Show I CAN THEY SPELL WELL I D. D II ir Christensen cit city cit superintendent superintend superintend- ent eat of schools recently O called a 1 i her ber of f young people into his offices c cand and gave ga them an exercise in plain old fashioned sp spelling of English wor words s. s He Is clever enough to report time thc goo good record ma made e b by one of the contestants We Wc fear that In the tue interest of placidity placidity placid placid- i ity ho would not Dot care to have bac ab any ay newspaper espa er publish the mimes o oT 01 the theOther theother other ther contestants with the record of I their misses And md that Is fair enough People outside tire the newspaper business generally gen gen- emily spell pretty prett badly badh It is is- not confined to those who have ha had small educational advantage e. e Pupils of all ail grades and even en college teachers are arc proverbially bad spellers rs They can speak with readiness and with a ac acy y But Dut when the they undertake to put their their- thoughts on paper paper- or when they are arc stood up in a line and made to lo to spell spen words in common use they fail fall miserably Such spelling matches as 16 Mr Christensen Chris Chris- recent recently hol lucId held are arc of value alue Time The only onh improvement we would oUI I sug suggest cst is isto isto isto to have ha-c more of them A revival of the ol old fashioned spelling matches Inthe in inthe the tho schools and colleges would be of more practical benefit to tho the young than an anything thing else that could be devised de do- e- e for the same length of time Bad Dad spellers speller are arc alwa always s detected when the they write And AntI nothing so definitely destroys belief in their learn learn- ing ins as badly spelled words Men Ien an and women who spell correctly can make mal a pretty prett goo good blu bluff at pass passing ing n ng for educated mortals If Ie they cannot can cannot cannot not spell the they can not Dot convince an anyone any anyone one one that they have much more moro thai tha escaped escape illiteracy |