New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
STRIKE SITUATION SHOWS
 LITTLE WEEKEND CHANCE:
 NEWSPRINT COMMANDE:ERED
LIVELY INTEREST IN
 HERALD SPELLING BEE
City's Youngsters All Want Trip to Washington
 Next Month

Contestants in the Herald spelling contest in which the winner will get a trip to Washington with all ex- penses paid, are showing keen inter- est in the race for the city cham pionship and spelling books are be- ing given more attention, according to reports of school teachers, than eyar before.
 The fortunate boys and girls who are being selected as champions to represent their particular schools are striving 10 their utmost ability Ito achieve perfection in spelling each in the hope that he or she may de- feat the others and win the coveted trip to the nations capital.
 The date for the city finals has not yet been set but will be known with in few days. The work of se- lecting the champions at the differ ent schools is almost completed and the names Of the champs from the public schools now are in the hands of Superintendent Stanley II. Holmes and will be published within a few days.
 In the parochial schools and the training schools under the direction of Principal Marcus White Of the State Normal school practically all of the champions have been selected or will be selected today or tomor- row and by Wednesday 1t is ex- pected a complete list will be avail able.
 So keenly is the contest being fol- lowed that the accidental misspelling of word in 9 list published in the Herald Friday immediately brought telephone calls from youngsters all over the city. The word was acknowledgment" and was spelled Incorrectly in the previous story.
 The rules Of the contest require that all contestants must be regis tered with the National Contest as- sociation not later than June l. which means that th5 city contest will take place some time this month.
 Judges for the national contest, which will be held in Washington June 17. will be selected by th" De partment Of Superintendeuce of tho National Education association.
 Decisions will he based on oral spelling, both in the city contest and the national contest.
 Contestants may pronounce words before or after spelling them or not at all
 Any spellcr failing 10 spell a word at the first trial shall drop out of the contest, and the word will be given to the next in line until spell ed correctly. Having started 10 spell d word the contestant shall be given no opportunity to change letters once pronounced
 Contestants may request that words be pronounced or defined. The pronuncer may grant the request at his option, the aim being to make words reasonably clear to con- testants.
 Any question relating to the spell ing Of a word shall be referred to the judges immediately.
 Any protest must be made to the judges before the second new word shall be given.
 When the contestants have been reduced 10 two, q word being missed by one shall be spelled by the other before he shall be declared winner: should both misspelI the word a new one shall be given until the winner is determined.
 The judges of the spelling bee are in complete control of the contest from the moment the first word is pronounced. Their decision on all questions will be final.