The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-01-11
Rules for the State Spelling
Contest.

IAuAcS lOI Illc OIdIe Opcll1HX
Contest.
1. The State Spelling Contest will
be at the time and place of the next
state convention of county superin-
tendents, subject to the call of the
State Superintendent.
2. Each county shall be entitled to
one representative, and the cities one
representative for each 1900 school
children enrolled in the public schools
or ajor fraction thereof. In addition
to one representative from each and
every county; this will entitle the
cities to the following representation:
St. Louis 7; Kansas City 3; St. Joseph
1; Springfield 1; Joplin /.
3. All pupils regularly enrolled in
the public schools from the first to
the eighth grades inclusive, or all
pupils below the high school, will be
eligible to enter the contest. Rural
graduates who have not entered high
school, but who are reviewing the
eighth grade or who have a majority
OF their subjects in the eighth grade,
will also be eligible to enter the con-
test.
4. Representatives of the State
Spelling Contest shall be chosen by
means of an organized county spelling
contest, or city spelling contest. 1t
is recommended that elimination con-
tests be held in each and every school
in the county or city. That the three
best spoilers from each school meet
together and constitute township
spelling contest. Or if it is preferred
the three best spoilers from each
school 60 direct to the county con-
test. 1t may not be practicable in
every county to have township con-
tests. 1t is further recommended
that the county contest be partly oral
spelling and partly written spelling.
This is simply recommendation, the
details of the county contest are left
to the individual superintendents to
work out The committee is of the
opinion that the element of chance
can be eliminated largely by means of
the written spelling.
5. The Contest will be partly oral
and partly written. A list of words
will be pronounced to be spelled
orally, each student spelling the same
number of words. Another list will
pronounced to be written. The con-
testants will be graded so per cent on
oral spelling and 5O!per cent on writ
zen spelling
6. Each county superintendent,
and each city superintendent inter-
ested in the contest, are requested to
submit list of 100 words from which
the list Of words for the State Contest
will be selected. These lists of
words should be submitted before
March l., 1912. Ordinary words of
practical utility should be submitted.
The following committee is hereby
appointed to make up sthe list of
1000 words to be used in the contest:
Hon. VIM. P. Evans, jefferson City;
Hon. W. T. Darlington, Springfield;
Hon. Howard A. Gass, jefferson
City. Words should be submitted to
Supt. VIM. P. Evans by the county
superintendent. The committee
should meet and formulate the state
list of words on or before May /,
1912. The list should be typewriter
and delivered, sealed, to Hon. VIM.
P. Evans, State Superintendent.
8. First, second and third prizes
will be awarded to those contestants
making respectively, the first, second
and third highest grades. But it is
the opinion of thercommittee that an
appropriate souvenir be presented to
each and every contestant who par
ticipates in the State Contest. The
committee suggests that the minimum
prizes be (lst) 500, cd $50, (3d) SIS
in gold. Definite announcement
about May l, 1912.
9. Hon. VIM. P. Evans, Hon. w.
T. Darlington and Hon. Howard A.
Gass are constituted a committee to
arrange the prizes and to formulate
other necessary rules for the contest.
Supt. j. S. Lumpkin is appointed
treasurer of the State Spelling Con-
.est Committee.
10. Each county superintendent
S requested to send to Supt. j. S.
Lumpkin, jefferson City, on or be-
'ore April l, 1912, three dollars to