Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-22
Ray McEwcn Spells Down All
Contestants in Rural Schools
Match Friday Night
MARION TOWNSHIP is SECOND
Keith Kinney Misses on "Delirium"
and is Second in the Race-Grace
Ward, Of Jefferson, Third - Albion
Girl Takes First in DecIamatory Con-
test-Winners and Prizes.

The second school entertainment OF
short course week, an od-fashloned
speil.ng match and declamatory con-
test. packed the Odeon theater to the
doors friday night and proved the
greatest kind of a success Ray Nc
Even, Of No. 3 Marietta, son of j. II.
M.-wen, captured the first honors In
the 81 cling bee, Keith Kinney, of No.
Marion, son of Perry Kinney, secured
second place, and Grace Ward, No. l
Jenel on, daughter of Mrs. IL. NJ
Schrfelo, was third. Fourteen other
prizes were awarded.
IN the declamatory contest Miss
l. us Blanchard of Albion. with a tenn
perance reading, college Oil Cans"
Minnie Melick, Of Llscomb, was sec
ond. giving revolutionary tale, THE
Black Horse and Its Rider" Miss Mel
lex was given ST. as her prize. The
| third honor, and prize of IS. went to
Miss Flossie Wense, of Melbourne,
who gave the only humorous selection
among the six contestants, Jimmie
Butler and the Owl" The other three
contestants. Miss Pearl Deuel., OF this
city; Miss Tena Chindlund Of Gilman.
and Miss Dorothy Vauthrin of
Rhodes, were given So each
| Spelling Match Great Hit.
| The spelling match proved a great
| hit. A total Of 112 children, ranging in
age from 10 to Is, and representing
| half of the rural schools of the county,
filled the stage, being arranged in rows
according to size The words were pro-
nounced by Prof. P. G. Holden, Of
Ames, and Prof. r. K. Bliss, Of Ames,
| acted as referee. The Modern Speller,
| the text Of the rural schools, was used
for the words. There were the usual
number of misses for the first hour,
before the lines were thinned down to
make one row across the stage. Then
came the battle royal. Influenza"
even tho prevalent, caught two or
three, and "vertebra' sent eight or ten
down until Edith Smith, Of Timber
Creek, spelled it correctly. "Moccasin"
sent four or five more to their seats,
and corral" got seven, Edith Smith
again spelling correctly. Amanda DAM
mann. No. Minerva, missed 'rhod-
odendron," which Raymond Turnbull,
No. 6 Logan, spelled.
This left nine standing. Wilbur E..
Secor, No. 9 Logan. went down on
caucus" Jennie Lynch, No. Vienna,
and Edna Smith. fell before martin
gale" which Miss Lynch spelled with
an "e," when the text gave the word
without an "e." The "e," however, is
given preference in the leading author
tiles. Clara Lewis, Of Ferguson,
| spelled the word according to the text,
leaving six up.
Miss Lewis however, was next to go,
and fell on cautious" The remaining
five made great contest, and altho
/ Raymond Turnbul stumbled little on
..assassinate", he got it right. Elsie
Lynch went down on eminent" and
Raymond Turnbull fell on "petulant."
With three left Grace Ward, owing to
a slip of the tongue and the excitement
of the moment, spelled compulsory
with the "l' before the "u," leaving
Keith Kinney and Ray McEwen to
fight it out. These two boys wrestled
along until the text matter gave prom
Use of becoming exhausted. Master
Kinney finally went down on "deliri-
um," and the spelling match was over.
List of Prize Winners.
The list of prize winners. the schools
represented. and the amounts of prize
money awarded, are as follows:
First-Ray McEwen, No. 8 Marietta,
SIS.
Second-Keith Kinney, No. 6 Marion,
$40.
! Third-Grace Ward, No. 1 jefferson,
49, ~
Fourth-Raymond Turnbull, No. 6
Logan, 81.
Fifth-Elsie Lynch. No. Z Vienna. 50.
Sixth-Clara Lewis. Ferguson. 81.
Prizes of 81 each. in the order the
contestants remained standing-Edith
Smith, No Timber Greek: Jennie
Lynch. No 7 Vienna: Wilbur E. Sc
cor, No. 8 Logan: Amanda Dammann,
No. 4 Minerva: Merle Huff, No. 8
Washington; Earl Pickett, No. Ma
rion: Florence Johnson, No. Eden;
Lolita Fouch No. Z Liscomb; Julia
Flathers. No. Liscomb: May McKib-
ben. No 4 Liscomb; Sadie Willis, Lau-
rel
In opening the program The 1mper-
ial Male quartet sang. Professors
Holden and Bliss. and Former State
Superintendent r. c. Barrett, of Ames
acted as judges of the declamatory
contest State Superintendent John f
Riggs, Of Des Moines, awarded the
prizes for both contests. County SUI
perintendent Mary f. Hostetler. who
has had complete charge of this sue
cessfu undertaking for the school
children of the county, was chairman
of the evening.