WORLD’S CHAMPION SPELLER
Jean Trowbridge, a twelve-year-old schoolgirl, has won a “ world’s spelling championship,” at a contest held' in Washington {according to a Reuter message from that city). She was twice disqualified by the judges, but she proved from dictionaries that her spelling of the words in dispute was as good as theirs. Jehu was declared “ out ” because she spelled “ char ”—a woman who does casual housework—“ chare.” After a protest the judges accepted her spelling. She was again disqualified for leaving out the “ b ” in numbskull, but after reference to dictionaries she was to the contest. She won the championship when her nearest rival—a boy—put an “ e ” instead of an “ i ” into the middle of the word predilection, and when he spelled eczema “ezeema.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 7
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125WORLD’S CHAMPION SPELLER Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 7
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