5th Scripps National Spelling Bee
5th National Spelling Bee | |
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Date | May 21, 1929 |
Location | National Museum in Washington, D.C. |
Winner | Virginia Hogan |
Age | 12 |
Residence | Nebraska |
Sponsor | Omaha World-Herald |
Sponsor location | Omaha, Nebraska |
Winning word | asceticism |
No. of contestants | 21[1] |
Preceded by | 4th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
Followed by | 6th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
The 5th National Spelling Bee was held at the National Museum in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1929, by the Louisville Courier-Journal. Scripps-Howard would not sponsor the Bee until 1941.
The winner was 12-year-old Virginia Hogan of Nebraska, correctly spelling the word luxuriance, followed by asceticism. In second place came Viola Strbac of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (who had failed to properly spell luxuriance),[2] followed by Teru Hayashi of New Jersey, a Japanese-American who stumbled on "panacea."[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Nebraska did not have another winner until the 40th Bee in 1967.
References
- 1 2 (22 May 1929). Omaha Girl Spells "Luxuriance" In Huge Tongue-Twister Contest, And Wins National Champsionship, Evening Independent
- ↑ (26 May 1929). Speller sobs over failure, Milwaukee Journal
- ↑ (24 May 1929). An Honor for Wisconsin Children, Milwaukee Journal
- ↑ (24 May 1929). Bag of Gold Hers, Troy Times (Troy, New York) (photograph of Hogan)
- ↑ (3 June 1929). Education: Bee, Time (magazine) ("Unfalteringly she spelled "luxuriance" correctly, after Viola Strbac of South Milwaukee had failed by suggesting "l-u-x-u-r-i-e-n-c-e." Little Teru Hayashi of Ventnor, N. J., spelled rapidly, unerringly, until confronted with 'panacea.'")
- ↑ (8 May 1929). Best Spellers At School 6 in Training For Albany Championship May 17, Albany Evening News
- ↑ (22 May 1929). Girl from Capital District Outspells Five Champions Before Meeting Defeat, Albany Evening News
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