The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-04
SPOILERS VIE
FOR TITLE OF
State TONIGHT
More Than 30 Champions
of Schools, Counties
in Contest.
WINNER TO WASHINGTON
Indiana Champ to Receive
Five-Day Trip to
Nations CapitaI.

The champion speller of Indiana
will be named tonight at Caleb
Mills Hall of Shortridge high school
when more than thirty county
champions compete for the title.
The State meet is the elimination
Of several months eliminations in
hundreds of Indiana grade schools.
More than $4,000 students entered
the contest. No admission will be
charged for tonight's finals.
The indianapolis Times is the
sponsor of the second annual State
wide contest, and one newspaper in
each county had charge of the local
events. The Times sponsored the
Marion and Boone County tests.
Nine From Marion County
Contestants, their county and
sponsor are:
Marion - Indianapolis Times
Charles Feibleman. u, of 1862 Rue
kle ST.. Robert McTurnam, IL, of
624 E. Twelfth ST.; Max Glaze, ~,
of 1913 NGinkner ST.; Helen Kass, 10,
51915 w. Court ST.; Rosa Pence, IL,
of 1412 Prospect ST.; Minnie An
drews, IS, Of 1149 Madeira St.; Will
liam Thompson, II, of 1876 N. Tenn
pie St; Frances Nipp, IS, of q S.
Arlington Ave; Donald Robertson,
II, rural route No. l, box TAG; Alma
Dugan, lib Woodlawn Ave; Helen
Gusler, GIT w. Twenty Eighth St.;
Mary Mitchell rural route l.. 5,
box 40; Floyd Washburn, 1927
Blaine Ave, and Mary Ethel O'Cal-
laghan, 305 N. Arsenal Ave.
Jasper-M. L. Sterrett, county SUI
perintendent of schools-Cleda
Steinke, Rensselaer,.
Grant-Marion Chronicle-Sherril
Morton, rural route No 3, Marion.
Peru Girl Wins
Miami-Peru Tribune-Alice Nc
Elwee, Peru.
Owen-Albert Free, county super
intendent of schools 49, Woodrow
Gentry, Freedom.
Knox - Vincennes Commercial
Elgln Sager, NlncenneS.
Vigo-Terre Haute Post-Gwen-
dolyn Stephens, Terre Haute.
Brown-Grover G. Brown, county
superintendent Of schools-Antonio
Cesnik, rural route NO. 2, Morgan
town.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Evening
Republican-Mary Elizabeth Reed,
Columbus.
Rural Pupil Is Champ
Ohio--Ohio County News-Elsie
Richason, rural route No. 3, Aurora.
Johnson-Franklin Evening Star
Harvey Jacobs, Trafalgar.
Noble--Noble County Democrat
Velma Wolf, Avilla.
Sullivan-Peoples State Bank Of
Sullivan-Dorothy Burton, Grays-
VILE.
Boone-Indianapois Times and @.
o. Capilinger, county superintend-
emit of schools, George Cash, Le-
banon.
Clay-Brazil Daily Times-Marcia
Tibbets, Carbon.
Clark-Jefferson Evening Times
Champion to be named.
Attacks Sextet to Sing
Because of the large school popu-
lation in Marion County, the district
was divided into nine zones for
public and five for parochial schools.
One champion was named from
each zone to compete in the State
contest.
A sextet from the Crispus Attacks
high school will give program of
Negro Spirituals and plantation
melodies at p. m. County contest
ants will face the pronouncer at
BIS p. m. Professor Carl Franzen.
Of the education department of In
diana University, will give the words
to the students.
Dean Emma Colbert Of the
Teachers College of Indianapolis:
L. A. Pittenger, president Of Ball
Teachers College Of Muncie, and
DR.. L. N. Hines, president Of the In
diana State Normal school at Terre
Haute, will act as judges.
Spelling Books Selected
Words will be given from 1.-THE
Mastery Of Words" and 1.-THE Mccall
Speller" until the books have been
spelled through. The pronouncer
then will use the Webster and Funk
and Wagnalls unabridged diction-
aries, loaned by w. K. Stewart Book
Store, selecting words at random.
Out-of-town contestants will
gather at the SEVERN at 2:30 this
afternoon and local students will
meet in the Office of The Times at
the same hour. Both groups will
attend the Apollo theater at 3. A
photograph will be taken of students
in front of the Apollo.
Indiana'S champion will be sent
to Washington, D. c., to enter the
national bee with all expenses paid
by The Times May %. A five day
sightseeing trip is included in the
itinerary.