest Of
the schools Of Sherman county was
held at the high school building in
GOOdland on May IL One hundred
words from the adopted state speller
were pronounced by the county super
intendent to the applicants. Each
school in the county was entitled to
two applicants but out Of the 120 en-
titled to spell, only twenty-siX were
present. The spelling contest has be
come an annual institution in a large
number Of counties in the state In
most counties the spelling contest Is
a country and village affair, but in
the contest here the city schools was
allowed two applicants The course
Of study contains work for the ninth
grade and pupils doing this work
were allowed to spell. There is a great
deal Of difference in the ninth grade
IN the common schools anG-tine ninth
grade in the county high school. In
all county spelling contests that we
Rave read about the pupils doing
ninth grade work in the country and
village schools were allowed to spell
The first prize, Webster's Information
al Dictionary, was awarded 70 wal
ter Germann Of the KanOradO school,
lie being the only one to spell the 100
words correctly The second prize, a
fountain pen, was awarded to Herbert
ShimealL Of the GOOdland school, who
missed only one word The Third
prize, a nice picture, was AWARDED to
EImine Larsen Of the GOOdland school,
who missed three words Leila Doug
las Of KaU0ra II missed four words
Al the re+ CT The applicaT, Inissa I
live or more words. AnOth II contest
viii be held EgaiR next spTt Jg, ard II
Is hoped rl7at nIOr-s SCH. Dis VIII lake
part Following are the one hundred
words pronounced TO the applicants
on May Il Have some one prom
ounce them to you and see how many
Of them you can spell: Pastime,
psalm, banana, waltz, village, vinegar,
diagonal, pioneer, nuisance, peaceable,
ambition, precede, proceed, supersede,
bicycle, neuter. gauge. prairie, separ-
ate, deceiver, judgment, kerosene,
QuOtient,- ratio, elsewhere, blizzard,
equator, lagoon. longitude, parallels,
lyceum, university, panorama, ban
quet vaccinate, pOultice, ancient
scissors, billiards, measles, mathe-
MATES, plllegm, hypOcrite, lOvable,
scythe, Ossify, detective, mosquito, vol
CanO, laSSO. cactus, -analyZe, memoir
andum, sausage, apology, nephew,
shepherd, bachelor, -vaseline, sincere,
suicide, Pennsylvania, gawHy, lettuce,
guitar, tricycle., cOmical, gopher, hip
pOpOtamus, trachea, diaphragm, mar
cOtic, pneumonia, neuralgia, tOnsili-
tbs, pleurisy, ceiling, mysterious al
manac, biography, phOnOgraphs sym
paIhiZ6, CriticiSe, vOCa bulary, dema-
gOgue, gizzard. gasoline, cigarette,
committee, hygiene, clarinet, rhinO-
ceros-