Word: gladiolus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gladiolus," said the professorial gentleman. Edna Stover, 11, of Trenton, N. J., felt baffled. "Gladiolus," repeated the gentleman. "It is the name of a flower." Edna took his word for it. She gulped. "G-l-a-d-y-o-l-u-s," said Edna, and looked scared. The gentleman was sympathetic. That really was pretty close for guessing, but he waved her aside and she had to stumble off the platform to her seat. If she cried when she got there, it was nerves, not bad sportsmanship. "G-L-A-D-I-O-L-U-S." Loudly, brightly, firmly, confidently...
Dorothy Karrick of Detroit went down after "statistician," and Mary Daniel of Hartford, Conn., after "valu-ing." Helen Fischer of Akron, Ohio, missed "moribund," the last word before "gladiolus...
Students who travel to Yale on Saturday adorned with a chrysanthemum, an aster, a cosmos, a zinnia, a hollyhock, a gladiolus, or a dahlia, will be in danger of having the flowers seized and incurring a heavy fine and imprisonment, unless they are armed with a special permit that certifies to the health of the flowers...