Connecticut western news., 1922-06-01
BEATRICE HOYT, SHARON
 IS CHAMPION SPELLER
Awarded First Place Tn State-Wide Educational
 Contest

SchoO1 children rom pracClcally every~small town in the state took part in a spelling and speaking con- test at the capitol Monday afternoon for the state championship. The event was conducted under the auspices of the state board of education and at tracted such large number of par ents, relatives and friends of the pupils that the hall of the house of representatives was filled long before the program was scheduled to begin.
 In a contest in which twelve pupils took part to determine the best spell CT in the state, Beatrice Hoyt of Sharon was awarded first place after the eleven others had been elimin- ated, and Edmund Rice of Bridge water was given second place. ;
 First honors in the speaking con- test were awarded to Wesley Tibbals of Harwinton whose rendition of "An Appeal for America" Pitts famous oration in the English Par lament, was considered outstanding. Frances Werner of Madison, who re- cited "The Bells," by Poe, was given second place, and Edward Day of Barkhamsted was given third place for his recitation of "The AdmiraPs Ghost"
 The judges were Rev. Frank flag gard, pastor of the Asylum Avenue Baptist Church, Charles E. Ames, principal of the Brown school, member of the state board of edY- cation, and Lawyer William Macdon- aid of this city.
 Marcus White, principal of the New Britain Normal School conduct ed the spelling contest, while the en- tire program was arranged by N. s. Light, state director of rural educa- tion.
 Selections by the Deep River High School orchestra opened the program. Commissioner A. B. Meredith of the state board of education then ad- dressed the pupils and audience on Straight Traffic at the Next Corner" pointing out to them the value of con- tinuing education through high school Rev. Sherrod Soule of Hartford gave an address on the life and character of General Grant.
 The decision of the judges, it was announced, were determined on the basis of the following four points, posture, voice., memory and expres- sion.
 A feature of the program was the rendition of several musical selec- tions by the Kinderband of the Bloomfield Center School, an original orchestra composed of pupils of the Second grade.
 The following pupils took part in the speaking contest:
 Doris Francis, Newington, "The Pipes of Lucknow" Frances Werner, Madison, "The Bells"; Jane c. Haines, Pomfret, 'The Inchcape Rock"; Wesley Tibbals, Harwinton, "An Appeal for America"; Edward DoY, Ra~kharosted, "The Admiral's Ghost; Natalie Burnham, Hampton, "When the Great Gray Ship Come In"; Helen Bragg, Sharon, "An- thony's Speech"; Elizabeth Twaddle, Rock Hill, "The AdmiraIs Ghost"; Marjorie Coates, East Lyme, -Four Poems of the World War;; Elizabeth Williams, Woodbury, "The Rising of 1776": Ethel Wraight, Wilmington, "The Bells"; Josephine Leon, Wash ington, 70 Captain My Captain.
 Those who competed in the spell ing contest were:
 Beatrice Hoyt, Sharon; Barbara Cutler, Newtown; Manuel Wiseman, Prospect; Edmund Rice, Bridge water; Evelyn Goodale, Newington; Marcy Picone, Goshen; Robert New ton, North Branford; Thomas Quinn, Rose Chorches, Holland Israel Abramson, Colchester; Eme- line Pratt, Waterford; Elsa La Fan tasie, Sterling.-Hartford "Courant"