The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-14
GIRLS PROVE BETTER
SPOILERS THAN BOYS
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Thirty school children or various
parts of .Nicollet county kept a large
audience keenly interested for one
hour during the annual county spell
ing contest held last evening al the
l.ndcke Brothers opera house al st
Peter.
Winners were as follows:
First prize. Mamie Quist. District
No. &C. New Sweden. $3.50, being trim
to state fair with expenses paid plu.,
enc dollar.
Second prize. Selma Larson, Dis
trict No. 81, Belgrade, 81 so. for ex-
pense OF trip to state fair.
These two will represent Nicollet
county at the state spelling contest
which will be held at the state fair
in the Institute building. on Friday
September 10. at 10 a. m.
Third nrize, Matilda Block. District
No. 80. Lake Prairie. s..
Fourth prize, Marian Lund. District
No. sc, Lafayette village. $3.50.
Fifth prize. Edna Abrahamson, Dis
trict No. IS. New Sweden. picture for
her school.
Each of the contestants also re-
Ceived box of candy. In addition
to the prize winners. the following
took part: Theodore Knoll. Florence
Egli. George Anderson and Mabel A.
Hahn, st. Peter: Lorenzo Anthony.
st. Peter Route 2: Bernard Melin. and
Mabel Fox. st. Peter, Route s.; Erna
Miller and Agnes Westfall. ST. Peter,
Route q Effie Nielsen and Elizabeth
Johnson. New Ulm, Route 2: Ardys
Johnson. Traverse. Route ]: Clarence
Michels. Mankato. Route ): Margaret
Giescke. CORTLAND. Route /: Ena
Schlottman. CORTLAND: Gertrude Tro-
gerson. Gaylord. Route 9: Olga s.
Snyder and Mathilda Block. lie Sueur,
Route s: Gertrude Witty. Nicollet
Ruby Karstad. Nicollet. Route 2: Yer
ma Larson, Nicollet. Route 2: Mat
thew Mans. Nicollet, Route 4: Sadie
Lindquist,, and Effie Daunheim, Laf-
ayette. Route 1: and Leota weise
North Mankato.
Included IN Contest.
This contest included the rural
semi graded. high and graded
schools of the county. but no pupil
higher than the eigth grade was ell
isibsc to contest. Those who. were I'm
the contest OF last evening were win
ners I'm matches previously held In
their own schools.
The following words were success
sively missed: Candidate. eiiegible.
'pDarel exhilarate. electricity. fulfill
similar, accommodate. foreign. siege.
yentilators. athletic. bologna. aero
nlane, physiology, recommendation
bituminous. cricket, cemetery, non
sense, petticoat. capable. Immediately
catalog. ' ".
The first words that were given were
from a list that was given out 10 the
pupils to be studied. Then came an :
other list that the contestants had not
seen. The survivors gave n universal
gasp when this mysterious list was
produced. One of these words was
appendicitis and when little Selma
larson. who came out second. spelled
hat right. there was a burst of APP
1lause.'
Poor Roads Kept Pupils Back.
Sixty-eight districts in the county
rad the right to send representatives.
Z is thought that more districts would
have done so II the roads had been
setter and the weather more propi.
'ious. II is q notable fact that the
winners were all girls. There were
,nly six boys In the contest.
Two automobiles went down to St.
Peter from North Mankato for the con-
'ast.. One took two teachers. Misses
Myrtle Hedberg and Esther Rude. In
he other were Leota Wiese. the
'orth Mankato contestant, and her
mother.
The spelling match was preceded by
moving picture program. There
were some plendid views. showing
'ife OF the cadets at West Point, the
'he process OF making leather and
various stories.
Albert j. HOMESTEAD. county super
'ntendent of school. conducted the
meeting. The words were pronounc-
ed by b. NJ. Cosgrove. city superin-
tendent of the schools OF ST. Peter.
The judges were Will Lauman and
Yrs. c. r. weiberzahh OF st. Peter
md r. 4. Blomquist. principal OF
he Lafayette school.
Mrs. r. II. Evans OF Minneapolis
win spend Sunday with Mrs. r. NJ.
'Ts'eljjpn,: at her apartments in the, se,.