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Show To Teach Correct English. Children should be encouraged to talk, to observe and to describe the things that Interest them in the course of the day. In tills way rbey vrill form the habit of the Intelligent reporter report-er who, on the way to his desk from an assignment plans bis article, eager to find the best way of telling his story. Instead of making a hateful mystery of English speech, It should be made the most natural tiling m the world, worthy of the effort peeessary to give It accuracy, eaee and ctarm. The scraps of conversation 1 overhear every ev-ery day to elevators, across counters on the street and In trolley cars are of a nature to disturb those who view with Intense satisfaction the great treasure we pour into education, believing be-lieving that where f1e Investment is so generous tire dividends must be proportionately large. Meredith Nicholson Nich-olson In Scrtrmer's Magnzine. |