A Gold Medal, $5, founded by W. T. Poston of Bosque in 1886, will be awarded to the best speller in the Primary and Intermediate Departments.
Awarded to –
| 1887 | Master Ernest Robertson | of Hood County |
| 1888 | Miss Etta Morris | of Hood County |
| 1889 | Alton Aiken | of Hood County |
| 1890 | John Walton (a book) | of Hood County |
| 1891 | W. T. Barker | of Somervell County |
| 1892 | Miss Anna LambertAnna Menefee | of Johnson Countyof Hood County |
| 1893 | Seth Steele | of Hood County |
| 1894 | Charles Morton | of Erath County |