Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-17
AWARDS ARE MADE
IN RURAL SCHOOL
SPELLING CONTEST
WOOdburn Students Carry
Away Majority Of Prizes
Composition Awards

Pupils of the Woodburn pubhc
schools carried away three of the five
l'rst prizes awarded in the spelling con.
test Tor the rural schools of Narior
county, held at the high school in this
clty Saturday, and the other two were
carried away by the Aumsville and
suOlimity schools, respectively. One
hundred and siSty-eight pupils Of ~
districts IN the county participated 81
the spelling and composition contests
by far the largest number tba, bas
ever entered into Hlcse annual comma.
llions, and the interest q vislblv keen.
ef each Succeeding year EfrTt
inc participants ia this epnntv eo,.
test comprised the winners IN tho AZ.
IIict contents and consisted OF those
Nno nSd received a marking of 100 per
cent m the local contests. The LARGEST
number from any district in the county
-oulenl, OF c0rse, not comnoting
was from Woodburn, there being 10 on.
tranis from the five grades representcJ
rr,ourth, Fifth Sixth, Seventh and
hlghth' The papers in the spelling con-
tesl were graded and marked nv con,
mittees of the teachers from tbc rnral
aiiser,cls, ,i,,s ., VINO chapcroned their respce.
i've pupils, and County School Snnprin.
tsnuent W. NJ Smith, who conducted
we contests in person, was assisted hv
'he county supervisors.
>, IN two Of the spelling contests tbo
Fourth aud Fifth grades, both of ,yhi"b
were won by Woodburn pupils. two nr'
pils were tied fer first honors ,,i,b a
marking of 100 each and in ooch IN
stance these tics were docidoJ h, snan
lug lug orally These latter proved the
nlost interesting Of ALL az the rivals In
potn instances stood up and spcllcd for
uNer nail hour before one or the othc,
nilsSed " a ward. In the Fourth graJo
bessie Chappelle, Of the East slid
school Woodburn, and Louisc Roo nf
o. raul, tied 70. first honors and nos
sle Cnappele won in the "spcllng
down contest; while in he MIR
grade competition Normn Maars ~
tne Woodburn East Side scbool
ana Herbert Hughes, Of 81. Paul. tinJ
ana IN this case also the Woodbrp
lasSis came ont with first honors in tbc
=, An OF the pupils who took part in
lhe spelling contest also pnricipateJ
III the composition writing contest md
oaeh pupil was required 10 wrto nm
original composition upon tbe snbioct
OF the occupation he or she deWrof ~
rhoo7e as a life work and another upop
some personal experience such ns n
pIcnlc, a fishing excursion, etc Tho
manuscripts in this contest win bo no
Icrred TO special committees of trorbors
OF the rGniy rural schools and bc rc.
SUIT VIII probably not be lno,yp for
several days. The winners p tbc ANAL.
ing contest, as well as In the comnosi
ilon contest, viii be- awarded yolJ noJ
a.ls inscribed with the prndc I'm gbicbI
lhey individually participated. the Jnte
ilnd the words Spelling Contest. u or
may be. WV '"''
In the Fourth grade contest tbo,o
were 10 entries; jS in the Fifth IN In
me sixth. 20 IN the Seventh md OK In
me Eight, The winners in eacb Of tbc
'rhles, all Of whom received marking
u lOO per cent, were, =
Fourth grade Bessie Chappclle. Easi
side school, Wooiburn. ''"''
FIRM grade Norma Mars, East Side
chool, WoDdburn. ''''
sixth grade Gcorgia Albce, Apms.
Seventh grade-r Theresa lIigbborgor q
'ublimity. 's""'' b'''
Eighth grade - tIarold toL... ,
Yoodbufn. "'""'o"'