William McNulty now missed “privilege”;
Ditto some speller sweet from Prairie Gem;
Likewise a lass who lived in Pleasant Ridge;
But Nellie Armstrong wrought correctly then.
Now Abbie Koppes spelled aright “profound”;
The spelling contest then had made one round.
The order perfect was; no sound was heard
Except the mediator’s staccato calls;
And spelling of that fitful little word
By the contestants lined along the walls.