The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-01-25
Rules for the State Spelling
Contest.

be a. the Time ana place OF the HEX
state convention of county superin
tendents, subject to the call of tn
State Superintendent. s..
2. Each county shall be entitled t.
one representative, and the cities on
representative for each 1900 schoo
children enrolled in the public schools
or major fraction thereof. In addition
to one representative from each ant
every county; this will entitle tn,
cities to the following representation
St. Louis 7; Kansas City 3; St. JOSEPH
l.; Springfield 1; Joplin 1.
8. All pupils regularly enrolled ir
the public schools from the first t.
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 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 It
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 a 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-
ests. 1t is further recommended
hat the county contest be partly oral
spelling and partly written spelling.
This is simply recommendation, the
letails of the county contest are left
o the individual superintendent TO
work out. The committee is of the
opinion that the element of chance
an be eliminated largely by means of
he written spelling. !
5. The Contest will be partly oral
nd partly written. A list Of words
will be pronounced to be spelled
rally, each student spelling the same
lumber of words. Another list will
ronounced to be written. The con-
estants will be graded so per cent on
raj spelling and so per cent on writ
IN spelling. ......5 ..
6. Each county superintendent,
nd each city superintendent inter-
sted in the contest, are requested to
limit list of 100 words from which
lie list of words for the State Contest
i'll be selected. These lists of
ords should be submitted before
arch 1, 1912. Ordinary words of
tactical utility should be submitted.
The following committee is hereby
opointed to make up sthe list of
700 words to be used in the contest:
on. VIM. P. Evans, Jefferson City;
on. W. T. Darlington, Springfield;
on. Howard A. Gass, Jefferson
ity. Words should be submitted to
lpt. VIM. P. Evans by the county |!
lperintendents. The committee
lould meet and formulate the state
It Of words on or before May /,
~. The list should be typewriter
I'd delivered, sealed, to Hon. VIM.
Evans, State Superintendent. !
8: First, second and third prizes
i'll be awarded to those contestants
aking respectively, the first, second
ID third highest grades. But it is
e opinion of the committee that an
propriate souvenir be presented to
CHI and every contestant who par
ipates in the State Contest. The
mmittee suggests that the minimum
ICES be QsD 500, (26 $50, (3d) $25
gold. Definite announcement :
out May l, 1912. =.
3. Hon. VIM. P. Evans, Hon. w.
Darlington and Hon. Howard A.
IS are constituted a committee to
'ange the prizes and to formulate
Ter necessary rules for the contest.
pit. j. S. Lumpkin is appointed
asurer of the State Spelling Con-
Committee. II
%. Each county superintendent
requested to send to Supt. j. S.
mpkin, Jefferson City, on or be-
e April l, 1912, three dollars to
m fund for prizes and souvenirs.
is three dollars will be from the
ne fund that is used to pay the ex-
lses of the contestants.
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