Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1928 — Page 21

MARCH 2,1928

STATE INTEREST IS GROWING IN SPELLING BEE 19 Counties Already Are in Contest; Name Champion Here May 4. Interest in the 192 G Indiana Spelling Bee is gaining every day, and contestants are “cramming” hard for the initial test March 9, when one champion will be selected from each fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade school room. Nineteen counties have entered

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the spelling bee to date and will name champions from their county before March 30. With the nineteen county champions and eight zone champions from Indianapolis in the held. the. State contest will be held in Indianapolis, May 4. Times Sponsors Contest The State champion vill be sent to Washington, D. C., about May 22, to enter the national finals against forty-seven other State winners. A three-day entertainment program has been arranged in the Capital by the Louisville Courier-Journal, newspaper sponsoring the national contest, and prizes totaling $2,500 will be given winners. The Indianapolis Times is sponsoring the contest in Marion County and Boone County with the assistance of Lee V. Swails, Marion County superintendent of schools, and C. O. Caplinger, Boone County superintendent of schools. Miss Flora E. Drake, assistant superin-

tendent of Indianapolis schools, is sponsoring the contest in the eight local zones. .. . • Other Newspapers Cooperate Other newspapers and county superintendents cooperating in the Indiana contest aye: Vincennes Commercial and George G. Graham, Knox County superintendent; Franklin Evening Star and Robert B. Hougham, Johnson County superintendent; Jeffersonville Evening News and Samuel Scott, Clark County superintendent; Anderson Herald and James W. Frazier, Madison County superintendent; Ohio County News, Rising Sun, and John Wessler. Ohio County superintendent; Marion Chronicle and Clifford Townsend, Grant County superintendent. Terre Haute Post and L. R. Fair, Vigo County superintendent; Evansville Press and K. W. Hammer, Van - derburgh County superintendent; Greenfield Reporter and Grover Van Duyn, Hancock County Superintendent; Noblesville Times and Chester F. Quear, Hamilton County superintendent; Winchester Herald

and Russell Warren, Randolph County superintendent; Greencastle Herald and J. C. Vermillion. Putnam County superintendent; Frankfort Times and James C. Mcßride. Clinton County superintendent; Columbus Evening Republican and Harry Talley, Bartholomew County superintendent: Rushville Republican and B. D. Farthing, Rush County superintendent; Peru Tribune and T. A. Shively, Miami County superintendent. and Noble County Democrat. Albion, and C. V. Kilgore, Noble County superintendent. Rules for Contest The following rules govern the contest: Choice of written or ora! work Is sitowed under the national rules for all contests preceding the national (Inals, in which otal spelling shall be used exclusively. Any pupil of the fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth grade at the time of the holding of the bee in his school shall be eligible.

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Each school may select its champion either by written or oral work or by cither or both of these and daily grades. Contestants may pronounce words before or after spelling them or not at all. Any speller failing to spell a wprd at the first trial shall drop out of the contest. and another word shall be given to the next in line. Haviug started to spell a word, the contestant shall be given no opportunity to change letters once pronounced. When the contestants have been reduced to two. a word being misspelled by out shall be spelled by the other before he shall be declared the winner; should both misspell the word, anew one shall be given until the winner is determined. A contestant may request that a word be repronounced or defined The pronouncer shall grant the request until the

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accepted form in many schools, however, the spelling of "through" as "thru,” of "though" as "tho.” of "although" as "alth" and of "thorough” as “tnoro" shall be "adjudged correct. Any question relating to the spelling of a word shall be referred to the Judges immediately. Any protest must be made to the judges promptly. No protest can be entertained

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