Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-25
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Mercer County Going 10 Have Rep
reSentatiOu in State Contest
at Springfield.

Mrcer county will be represented
in the state spelling contest TO be
/ held in the senate chamber Of the
statehouse al Springfield. Monday,
Dec. 20, 1919, II plans OF c. T.
| Plat, county superintendent OF
schools, are carried out.
| At II O'Clock in the morning on
the opening day OF the Illinois
State Teachers association meet
ing will take place the spelling
bee" Each county shall be emit
tied TO one representative. Mercer
| has never before been represented
Selection OF the entry from this
section will be made by the follow
ing plan, arranged by Superinteud-
ent Plat: Every district school
shall hold a spelling contest OF its
/ pupils under direction OF its teach
er, the event to take place on or
before Friday, Nov. II. The two
pupils ranking highest viii be sen
as team to represent their dis
| triCt in a township bee. Township
| committees will decide Tho time and
place for the contest, which must
be held on or before Nov. 20.
From each contestant fee OF
% cents will be required in tho
township contest in order TO pro
vide for the expense of ribbons and
prizes to be awarded, and 10 pay
the expense OF the cOuntys repre-
! sentative at Springfield. 1t may be
that the school will pay the eX-
pense of its representative by pop
ular subscription.
Have County Spell Down.
The pupil winning the township
contest shall represent his town
ship in the county spell down
which will be held under the direC-
ton OF the following committee at
AIedo on Saturday. Nov. s G.. +.
Plat, Alice Morris of Viola. Cora
Irwin of Joy, Orpha Alden of Ma
therville. Harry Blackstone o.
North Henderson. Suitable rib
bons will be awarded to those win
ming first, second and third in the
several townships and in the coun-
ty contest.
At the state contest words will
be given as chosen from Cavtn's
spelling and manual Of rronuncia-
ton, as will the words used In the
county event. Competent and dis
interested persons viii be chosen
by the committee to select and pro-
nounce the words IN the county
contest. In case Of disagreement
as to the spelling of any word,
final authority shall be Webster
New International dictionary.
The contest will be written. The
test will be only in spelling, No
requirement shall be made for the
analysis, definition, diacTit.cal
marking or use of words in SEN
fences. No proper names will be
used. A list OF 100 words shall be
selected and pronounced by the
conductor. The contestant writing
the most words correctly shall DE
the winter. Should there be a tie,
lists OF Is shall be pronounced I'M
I'll some pupil is declared winner
The victor will represent Mercer
county in the state contest.
Those eligible aTo all students Tn
the first eight grades, regularly at
tending the public schools Of McT-
Ger county during the year 1890.
Eighth grade graduates are eXclud-
ed. The committee will pass upol
the eligibility Of any contestant, ~
the same is questioned. The couU-
t. entry in the state meet will be
accompanied 10 Springfield by some
one to be selected by the county
superintendent
Urges Participation.
Superintendent Plat urges al
teachers to have their school take
part in the contest. If there are
no pupils in the eighth grade who
he a. -
the sixth or even fifth grade for
it is pointed out that 1t is possible
for a fifth or sixth grade pupil 10
win the state contest
Superintendent Plat named tn
following township committees,
Richland Grove. A. I. Buffers,
Pearle Chesley. Grace Dell, Pre-
emptiOn, r. +. Raney, Cecile by
cit. Myra Brennan Pprrytoa, lneZ
Bonynge. Ruth Thornburg Edna
Titteringtou Duncan, Clara Down
ey. Florence Bradford. Eerniru
Burgess; Eliza. Grace RAIDER. Au-
reIia Nichols. Olive HAYS, Eivpli
c. c. Cade, Kate Langford, Anna
Adanson. Greene, Alice Morris,
Charity Kindelsperger. Laura stew
art: Mercer. Minnie RiEg, Vera
RGSDLLLs MADe4 SAl4ulbF AAl4l1l 1l'Ni 90
]. f. Brashear, Cora Irwin. iazlitt
Cooke; New Boston, G. W. Lew
renee, Alice Willis, Vesta Duyall,
North Henderson. Harry Black .
stone. Hadassah Mcconnell Blanche
Allen; Suez, Ada Adams Bernite
Balmer. Louise Arnold Ohio
Grove. Mergle Decker. Clara Moore,
Jennie Craig; Arlington, Donald
Thompson, Grace Hunter, Helen
Gray; Keithsburg. c. o. Dannebcr-
ger. Cora Wallace. Pearl Houston.