The Penn's Grove record., 1915-05-07
County Spelling Contest Created
Much Attention

The annual meeting of the Salem
County Teachers Association was held in
the high school building Salam last Sat-
urday. The morning session was taken
up with round table discussions and with
All address by DIR. Ambrose L.. Suhrie,
Professor OF Pedagogy in the West Chester,
Pa, State Normal School,. MIR. IL. w.
Sinner of Observation-Disclosures schools
conducted a round table discussion upon
the subject OF High School English tased
upon the recent state monograph on that
subject in which teachers from the adj
vanced grammar grades and the high
schools took part. 1t was a most inter
esting discussion.
Mrs. Sastle of New York City discussed
the teaching OF phonics at a meeting OF
the elementary school teachers in a man-
ner that made the subject most attrac-
tive. Her discussion could not fail to be
very helpful to teachers who have to
teach primary reading and it was full OF
interest to all who heard her.
DIR. Suhrie in his address discussed the
"Sources of Professional Literature for
Teachers" He called attention to the
large amount OF best literature on sub
iects OF interest to teachers which may be
had for the asking. Not only from our
own State Department Of Public Instruc-
tion and like departments in other states
but from the Bureau of Education at
Washington, the Russell Sage Foundal
ton and the publications OF various col
leges. Besides these number OF free
public libraries will furnish through To-
cal free libraries any book needed with
out cost. To the earnest teacher DESTROYS
of improving herself i'll her work and
seeking information of a serious nature
along any line of school activity the
address WAS most welcome and helpful.
There was a very large attendance at
the afternoon session. The spelling COLI
test between Elmer, Penns Grove, Salem
and Woodstown brought not only pupils
interested in the contest but many OF
their friends so that the high school aud
itorium was filled with interested wit
nesses of the contest. The contest was
preceded by a very pretty folk dance
given by the pupils OF the r. M. Acton
School under the direction OF the princi-
pal, Miss Burt, a vocal solo by Miss Mama
Layer and by the election of officers
which resulted as follows: President,
County superintendent ii. G. DIXON,
Vice-President, Mrs. E Nj. Clarke, Sec
rotary, Miss Edna N. Boone, Treasurer,
Miss Laura ID. Jaquette.
These are the nalnes of the contestants:
Elmer: Clara Conover, Julia Dixon,
Pauline Garrison, Helen Moore.
Penns Grove: Helen Enos, Esther
Gentieu, William Hurley, Anna Layton,
Joanna Lippincott, Leo Rowe, Richard
Rowe.
Salem: Margaret BossIer, Miriam Davis,
Edith Farley, Mildred Fox, Eleanor HAIR
ris, Lester Lawrence, Marie Lloyd,
Martha L~ippincott, Edna Mayew, Joseph
inc Morgan, Russell Morton, Ladora
Osborn, Helen Rairdon, Dorothy Saltz-
burg, Joseph Sickler, Robert Smith,
Margaret Washington.
Woodstown: Susie Ballinger, Pearl
Brown, Hanna Faunt, Helen HarrIt,
Francis Lacy, Marian Pancoast, Mabel
Cobins, Louie Smith, Grace Webbel.
They were seated i'll alphabetical order
upon the platform and the contest lasted
w and one half hours. 1t WIS found
necessary to use not only the official list
| of two Thousand words that had been
given to all pupils but also a supplement
| tary list that had not been seen by any of
| the contestants before the contest could
be brought to a close. The referees were
Miss Remster of the Alloways schools,
| Miss Matter of the Daretown schools and
Miss Willmot of the Hancock's Bridge
schools. The County superintendent was
selected to pronounce the words.
At the close of the contest County Sup
erintendent Dixon awarded the prizes.
He congratulated the young contestants
and the schools from which they came
upon the fine showing they had made in
the contest and regretted that he had not
a prize to give every pupil who entered
it, but he added that it was a contest in
which no one lost. Every one had al
ready received in his training a prize of
more lasting benefit and a far greater val
ne than the small monetary prizes that
were offered. He called attention to the
fact that they had all done well and had
again refuted the ancient myth that the
only good spoilers lived in the preceding
generation, a myth that has been indus
triously told to every generation of
children since the inception of schools in
this country.
The awards were as follows and in the
order named:
Five Dollars in Gold-Miriam Davis
Three Dollars-Edna Mayhem
Two Dollars-Edith Farley and
Helen Rairdon
One Dollar-Marian Pancoast, Grace
Weber, Eleanor Harris and Mildred Fox
One Half DolIlar-Pauline Garrison,
Helen Harris, Hanna Gaunt, and Esther
Gentieu.
Besides these prizes the American Book
Company through its agent, Mr.. D.. W.
Moon, generously offered just as the con-
test began Webster's Secondary School
Dictionary to the winner of the first
prize and Webster's Elementary School
Dictionaries to the winners of the second
and third prizes. They were awarded