The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-04-07


| Forest Franklin, district o;
Fern Murphy, and Marguerite Har-
gadlne, district p;
| Claude DAVIS and Elijah Wright,
district IA;
Cecil and Ethel Davis, east school
OF district 2;
Olive Lemons, district "a;
| Cecil Pearce, Rose George and Har-
ry Romer, Liberal schools;
Gladys Hubbard and Freda Turner,
district %.
Beginning at page 40, John B0les
gave out the words to the class. Each
contestant remained in the contest
until they had missed THREE words.
Little by little the class grew smaller
until all were down except Gladys
Hubbard, Erma Walker and Cecil
Pearce. These three spelled against
each other for more than half an
hour. AT last the little girls went
down and left Cecil the winner He
received the banner for his school
for the coming year. AS the judges
had disagreed on one word missed by
Cecil that the prizes should be divided
eqally among the three, Ray Mill
man and Carl G. Eddy added 81 to
the IS given by the Economy and
Summers Dry Goods stores and each
contestant was given 50. This was
satisfactory to the audience as evil
denced by their hearty applause.
Cecil showed manly spirit by agree
ing TO the division of prizes as sug-
gested by-th judges. Many we're the
compliments we heard on all sides on
the good spelling of these two grades
five and six. The GOODNESS and self
possession of little Gladys and Erma
was remarkable considering their
grades and age. Cecil had the sell pos
session of the winner all through the
contest but the little girls sure led
him a close call. Cecil is city pu-
pill, Gladys is from district % and
Erma from district 4. Cecil is the
oldest.
The pupils who took part In the
contest in grades seven eight and
nine were:
Hugh Harding and Clarence Higgins,
district 25;
Mildred Harnden, district 81;
Harlan Ross, district 4;
Grace Bunting and Owen Jester,
district 10;
Lester Odneal and Alma Jerman,
district IS;
Violet Wilson, district %;
Howard Nelson, district rs;
Vida Davis and Bessie Lofland,
district IA;
Ralph Erlewine, east school of dis
trict2;
Harold Sutton, district 2;
Ben Thompson, district I;
Butler Wood, district 2.
These pupils began to spell on
page l15, lesson I5O, part Ill. Prof.
Rindom gave out the words to this
class as Mr., Boles had been pronOunc-
ing words for nearly two hours and
was very tired. 1t did not take this
class an hour to decide who we're
winners. Clarence Higgins is pu-
pill of district No. % and he has the
honor of being the best speller in the
Seward county Spelling contest hav-
ing missed not single word in the
contest. He won the banner for his
district and received the 50 prize CIV
en- by the Summers & Sons and Econ
omy dry goods stores, while Mildred
Harnden of district q won the So
prize given by the same firms.
| We wish to thank the boys and
girls for coming and doing their best
also the teachers who encouraged
them and also the parents, and last
Lbut not least the judges George "A.
Smith, Carl G. Eddy and Ray Mill
man-who so kindly helped to make
the Seward County Spelling contest
a success. We also thank Mr.. H.
Hobble who so graciously and appro-
\ priately presented the banners and
prizes to The winners. G. E. Woods
gave US the use of the city hall for
| the contest just as he did last year.
4 On behalf of the teachers and pupils
of Seward county we wish to thank
one and all for their gracious, kindly
help.
| Come, let us live for our children.
Prof. VIM. A. McKeeyer of the
state agricultural college gave the
people of Seward county his splendid
lecture "a Better Crop of Boys And
Girls" at the city hall last Friday
evening. Prof. McKeever is doing a
work of inestimable value to our
boys and girls. 1t is the sort of work
that counts
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