“I shall pronounce to you a list of fifty words. You are to listen carefully and then to write on the blank provided for it the word which I pronounce. Be very careful to form your letters distinctly in order that I may know whether or not you know how to spell these words. Do not ask any questions, for I shall not answer them. Each word will be pronounced only twice, so listen carefully in order not to make it necessary to ask for a further repetition.” The examiner should pronounce each word very distinctly. He should, before pronouncing the word, give the serial number of the word in order that it may be recorded on the proper blank by the candidate. The formula to be used should be as follows: “The first word is ‘go,’—go.” After waiting for ten or not more than fifteen seconds, the next word should be pronounced as follows: “The second word is ‘at,’—at.” It is the intention that each individual shall have ample opportunity to understand the word to be spelled and to write his spelling of it, but that the conditions shall remain uniform for all. LIST A 1. go 2. at 3. can 4. run 5. ten 6. bed 7. good 8. little 9. like 10. book 11. make 12. hand 13. tell 14. five 15. spring 16. plant 17. game 18. hard 19. week 20. mile 21. summer 22. express 23. railroad 24. ticket 25. death 26. learn 27. district 28. pleasure 29. prison 30. family 31. factory 32. president 33. illustrate 34. education 35. century 36. difference 37. organize 38. estimate 39. foreign 40. difficulty 41. reference 42. secretary 43. athletic 44. February 45. preliminary 46. annual 47. decision 48. principle 49. judgment 50. recommend LIST B 1. Christmas 2. interest 3. popular 4. treasure 5. search 6. complete 7. against 8. consider 9. tomorrow 10. general 11. distribute 12. injure 13. service 14. article 15. feature 16. manner 17. increase 18. convention 19. together 20. diamond 21. common 22. purpose 23. director 24. attention 25. already 26. according 27. provision 28. object 29. different 30. prefer 31. busy 32. vessel 33. prepare 34. wreck 35. promise 36. illustrate 37. secure 38. adopt 39. success 40. toward 41. machine 42. publication 43. visitor 44. salary 45. entertain 46. wear 47. education 48. avenue 49. combination 50. forenoon _Directions for Scoring the Test._ No word should be given credit unless it is spelled correctly. If a word is so illegible that the examiner cannot easily tell whether or not it is correctly spelled it should be counted as wrong. The total number of words correctly spelled should be entered in the lower right-hand corner of the title page of the test leaflet, and should be followed by a notation of the list used.