New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
INTERCITY SPELLING.
Ercited Ouer Choice of
Pupils to Meet Cleuelanders.
rsy telegraph 70 Tn. rrtbun.

rBy Telegraph The Trfbune1
P1ttsburg, May Z4-The coming spelling contest
between the school children Of Pittsburg and Of
Cleveland has worked this city UP TO a high pitch
Of excitement About a month ago the school
authorities of Cleveland offered to pit fifteen Of the
best spoilers from the public schools OF that city
against any fifteen children which the city OF Pitts
burg might select, the contest to be held IN public
in Cleveland juno %. Pittsburg accepted. and
the fight is
The work Of selecting the best fifteen child spell
ers in Ptttsburg from among about fifteen hun
dred eligible ones is going on slowly and pain
fully. One of the rules is that high school pupils
must not contest. the spoilers will be chosen
from the higher OF the different ward
schools Two gruelling elimination contests have
been held already and the list Of eligible spoilers
has been pared down to nnety-eight OF his num-
ber eighty-three more must fall before the Pitts
burg team is ready to enter the field at Cleveland
Gold medals are being offered for everything con-
nected with the Pfttsburg end OF the affair The
frenzy which has seized Pfttsburg on this matter
can be seen the fact that there Is TO be hello
a public oral spelling match in Carnegie Music
Hall tomorrow night The ninety-eight school chill
dren who still have a chance TO go TO Cleveland
are 10 be the contestants and the winner Of this
contest Is to receive gold medal. although the
result of this contest Is not 70 count IN the e1n-
nation of surplus spoilers for the Cleveland team
II was announced by the public educators that two
thousand tickets would be issued to those wishing
davs there were applications from ten thousand
persons 1t is said by Mr. Andrews Super1nten-
dent of Public Schools, that the contest in Car
negie Hail IS to get the children stage broke or
SO that they will be able to spell in the face Of a
large crowd such as they may be expected to face
in Cleveland
The ninety-eight who are still in the running
received the following list Of words prepared ny
Superintendent Hamilton OF the Allegheny County
schools:
Ehervesce onal. surcingl-. quintessence. parlia-
old skewer seismograph. charade, chironler'
sfngeing. liturgy Hanos, skein. valise. aspnyxIa'
seize. inveigle. sarcOphagus, salcync nyPerpoIe'
narcissus, palette. proscenium- Why, s1dereal'
foil scythe. rhythm. rancid. basque. clayey, cay
enne, purlieu. chrysalts, rendezvous. d1snapelle'
chaperon. appendicitis, corrugated. hirsute, may
hem. gazetteer. lachrymel, Sat1ate, souvenir par
chapeau prescience beryl. bilious. visctd. vftriol.
cretonne. epiglottis. baboon. banditti aoorigines
Iascfvfous. diphthong. weigela- chameleon preJu-
dfcial equipoise. remintscence, stereoscope, pre-
cede pyrotechnic, feudal, procedure. KALEIDOSCOPE
spermaCeti. enslage. puissanCe. tranquility nat
cyon, Catif. pseudonym. connoisseur, henlorrTlage
raiIery synosure expatiate. pebeian, trtsyllaole.
wierd and taciturn.
Some additional elimination contests are being
arranged as the class Of fifteen must be chosen.
and SOON It is likely that II the list continues
for the honor Of contesting in Cleveland 1t has
taken 10 Cleveland by special train on June 2
that they may get used to the air before they
tackle the Cleveland class.