Evening journal., 1917-11-09
COUNTY Teachers
MEET NEXT week
Annual Institute TO be Held
in Alexis |. du Pont
School
SPELLING BEE
TO BE FEATURE

The Annual Institute OF the New Castle
County Teachers Association will meet
all next week in the Alexis !. dupont
Hgh School with the exception Of the
Public Day, on Thursday, when sessions
open TO the public Will be held all day
IN the auditorium Of the Wilmington
High School. There will be no evening
meetings during the institute.
The county spelling contest, a writ
ten test, will be held on Monday morn
ing in the dupont school, at the begin
ning Of the institute. The High School
and Grammar school contests will be
held at the same time In different rooms.
The Grammer School cup has been held
this year by IOrklyn, and the High
School cup by Middletown. II is an m
teresting fact that so far no school has
held a county spelling cup longer than
ono year. The cups were donations from
William Windor Laird and THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL COMPANY
Following the county contest volun-
teers will be asked from among the con-
teslants 10 take a special spelling test
10 be given them by DR.. L. l.. Gross,
New Castle county superintendent. Book
prizes will be given In this test. After the
contests the children will be served a
luncheon at the dupont school, and Will
then be accompanied by chaperones on
a sightseeing tour through Wilmington,
when a jolly good time is promised to
them during the afternoon.
The following pupils have been ap-
proved by nr Cross as contestants.
Grammar school llst-Dtlaware City.
Martha Davidson; New Castle. Gladys
Mallory. Robert Seward, Hazel Bender,
Charles King: Townsend, Thelma B.
Jones, Clara Unruh, Clara l.. Thornton,
Esther Hutchinson, Reuben Harman /;
Red Lion, Marie Mendanhall. George
Slack, Joseph Slack; McDOnOugh. J. Cor
don Armstrong Mary Reese, Elsie Reese ;
Hares Corner, Elsie Walker; Edge Moor,
Frank Davis, Mary Seeds; lorklyn.
Thomas j. TOuhey Jr.; dupont school,
Mary Biccio, Madaline b., Margaret Mon
igle. H0len Buterhaugh school not
named Mary Elizabeth Zeigler. Ethel
Smith: FiCldsboro. Virgil slant, Paul
Severson, Carrie Severson; Middlctown,
Caroline Foreacre. John Poor, Clayton
Draper: Marshalllon, Marion Thompson,
William Glass, Adeline Swartz, Leon
Simpson. Hilda Foard. Elizabeth White; (;
Mount Pleasant, Anna Binder, Gertrude
Drury Ruby Biggins, Lillian Brown,
Clyde LNermore; Naamans, Bertha
Baldwin; North Star. Mabel A. Pear
son; Newport. Maurice Bickling, Paul
ine o. Donald. Horace Ingram, Helen
Cox; Richardson Park. Esther Smith,
Margaret Clough.
High school lst--New Castle. Helen
Tnh
Frances Cochran, Millie Rosenburg; du-
pont school, Anna Wagner, Grace Han
by, Thelma Hines, Dorothy Green, Al
bert Humphreys; Delaware City, julia
Derrickson, Emma Schaeifer, Anthony
Higgins; Mt. Pleasant II. Garrett Han
by. Marguerite Baugh.
There will be a few additions to these
lists. The attention Of the teacher send
ing in the papers Of Mary Elizabeth
Zeigler and Ethel Smith, Is called TO the
fact that no clue was given TO the
school they came from, so they could
not be notified Of their success. The
papers were mailed from Wilmington
early this week. There were three other
papers with them. Ralph Warren, Cora
Oliphant. and Sarah Teat, but these
three failed TO qualify for the contest.
VIII Miss Zeigler and Miss Slmth please
be present on Monday morning to en-
ter the contest.
The greatest efforts OF the annual In
stitute this year will be given to max
Ing Thursday the big day. A special in
vitation is extended to an clerks OF
school boards and all school commits
sioners and to all members OF Parent
Teacher Associations and the public
generally are urged TO be present. Tho
Food Administration, Josiah Marvel
state chairman, will combine and CO.
operate with the County Teachers As
sociation In the day, and food conser-
walton will be one Of the main topics.
Mr.. Marvel urged the attendance OF all
interested in the food question. There
will be a morning session az Q o'clock,
and an afternoon session at i.30 o'clock
both in the auditorium Of the Whining
ton High School Or. Cairnes, OF Wash
lngton, will speak as representative OF
the Food Administration. He Is said tC
be one Of the best speakers in the cOun-