The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-03-02
SPELLING MATCH
BETWEEN C. c. AND C. p. s.
Wordy Parties and Thrusts Keep Au-
dience Amused Until the C. p. S.
Fell Down On the Ascension.

Reverting to the phraseology of the
plebian, there are some spelling, po'
souls" in Grenada. This was evil
denced by the spelling-match last Fri
day night between the prime spoilers
of the Grenada Public School and the
representatives of the Grenada Col
lege, who were ~well-versed in the
science of photography. Twenty
five on each side, each of the fifty
fully primed in knowledge of any
thing from "Abacas" to "Zedekiah,"
met in battle array. Words fairly
flew. The stentorian voice of the
director, Mr.. A. NJ. Carothers, utter
ing, Wrong" gradually reduced the
contestants from fifty to thirty, then
to ten, then to five. Arriving at five,
two on the G. C's side, three on the
G. P. Sc side. it looked like a stale
mate, as is said in chess. Then the
director shQt,a bolt in the form of
the innocent word, ecstasy" which
! ltNeltu W Vic IOStI III TWO Ol ne
three and one of the two. leaving
facing each other Miss Marie Seals.
of the Grenada College. who bears
the proud distinction of having never
missed a word. and Miss Lucy Nit
chell, Of the Public School, who can
spell any word in the dictionary in
th,oa u-1ys VIZ in tho t1rra1 D1apnar
backwards. and beginning in the mid
die, spell beth ways. Seeing these
two facing each other, the audience
settled back for 4 comfortable night,
wondering whom they might send
rome for blankets and midnight sup
per. Alas. the audience did no,
lnow what the willy Carothers haC
I'D his sleeve! After having thu
cuietus put to about forty of his flint
!. photographic pets. he delivered thi
one, "Ascension." which felled to tn
ground the representative of tn
Public School. This simple wore
may mean going up" to the laity
but to the G. p. S. it means Waterloo
II may have been derived from tn
Latin word. ito rise" 1t probabl,
!. did. From the American word, "as
!. ,cnsion," however, was derived b
the G. c. the luscious cake, given l
the place Of the laurel wreath, foi
merly given to the winners.
Mr.. Andrew Carothers, Grenada
; brilliant young barrister, acted as d
; hector. In his Introductory remark
!, he said that his activities at the Co
tlee had hitherto been confined to tt
campus, and was modest enough
, say that his labors there had not m
, with the success that their assidui'
2 deserved. In any event, he perforr
ed the duties in a manner most cree
Z BILE, and no doubt his services w
!, be in demand again when similar q
| cumstances arrive. Mr.. A. b. Cam
s ell. Superintendent of the Pub
-. School, and Mr.. J. r. Countiss, Pre-
. ucnt of Grenada College. were judg
2 Of the match.
5 1t is but fair to say that the ave
4 age age of the Public School studer
q is considerably less than that of t
< College students. As if to count'
| balance the advantage due to sup'
5 iority of age the fact is that all
4 :he students of the College do Il
, lave spelling lessons in their cours'
a Another spelling match betwe
2 representatives of these two lnstl'
b tens is to be at the Public Scht
o two weeks from last Friday. /
a Public School students, being uno
5 their own vine and fig tree. are
u pected to show up to better adrt
% tage. 1t is expected to- be anotf
2 very close match and will be W
7 worth the attention of the pub
o 1t is understood that the students ;
not. as heretofore. to contine tn
~ studying to the subject matter of
20 spelling book, but are to learn all
% the words in the Introduction. G.
clusion. Appendix and the advert
~ ments in the back thereof.
Completing the circle. it must
10 said in fairness that those boys i
10 girls are Spelling po' souls"
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