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Show Spelling Contest Arouses Interest Miss Helen Pierce, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pierce, and a student at the Washington grade school, carried her school to sixth place in the finals of the district dis-trict spelling contest held at Nephi last Friday. Helen carried on against 18 competitors until only six remain- ed, when she fell down on the word "asserted." She missed by leaving out an "s." Teike Miyatake, a student of the 5th grade of the Washington school, and representing the Clarion school, was also a representative at the spelling contest. Really, Miss Miyatake Miya-take represented the Clarion, Axtell and Fayette schools. She was doing fine, making her work snappy and" correct, until the word "academic" was given her. In as much as she had never seen or heard of the. word she gave up without an attempt to spell it. Her performance, however, was a credit and she won much praise. Centerf ield landed eighth place with Deluth Sorenson representing the Lincoln public school. Only for missing mis-sing the word "adenoids," Centerfield wpuld have classeti higher in standing. Elimination contests were held here the early part of March, and the five best spellers from the 6th, 7th and 8th grades were chosen. Miss Pierce qualified for the district meet at Nephi and met some clever spellers. The test in spelling, made possible through the activities of the school faculties in the district, is an important impor-tant factor in education, and with the starting of the contests more encouragement encour-agement should be given as improper and careless spelling is a retarding factor in higher education. |