The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-14
County Superintendent Miss
Margaret Sweet, Sent Out
Specifications
BEST SPELLERS WIN
School District Divided Into
Eleven Section S; Final Con-
test March 10th.

Miss Margaret Sweet, Superintend-
ent of the schools Of Idaho coun-
ty, has had announcements issued this
week that will be Of more than usual
interest to the schools Of the county,
iilasmuch as there will be county
spelling match or March 9th, with sec
tional contests to occur on March Sth
in the different districts.
The complete announcement made by
the superintendent relative to this con-
test is as follows:
There will be spelling contest OF
all the school children below the high
school of Idaho county, at Grangeville,
on Friday evening. March 15 1918.
For the contsct the county is divided
into eleven sections. rhe section con-
tests shall be held on Friday evening,
March Sth, 1918, DIT central point Sc
! lected. Three contestants from each
school district shall be edmitted to the
| section contest TTy-out contests to Sc
! lect contestants for The section contest
shall he held at such times previous to
date of section contests as may be
agreeable to the teachers of the respec-
tive schools.
"A committee consisting on one teach
er from each school district shall
have full charge Of the section contest.
The chairman of this committee to be
the teacher located In the district in
which the section contest Is held.
'"rhe County Superintendent shall
prepare the list of words for both the
section and final contests. These lists
shall he prepared from the Merrill
Speller Book H. The section contest
as well as the final contest shall be
both oral aud written. A list Of 500
words for the oral and 100 words for
written. The sealed list shall be open
ell in the presence of committee and
contestants. The committee shall Sc
lect three judges and a pronouncer.
Three Contestants from each sec
, tion having the highest average shall
/ be chosen as contestants i'm final con-
: test at Grangeville, March Is. 1918
THE committee for the final contest
which shall be known as the executive
committee, shall consist of the chair
) man of the various sections. The chair
! man shall be the Superintendent or
! Principal of the Local School of the
town In which the final contest is held.
7 Each contestant in all contests
] shall be given one trial only on each
2 word. If missed, a new word shall be
e given to the next contestant. Each
contestant shall stand 100 per cent at
e the beginning of the contest and 1-5
t of per cent shall I've deducted by the
e judges for each word missed by the
contestant in the oral spelling.
: I'm the written contest | per cent
e shall be deducted for each word mis-
l. Sed by the contestant.
/. The final standing of the contestant
d shall he an average of his oral and
s written spelling.
II The winner df first place In the
final contest shall be awarded gold
e medal: the winner of the second place
e II bronze medal.
t. "All the children remain in the con
" test until all the words are pronounced
n The judges then compute the average
and announces the winners In ras.
% of a tie. those concerned will spel
n down from IA special list prepared b,
lie the County superintendent. If ther
te is still tie the committee will selec
X words until decision is reached
IT Section No. l. -Kamiah Joint Ind
Dr Dist. No. - as center. with District
ly No. 10. 30, so. A.. 80, ~. 70 5S
De Section No. 3 -Kooskia Dist. No. 3
h. rs center with Districts No. 55. "a. u
30, II. "a s6, SO, -.
ne Section No. B. -Winona District N,
ne 40 aS center with Districts No 81, A.
ne -. 43 10
III Section No. T. Clearwater Dist y,
l6 as center with Districts No. 81, g,
nd %. 81.
tie Section No. D. -Whitebird Dist NJ
re l9 as center with Districts No. %, g.
rs ~, "a, 33.
he Section No. g. higgins Dist. No.
as center with Districts No 8, 81, SO.
Section No. 7.--Cantield Dist No.
in as center with Districts No. 15 50.
IT. Section No. g. Cottonwood Dist. N
IN $ as center with Districts No. IA. 65,
es Is, "A 10. u, y, 73 30, S5.
Il, Section No. 8. -Fredinand Dist n
th Al as center with Districts No. %, 4
Ter 80, II, 80. 81.
ties Section No. 10-Star Dist. No.
as center with Districts No. 3, 81,
26. IL. q. 76.
ely Section No. 11.-Delaney Dist n
ull IL as center with Districts No. 1, 8,
lly 4. A, 70.