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] |
Pronouncer | Francis A. Litz and Charles E. Hill [2] |
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, a student at St. John's Parochial School in Omaha, [3] correctly spelling the word luxuriance, followed by asceticism. In second place came Viola Strbac of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (who had failed to properly spell luxuriance), [4] followed by Teru Hayashi of Ventnor City, New Jersey, a Japanese-American who stumbled on "panacea". [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Hogan was first bee winner from her state. She died in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1976. [10] Nebraska did not have another winner until the 40th Bee in 1967. [11]
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] |
Pronouncer | Francis A. Litz and Charles E. Hill [2] |
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, a student at St. John's Parochial School in Omaha, [3] correctly spelling the word luxuriance, followed by asceticism. In second place came Viola Strbac of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (who had failed to properly spell luxuriance), [4] followed by Teru Hayashi of Ventnor City, New Jersey, a Japanese-American who stumbled on "panacea". [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Hogan was first bee winner from her state. She died in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1976. [10] Nebraska did not have another winner until the 40th Bee in 1967. [11]