Show authorities DIFFER 4 A school director who conflicted with webster the reading class was standing in a yow row upon the floor of an indiana schoolhouse and a bright little fellow was drawling a paragraph about a roman massacre the president of the school ward was present on his bis regular tour of inspection and he be pompously requested that the boy read that verse again the verse was read afi again ain ah hm said the great man in a lo 10 loud ud voice why do you pronounce that word massaker mas salcer the boy was silent I 1 it should be pronounced massal massacre mas cre conti continued edthe the great man with a patronizing ing smile the boy remained quiet but the teacher finally spoke pardon me sir bir she said but the fault is mine if the word was mispronounced noun ou ced I 1 have taught the class to pronounce it massaker butchy but why insisted the great man ashlook as a look of surprise was followed by a look of pain upon his benign features 1 I believe that webster favo favors r that pronunciation said the peael teace meekly impossible said the great man the dictionary was brought and the president of the school board turned over its leaves until he found the word there was breathless silence as ha he looked up for there the word was mas as saker 1 I am astonished malam maclam he be said at last that daniel webster should have made such a mistake as that detroit free press |