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Show Slang Needed. Quljc a gobdjdedl has been said and nrittcif'taiiCuriifrijr kjicusoiot slang rec!nt!ly,!nndiliV tbc time past. Hooks hap been written and widely read Iri which the slang phrases Were made the attraction instead of the story told. And n further step has been taken by the friends of slang In the editing of a slang dlctlonarj Some writers uphold the idea and contend that an j one who Is not acquainted with the slang In our country isn't "strictly up," that there arc many things which cannot be so accurately and well expressed in any other way as In the use of slang, and that these pji rases 'are becoming so numerous andp7irigmatlng in so many different parts.of our country as to actually demand a dictionary of the terms. Generally this subject has been considered con-sidered a Joke by many people, but that It Is becoming a serious proposition proposi-tion Is c idenced by the fact that G. Stanley Hall, President of Clark Uni-erslty, Uni-erslty, in an open lecture to tho summer .school at the Unlers!ty of Chicago, remarked as follows: "Hojs and girls need slang. It's good for them. Let them use It. It keeps them from becoming tongue-bound." "If a joungster tells jou of a 'hunch' or a Straight tip' or a 'pipe,' don't correct him and gle him a still substitute. sub-stitute. He lias found the right word." Fic hundred prim schoolina'ams and seere masters gasped In astonishment astonish-ment at Ills declaration. Prof. Hall is considered one of the foremost edu-catois edu-catois In America. Nearly all the summer students are teacher-.. They stopped taking notes when he delivered deliver-ed that utterance, and waited for him to explain. , "Slang aids the boy or girl of from 14 to 111 j ears of age to acquire lluency," asserted President Hall. "When the emotional side of a boy or girl Is being developed during adolescence, adoles-cence, midway between the period when speech comes slowly and they lack the power of expression and the time when they begin again to c-piess c-piess themselves moie freely and easily, the Use of slang is essential and ought to be allowed free play." You will observe of course that Prof. Hall has a place foi slang, and doubtless doubt-less would not advocate the use of it In those who have passed that emotional emo-tional period of adolescence and i cached cach-ed the time when they begin again to expiess themselves freelj, but' It Is a dllleicnt matter to lid jourself of the habit of using it whcir It has once been foimed. In facta Lugo number of such phiascs have been inculcated Into the English language to the extent ex-tent that they aie frequently lic.ud Horn thelectuie platform mid pulpit, while now spapcis and mag.iiucs aie veiy much hjphenated with slang. Considering all this one may lightly question not only arc jou "strictly up," but cm jou icad intelligently w ithout being acquainted w 111 i slang. |