The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-27
INTER-COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST
Rules and List of Words to be Used in the Contest.

Decatur county will participate in
the intcr-cOunty spelling contest
which will be held at Charlton on
Saturday, March 4th, in which eight
counties will participate, each coun-
ty being represented by hVe puplls
from graded or rural schools, or
both, selected by means OF county
contests to be held on Saturday, fep.
18th.
The following are the rules of the
contest.
Counties Entering:
Date set for each contest is as FOL
lows:
Each school, Feb. 4, 1916.
Township, Feb. II, 1916.
County, Feb. IS, 1916.
Inter-County, March 4, 1916.
Who Shall Enter:
All students regularly enrolled In
rural schools
All students regularly enrolled be-
low the ninth grade in town schools.
School Contest:
All pupils of the school are entltl-
ed to enter. 5,
The pupils winning list, End and
Bird places in the contest may enter
the township contest.
Township Contest:
Pupils winning list and End places
in township contest may enter inc
county contest.
County Contest:
Pupils winning LIST and End places
in township contest and LIST and 2nd
enter tn1S
contest
PRIZES OFFERED FOR COUNTY
CONTEST.
Inter-County:
Pupils winning LIST, End, Bird, Atm
and fifth places in the county contest
may enter the inter-county contest.
Result of Final Contest:
list place, gold medal.
End place, silver medal. .......
3rd place, bronze medal.
General rules for conducting con-
test:
/. The teacher shall be the con-
ductor in the school.
2. Some person neither related
to the contestant nor of the teaching
force represented shall conduct the
township contest.
3. The county superintendent
shall conduct the county contest, as
sisted by three judges.
4. A representative from the state
department shall be asked to con-
duct the inter-county contest, assist
ed by three disinterested parties.
5. No word shall be pronounced
more than twice unless on account OF
some unavoidable disturbance, When
it shall be left to the decision OF the
judges.
6. In all contests each contestant
shall pronounce the word before
spelling it, and pronounce the word
again when finished.
4. The contestant shall have only
one trial at word.
8. All capitalized words shall
be spelled as such.
8. If, in the judgment OF the
conductor and the judges, the con-
test cannot be decided by the list OF
words given, in the school, township
and county contest, words may be
taken from the speller used in the
county.
10. In the final contest a list
of 5000 words in the back OF Bells
photography shall be used.
II. The place in the line IN all
contests shall be determined by
drawing numbers under direction OF
contest leader.
~. The conductor of the town
ship contest shall phone or mall
names of winners to the county sup
erintendent on Feb. II.
10. Each county shall defray all
travelling expenses to the final con-
test.
IA. Proceeds form the final con-
test shall be used to pay for medals,
provide for entertainment and all
necessary expenses incurred by hold
ing contest.
Is. Admission fee of 10 cents to
adults and cents to pupils In coun-
ty contest. Contestants admitted free.
This fee provides for prizes. offered.
The list of words to be used in
the contest follows:
university laudanum
ventilation blvouac
volume strychnine
wealth plateau
acquaintance quail
alliance rhythm
apostrophe phrase
asparagus dahlia
altitude knees
balance niece
hanouet poultry
blunder scissors
blueing Norwegian
bologna gopher
brunette velocipede
cartilage oyster
cinnamon hygiene
circumference province