Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-05-06
RURAL SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS CONTEST
IN WRITING, SPELLING And ARITHMETIC
These important and Interesting Exercises Were Held Lam
caster High School Building Big Crowd in Attendance
---Some Excitement Over Arithmetic Because of
of Time Limit Names of Winners, Also
Names of All Who Contested

Last Friday was a jolly day for
the pupils of the rural schools of
Grant county. At the high school
building in Lancaster was held the
final county contests in spelling,
arithmetic and writing. Early in
the day it was apparent on the streets
that something was doing. There
were lot of children abroad, and
they were not of town.
The incoming train brought great
number, both of children and teachers.
Restaurants and hotels were taxed to
capacity in order that the crowds
might be fed. The office of the
county superintendent of schools was
packed, until the pressure was re-
lieved by the approach of the hour of
1. Then there was a general rush to-
ward the south, and the crowds
brought up at the high school build
ing, ready for business.
Harry Gross's orchestra of six
pieces furnished some excellent music,
which was very much appreciated
especially by the visitors from the
country. And Superintendent j. c..
Brockert made speech, that helped
things bit. Everybody felt at home
when he quit talking. (Quit talking
for that specify
Bert Bennett, school officer in
Glen Haven, was timekeeper; Super
intendent of Schools F. w. Trainer,
Lancaster, was chief judge, assisted
by bevy of high school scholars.
The Misses Isabel Manning, Emily
Corlett, Title Sphinx, Mayme Johnson,
all teachers, and Miss Elsie Van
Dusen, asst to Superintendent Brock
ert, had charge of supplies and saw
that the contestants were we'll taken
care of.
NJ SPELLING.
Spelling was the first matter at
tended to. From a point of vantage
Mr.. Brockert pronounced the follow
ing 100 words, and the contestants
wrote them as they were given:
Mathematics, superintendent, nat
uralization, responsibility, trans
parent, weasel, extravaganza, incor-
rigible, caress, thoroughfare, micro
scope, suspicion, barometer, olfactory,
succotash, surcingle, separator, pre-
JUDGE, authentic, aggravate, skepti-
cal, sterilize, fuctuate, megaphone,
insurable, perforate, judicious, queru-
lous, renovation, infectious, immacu-
late, reservoir, guarantee, accession,
unanimous, malicious, acquittal, ex-
celsior, gazetteer, fabric, acquiesce,
ossify, guinea, unique, sophomore,
exuberant, monstrous, amethyst,
tamarack, pavilion, alacrity, parasite,
asbestos, incision, senior, strategy,
panorama, fumigate, tangible, aper-
ture, exorbitant, versatile, labyrinth,
deciduous, picturesque, phonetic,
dilemma, gauge, pommel, bengin,
condense, zincky, duly, credulous,
gourd, battalion, alkali, contemplate,
baluster, vying, vigilant, effervesce,
silesia, catalpa, fractions, ridiculous,
appall, forceps, havoc, mortar, ex-
cruciate, transom, feudal, chenille,
beveled, subpoena, inertia, raccoon,
trellis and junior.
Those who won in spelling were:
First, 81 and Pennant, Orpha
Gunderman, IA, Dist. No. 3, James
town, Miss Jennie Spear, teacher.
Second, So, Eva Anderson, II, Dist.
No. 6, Mt. Hope, Miss Cora Alder
son. Third, 81, Eunice Ransom, 13,
Dist. No. 3, Mt. Ida, Miss Pearl
Johnson, teacher. Fourth, So, Earl
Blackburn, 16, it. z, Beetown,
Gladys Stark. Fifth, So, Esther
Button, II, it. 4, Mt. Ida, Mayme
Johnson, teacher. Sixth, So, Mabel
Sedbrook, IA, it. 9, Potosi, Lena
Block, teacher. Seventh, So, Fleeta
Peacock, 16, Dist. No. 2, Smelser,
Gretta Thomas. Eighth, So, Gladys
Hickin, Ia, Dist. No. 10, North
Lancaster, Mabel Rowdon. Ninth,
So, Edwin Briel, 16, Dist. No. 5,
Liberty, Ben Basing, teacher. Tenth,
So, Esther Vesperman, 13, Dist. No.
2, Harrison, Ricca Ames. Eleventh,
81, Ruby Thomas, II, Dist. No. 1,
Smelser, Emily Corlett, teacher.
Twelfth, 81, Anna Holland, II,
Wingville, Clara Bjerke. Thir-
teenth, 81, Florence Bremmer, IA,
Dist. No. 2, Muscoda, Tina Kumhera.
Fourteenth, 81, Ardys Morse, II,
Dist No. 6, Mt. Hope, Cora Alder
son. Fifteenth, 81, Annette Backus,
13, Dist. No. ID, South Lancaster,
Fannie Rafferty,, teacher.