The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-10-14
SCHOOL CHILDREN SPELL
FoR A SILVER ctr
Isabel Holt of Manchester Center. Is
Fourth IN State Wide Contest in
burlington.

burlington.
Burlington. Oct. Z There was
large amount Of interest manifeste'
IN the state spelling contest held il
connections with the teachers conven
tion Wednesday in which 20 schoo
children, representing II counties o.
Vermont, took part. Each count,
had the privilege Of entering two con
testants
The silver loving cup offered by the
State Board Of Education 70 the pupi
winning the contest was captured BY
Miss Lucille Hartwell, l3 years Of age
Of Lyndonville, who stayed in the con.
test until all the others had been spell
ed down
Fully 500 teachers, convening from
practically every town ia the state,
witnessed contest that showed excel
lent mastery of the 2OOO-word state
list After an hour and half Of
steady oral spelling, during which
nearly every word on this list was
used, five contestants were left,-tired
but undefeated. Recourse was then
had to words, taken at random from
books with which these contestants
were not familiar, and the contest son-
tinued, orally
It was unfortunate that the contest
could not have been written" from
this point on, and each contestant re-
quired to write all of the words aud
rank according TO the per cent of his
final achievement As il was, the
element of chance seemed unduly pres
ent Where 1877 "state list" words,
such as maneuver, nuisance, paralysis,
reservoir, sergeant and typhoid had
been required TO eliminate the three
previous contestants, hardly 80 Of
these random" words were given be-
fore the next four were retired
leaving Lucille Hartwell as winner Of
the silver loving cup.
The contest was in charge of J. ID.
Whittier, State Supervisor of elemen-
tary schools. Principal Earle 7.
Tracey Of the Burlington Junior High
School, conducted the spelling.
1t was a hard fought contest and
lasted about an hour and half In
order 10 eliminate the last four corr
tcsts.n;s, it was necessary = resort to
words outside the regular list which
had been prepared. The words which
hnaily "eoored" the four closest con-
testers Tor the spelling championship
were: enthusiasm" irresistible
'raiment" and "limono." The fact /
-hat this last word came TO boy my
Explain some things.
On this account the other four sur
-ivars of the state list deserve equal
mention as among the FIVE best spell
rs in the elementary schools Of Yer
mont and arc given, here, in the order
# their retirement: Clarence Sharpe
+ Bethel. Isabel Holt Of Manchester
enter, Donald Parr of Swanton, and
title lO-year-old Thelma French Of
)sGnge.
Besides those mentioned above the
chool pupils who took part in the
ontast were Emily Vaughn, Sfal-
urne; Adelaide Humphrey. Newport; }
Hazel Miles, Irasburg; Beatrice Chay- 1
tie, Bloomfield; Dorothy Clafkn, !
vhite River Junction; Barbara jack
on, ranton; Donald TCwnshend, Yer
canes; Thelma Haaron, ST. Johns
ury; Do.li Guyette. Swauton; Oliver +.
awrcnce. South SALISBURY; Hazel /
iibbs, stowe Rebecca Briggs Norris
lie; Elva Bohannon, Alburg; and
lIlired Hazen, AlburP. p
Following the contest a group pic
lre Of those who participated in il
-ag taken. As many Of the partici-
ants as wished to 60 were then taken !
Dr. an automobile ride about the city,
being furnished BY the |
hambcr Of Commerce
While in Burlington, the two cham :
ions from Bennington county had an y
pportunity to visit several points Of
itercst: the harbos. Battery Park,
alic Of the days Of 1912; the campus s
/ the University Of Vermont. where q
le students were going through {
cries Of military evolutions and 6
here q statue Of Ira Allen, the forn- s
er Of the University. IS to be unveiled {
ezt June as the gift Of James B. a
'ilbur Of this town; and last, but not s
asst the University museum, veri- s
.ble wonder house almost rivalling P
~ at Lahore IL Is collection of $
idian daggeu turbans, tcaiwood
vng and oriental tapestries. and :
here enc colony 81 beaver ;
lEly building their houses and dam G
the heart of The Maine woods. {
lille OF n another corner, a family
young foxes are struggling Tor the +
1n's ehare of the squirred and part +