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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 49, 20 June 1930, Page 5

Keen Interest in Monster Spelling Bee FIRST LIST OF WORDS PRESENTED ENTRIES NOW ACCEPTED-_-Closing On July 19 HIS week We publish the first list of words to be used in the {1000 in 24 Handsome Prizes "Radio Record" f10o Spelling Bee. Intense interest has been raised by the announcement of this contest; and we have already (1) Order for e50, to be spent on a Radio Set or apparatus received 9 number of dir ect applications for entrance: An entry in the {Radio Record: form is given on this page, and entries may now be made in the from approved advertisers sections desired: An entrance fee of 2/- must accompany each (2) Order for �20, to be spent in the purchase of electrical entry form: Several well-known people in the educational world apparatus Or equipment from approved advertisers in the have indicated their preparedness to enter, and it is safe to say that a good Electrical Home Journal Section of the sRadio Record:" fieid will. face the judge: (3) Order for �5 worth of radio Or electrical apparatu: The words embodied in the preliminary list are of a general character_ from approved advertisers in the 'Radio Record " As far as possible; scientific and technical names have been avoided, but it must be understood that while this list will be adhered to in the preliminary stages of the contest; the judge reserves the right in the later stages, jf necessary, to resort to the standard dictionaries adopted _viz , Chambers' 21 Sectional Prizes Twentieth Century and Nuttallg Standard Dictionary and use any words therefrom; avoiding, however, as far as possible; technical and scientific terms: WENTY-ONE ORDERS for one guinea'$ worth of radio 0 Particularly in some groups of students intense interest is being taken, electrical apparatus from approved_ 'Record" advertisers_ and we already know of several cases where study classes have been formed These orders wil be given to the three place-winners in each of with a view to carrying off one or more of the handsome prizes given. The prospect of winning a E50 radio set is certainly very attractive, while the seven main sections. supplementary prizes are by no means to be despised. "Spelling bee" parties are also springing up, and an unwonted use is being made 0f dictionaries: Seven Different Sections No. 1 List of Words To SIMPLIFY the competition and afford approximate lequality abaca antemeridian buccaneer a8 far as possible; the Spelling Bee will be divided into abacus antimacassar bulwark seven main sections: From each section three place-winners will abattoir antipodal bureaucracy be selected for the final: The sections are abdicable antithesis hurgoo abecedarian apocalypse bursarial (1) University or college students. aberrate apocrypha buhl 2 Teachers and lawyers: abjuration appalling bullarium abracadabra appellable buffeter (3 Secretaries and stenographers abrogable aqueous caballero 4) Pressmen and Advertising men. absonant accommodate cabane 5 Professors, ministers and educationalists. accelerative archivolt caboodle 6) General section_ mmen. accession arpeggio cabriolet accolade arroyo cacao 7) General section__women: accouchement assassinator cachalot These sections will be broadly interpreted, a5 they are achromatic assentient cadaverous designed for convenience and approximate equality . acidulousness assessable caisson acrimonious asseverate caitiff addendum assigner calabash adolescent assimilable calaboose aerate a: ,umable calamitous aerobatics analogy calash ENTRY FORM FOR SRADIO RECORD" SPELLING BEE: affiliate analogous calceolaria affinitative augury calcimine (Closing date : July 19.) agglutinant asymmetric calculable agrostology calibrate FIRST PRIZE Order for 950, and Valuable Supplementary Prizes: alcoholisation bacchanal callosity alienation bacillus calorific allegorical barbical calumnious (ENTRANOB FBB : 2/-) alliterativeness barracouta camaraderie alluvium basilar camomile To 'RADIO RECORD; alpaca basipetal campanile P.o. Box 1032, Wellington ; alsike bicameral canorous aluminium hield cantilever Or Third Floor; "Dominion" Building, amanuensis binominal cantle Wakefield Street; Wellington, ambidextrous biographical caparison ambrosial bipetalous capillary Please receive my entry in Section _ (specifying No. of ammoniac bismuth caracole amnesia bisque carouse Section) for your Monster Spelling Bee. Entry fee of 2/- enclosed. amphibious bituminous casuist I will abide by the rules laid down and accept all decisions of the anachronism bludgeon cataplexy Judge, Mr. J. Norrie, of the Wellington Public Library; as final. analogue Bolshevisation catastrophe ananym bombardier caudal anhydrous borneal cavalier NAME _ animalcule brevet cayuse annihilable brevier centenary ADDRESS, annuitant Brobdingnagian centripetal anomalism broccoli cessation, antedate brougham clandestinely entedilurion brommaced cobecdblltz