Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-12
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SPELL FOR PR YES
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE
YOUNGSTERS COMPETE IN
BIG SPELLING BEE.
GEORGE JOHNSON WINS
FIRST IN CLASS A
Last Three Contestants in Class 3 All
Go Down on Same Word, So First
Three Moneys Are Divided Equally
Many More Girls Than Boys Win
Prizes-List of Winners.

Prizes-List of Winners.
the rural schools of the county. divided
into TWO classes, according to ages
competed for honors and cash prizes
in the annual spelling bee before a
packed house at the Odeon Friday
night Thirty-five children under l.
years of age entered in the Glass a
contest. and 1Ol over l. years of age
competed in the Glass B event.
George and Marguerite Johnson, of
/ Jefferson township school No. l, car
ried off most of the honors in the con-
] est for the smaller children. George
/ won first prize and his twin sister
third. The second prize in this event
was won by Rose Pifer, of Vienna
school No I.
Divide Money in Second Event.
Because the three who outspelled all
! of the others in the contest for the old
er children, all nlisspelled the same
word, the first three moneys in this
event We're divided between the three
AS these prizes totaled 10 and could not
very we'll be equally divided into three
parts, the sum was increased to s12
by Professor Holden and others con-
tributing 50 more. The So was divided
into three parts and 81 was given .
each of three girls.
These girls were Ana Stevenson, of
Taylor township school No. s; Bessie
Dunn, of ST Anthony: and Florence
Johnson, of State Center township
school No. 8.
List Of the Prize Winners.
In addition 10 the three chief prizes
Of each event. there were twenty-fiy
81 for each class. Those who won these
prizes in Class A Were: Oliver Akers,
Jefferson; Lucille Barrett. Logan;
Doris Brown, Taylor: Oliver Carter,
Ferguson: Mae Cotton. Taylor; Elma
Danielson. Ferguson: Iva Dunn. Tim
Der Creek: Mabel Elliott, Liscomb;
George Hines LeGrand:. Lorenzo In
graham. Jefferson: Reba Johnson,
Quarry: Victor Linn Taylor: Willie
Lorenzen. Ferguson: Iva Lynch. Wen
na; Christina Nelson. Marietta;
Blanche Poduska. LeGrand: Fern
Rank. Linn: Charles Russie, Vienna;
NIyrl Stevenson. Taylor; Glenn So
we'll, Taylor; Floyd Ulery. Iowa: Ray
mond Winslow, Taylor; Herbert Arm
brecht. Minerva; Harley Smith. Min
| erva. and Martha F'reiberg, Tim Der
Creek.
The twenty-five winners Of 81 in
Class 3 We're: Gladys Arson, Marietta:
Leila Benson, LaMoille; Raymond
Brown. Taylor: Lura Clapsaddle, Lis
comb: Emma Graham, Timber Creek;
Mabel Cough. Taylor; Luella Hill. Vi
emma: Lena Hoopengardner, Ferguson;
Ada Johnson. Quarry: Hilda Johnson.
Marietta: Halle Johnson. State Cent
er: Gertrude Lewis Ferguson; Jennie
Lynch. Vienna: Nellie Lyons. Liberty;
Mary Lynch, Vienna; Clifford Mckin
Icy Jefferson: Mae Mckibben. Lis
comb: Gertrude Mcclure, Timber
Creek: Burleigh Speas, Greencastle:
Emma Smith. Liberty; Martha Stuck
myer. Bangor; Gladys Teeter, Wash
ington: Eva Ulery. Iowa: Zoia Wins
low. Taylor, and Bertha Poduska, Lis
comb.
Of the six winners Of the principal
prizes. only one of them was a boy. Of
the total of ffry-four who won cash
prizes only fifteen were boys.
Little Folks Spell First.
The little folks of Class a spelled
frst. They We're given a couple of
preliminary rounds to accuston them
10 tho situation and the big crowd.
One by one they dropped off as words
cripped them up. until only eight were
left and seven of these were girls. This
number dwindled 10 four. and the first
Of these 70 fall out stumbled on the
word ''nourish." Finally only two,
George Johnson, and Rose Pifer We're
left They made a sturdy little pair,
both of about the same size and age.
Induce" which the girl spelled with
an "e'' put her out Of the race for first
and the boy won by spelling it with an
81, and captured the first prize of IS
which he gleefully waved for the audi
ence to see.
The International List.
After the older children. who started
in the Class contest, had spelled
around few times the list Of words
used at the International spelling con-
test. held at the 1908 convention of the
National Educational Association at
Cleveland was produced by Professor
Holden, who was pronouncing the
words.
This list made greater inroads into
the number of contestants than the
ones used from the spelling book the
children were accustomed to. No less
than fourteen stumbled over accom-
modate'' and went down on it. "Judg-
ment'' tripped up one or two. "Analy-
sis" got another. Supersede'' was
too many for two more. Occurrence
was too hard for two others to negoti-
ate and prejudice" proved the undoing
of one or two others.
None Spell "vilIain" Correctly.
The last three to keep the floor all
went down, one after another on the
word villain Two spelled it with
the ''i' ahead of the "a" and the other
used but one "I".
Superintendent Aaron Palmer was
referee of the spelling, and County
Superintendent of Schools Mary Hos
teller was chairman Of the matches
Before the first contest began the
Iowa Male Quartet, composed of F.
Aubrey Smith F d. Dennis w Fl