The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-19
A STATEWIDE
 SCHOOL. CONTEST
Rules Governing Most Interesting spelling Match to Be Held in Little
 Rock Next Saturday Morning.

X statewide spelling contest will be he.dd dn Little Rock under the auspices of the Arkansas h. ter-School Contest Associa tion on Frlday and Saturday, April 23 and 24.
 The general rules and regu.a- tons of the same have been made as simple and plain as possible and are as follows:
 The contest is open to all schools of elementary and secon- dary education in the state, including common and graded schools and high schools. There will be no charge or other fee to enter this contest.
 Each common school, graded school and high school may send one representative to be select cd by suitable (test in the respec- tive schools. The teacher, prin- cipal O. superintendent of the various schools shall furnish their respective representative with a suitable sta atement set ting forth that the bearer is the duly authorized representative of the school
 All accredited contestants in the spelling contest shall report at the High school building as early as convenient Friday morn ing, April 23 to register and re- celve their contest number Reg lStratiOn will c.Ose at twelve O. clock noon, Friday, April 23.
 All those thus enrolled shall report at the High school build ing at two o'clock for the pre- limary contest. Those who are late will be barred. The prelimin- ary contest will be written and consist of a list or lists of words to be selected by the judges from current spelling books and dic- dictionaries after the class has assembled.
 Each word will be announced | twice only and followed by the succeeding word at regular, req sonable intervals. The contest ants must scrupulOusly observe all the customary and honor rules of examination and for any violation the offender shall be peremptorily marked from the list. No contestant shall be per- mitted to make any inquiry, or delay the work in any way, dur ing the preliminary test, and all papers shall be taken up as soon as the test is completed Any CT asure or change, on any paper will be marked a failure for each word so marked or erased. At the conclusion of the pre- liminary test, contestants will be dismissed until Saturday morn ing when the final test will be given.
 The judges will mark the pre- liminary papers and will cause to be announced the names and numbers of the successful candi- dates at the Friday evening session ol the association.
 At the proper place on the program Saturday morning, the names of those eligible for the final spelling contest will be read out and the contestants will take their places as called upon the stage.
 The final contest will be oral, under the rules of the o!d-fash toned Spelling Bee" The speci- fife rules will be read by the con- ductor as agreed by the judges and the winners will be decided by spelling down.
 There will be no appeal from any decision made by two of the three judges and the contest will be expedited as much as possible and made fast and interesting as practicable. No person shall have two chances and >all errors, repe- titions, mis-sta tements, etc, will be fatal and final in causing the withdrawal of such unfortunate candidates.
 Cash prizes of $15 for the win ner and $5 for the secoad choice will be awarded at the conc,u- sion of the ma tch. A silver Loving Cup will a.so be awarded to the school which sends the contest ant winning the first prize in the spelling contest.