5th Scripps National Spelling Bee
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| 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 | luxuriance |
| 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]
