Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-28
LESSON IN ORTHs!!ssn.APHY
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Director Stuart Plans to
Make Good Spoilers of
Washington Pupils.

With the purpose of making Washing
toms boys and girls good spoilers, a
pamphlet has just been sued by A. I.
Stuart. director of intermediate inStruc-
tion in the pub ic schools. which contains
$50 words. supposed 10 be the most often
msspelled by the pupils The list was
compiled from information received by
teachers OF one division and is to be used
as q basic list.
Additions to List.
At the end of the first semester. the
last of January. the teachers of all divi-
sions will send in such additions to the
list as they have found ha5itually mis-
spelled by their pupils In this manner
the lit will receive additions from time
to time which, il is THOUGHT, will show
the words which prove most difficult for
the children. Care will he taken, how
ever. 10 prevent the list from growing
too large.
In sending out the list Mr.. Stuart says:
Il request the teachers 10 use this list
during the present semester, each teacher
teaching not on the miSspelled list for
ceding. with the purpose of making 1t
absolutely certain hat these words shall
he learned once and for ALL
Words Included in Test.
Following is the list for the several
grades:
Third g~ade-America. animal, baby,
beautiful because before, bought, caught,
city, country, Dutch. evening, ever. every.
expect. from, father. girl, house, Indian.
laughed. many, often, pretty. rou5h.
school, stopped. they, touched. Tuesday
very, warm. went, which. were and with.
Fourth erade-All right. answer. boush.
cominS. chimney, circle, daily. divide,
division, different, easy, enough, except,
family. forty-four. friend. insect, meant,
mountain, Potomac, present, quiet. really,
sentence. straight, subtract, sugar. their.
there. though. throu.h. Thursday. trouble.
truly. too much. useful. weather, We'd
nesday. whole. whose and writing
Fifth grade-Atlantic, arctic, antarctic.
although. almost. believe, beginning.
busy. busily. business, certainly. coast.
continent. ,divisihle. direction, ease
easily. equally. February. four-fifths.
geography, island. length. niece ocean.
ought. Pacific. people. pleasant. potato,
potatoes. receive. separate. soldier, sur
prise. strensth. thou mt. tohsae. two
fifths, temperature, too many, until, VII
lage, whether and wholly.
Sixth grade-Afraid boundary, bureau.
cousin, describe. description. disappoint,
dictionary. endeavor. finally. grammar,
Great Britain. height. handkerchief. i'm
mediately library. misspell medicine,
pursue. quantity. receipt, sauce, scenery,
ecissprs sincerely. Spanish. syllable,
thorough. thoroughly, twelfth. usually
and vegetable.
Seventh srade-Anxiety, analysis, an
alyze aisle. biscuit commission. coupon.
conscience calendar. college, disappear.
dissolve, excellent, faucet, government
interest kerosene. lettuce, manual, neces-
sary, obliging, occurred, prune, principal,
perceive patient. ounce. recipe, respect
fully several similar, superintendent,
salary. spoonfuls, spinach, spioot, seize.
vinegar and zinc.
Eighth grade-Respectably. representa-
tive, society. aqueduct. absence, absent,
benefited, conduit. committee, chrysanthe-
mum, cereals. criticise, conscientious,
disease diphtheria, descendant, eighty
eighth. exaggerate, embarrass. foreigner
grateful, leisure. liquid. mischievous,
ninety ninth. origin, occurrence, occasion,
occasional, occasionally. prejudice, per-
suade, physician. secretary, sufficient. syn
onym, siege. stationary. utensil and VI
cinity. Some French words in common
use-Souvenir, chauffeur. chiffonier, Ia
tiRue debris, debut and menu.