Professor Hamilton's Diary: May 31, 1935

He is asked to write an article about Mexico; spelling bee contestants visit White House

Professor Hamilton began his day by attending registration at Albright College but spent the afternoon running errands, including taking his daughter Mary Elizabeth to the doctor yet again to have her ear bandaged changed. In the evening he wrote some letters, including a response to an invitation to write about “Mexico and the Church Crisis” for an evangelical newsletter.

The 94th Annual Scripps Spelling Bee concluded last night, with 245 students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Defense Schools in Europe, the Bahamas, Canada and Ghana. Read on about the bee’s history and the young spellers who visited President Roosevelt at the White House on this day in 1935.

The dimpled young lady in the photo above, Elizabeth Rice, won the contest in 1939 by correctly spelling “homogenuity.” The photo is from the Library of Congress, accessed via Wikimedia Commons.