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...judges. Morose, georgette, cited, ingenuity, questionnaire, accessible, meringue, gudgeon, insoluble, parliamentary, aphorism, olfactory and lineaments cleared the stage of all but three. Then the only remaining boy, Angelo Mangieri of Hoboken and the Jersey Observer, 14 and totally blind, tripped on receptacle to win third place. Tiny Betty Grunstra, 12, of Clifton, N. J. and the Passaic Herald News, fell down on plebeian. "Best speller" was chunky, 14-year-old Waneeta Beckley of Louisville's Holy Name School and the Courier-Journal, who corrected Runner-up Grunstra and then spelled promiscuous for good measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Speller | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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