The Lamar register., 1922-03-22
State Spelling Contest.

Tested in every county of Colorado ov-
er the Third Annual State Spelling
Contest and the Second Annual Orat-
orical Contest which are to be held at
the State House, Denver, on April a.
Reports received by the office of Miss
Katherine L. Craig, State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, from county
school superintendents indicate that
Colorado's school pupils, rehearsing
now for these yearly contests, will
make the two annual events the great
est yet promoted.
Each year these contests have been
open to the pupils of every public
school in Colorado up to and includ-
ing the eighth grade. This will be the
rule again this year.
AS heretofore also, the county COM
missioners of each of the sixty-three
counties of the state will defray all
necessary expense of the entrants from
their respective counties, including
railroad fare, incidental travelling ex-
penses and hotel bllls.
Selection of the entrants-one from
each county for each contest will rest,
as in previous contests, with any judge
or board of judges chosen.
Reports received by Miss Craig show
that this year nearly every county will
be represented in one, or both, of the
contests. Last year fifty-nine coun-
ties were represented, and the stimulus
for better education in Colorado which
the rivalry and enthusiasm created
was conceded by educators to have
been inestimable.
This year state officials and others
supporting the contests are extending
efforts to make the two events more
inviting for Colorado pupils than ever
before. The Rocky Mountain News
and The Denver Times have entered
into the spirit of this advanced thought
in better education" and have an
nounced that they will give the first
prize in each contest.
Dudley b. Humphrey, formerly di-
rector of corporations in Colorado in
the Secretary Of States office, who
has fathered this movement from its
inception, is working in conjunction
with these two newspapers and other
business interests of Denver to make
the events as inviting for the contest
NJ hau thA
ance that these contests will be the
best that have been staged in point of
prizes and entertainment.
In addition to the fun which the
contestants are certain to derive from
the contests themselves, these are to
be theatre parties, motoring jaunts,
wireless telephone messages from the
Governor of Arizona and other not
ables, sightseeing trips and numerous
other advertisements for the visiting
pupils.
Among the business interests which
are making these possible are: The
Rocky Mountain News, The Denver
Times, Syman Bros. Jewelry Company,
the Peoples Finance Company, Will
liam Z. Sweet, ID. b. Humphrey, Inc,
Ira NJ. De Long of Boulder, the Or
pheum Theatre, the Colorado Theatre,
the Lions Club Of Denver, McVittie's
Restaurants, l.. E. Hill, radio editor
Of The Rocky Mountain News and the
Denver Times.
This is the list to date. But still
others are expected to join the move
ment as the contest date approaches.
There will be three prizes in each
contest, it has been announced, and
each contestant, whether a winner or
not, will be presented with a suitable
token in recognition of his or her eff
forts.
The contestants and their chaperons,
usually the county school super;nten-
dents and the pupils parents, will ar
rive in Denver on Monday, April 3,
and will be entertained in the capital
virtually the entire week.
The spelling contest will take place
in the hall of the State House of Re-
representatives. in the Capitol, and the
oratorical contest either in the hall of
the State Senate, or in the auditorium