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Show K ' POOR SPELLERS HHf I A report Just Issued by Dean ' HHH ' llrlggs of Harvard University calls HHJ attention to tho Incorrect spoiling HH& I which Is so common at tho present HHHm tlmo. Dean Drlggs notes that many HHj great men havo been very poor spoil- HHJ ers, nnd ho finds that nowhere is HHJ Amorlean education moro dofcctlvo , HHJ than In its failuro to teach tho cor- HHJ rcct uso of tho Kngllsh languago. HHJ Thoro aro of courso a groat many HHl Eiiccossful men who aro very poor HHj spellers. If a man has cxccutlvo HHH . ability, tho gift ot managing othors, , HHf tho fact that ho spells "speech" with HHH nn "a" doog not hurt much In his HHV , business. Everyono knows what ho HHK means. Ills underlings daro not dls j HHJ oboy his orders, though they may ' HHJ Biilrkor at his written memoranda j HHS'- when safoly out of hearing. HHK ln social Ufo ovon tho Buccesstul HHMK man will suffer from poor spelling. HHMj it will suggost that ho belongs to tho HHHi now rich class, and that ho has had HHM I nolthur tlmo nor inclination for self HHMjfj culture, and is only a inongrol in HHH&tjAVHHHH. BHnBii HHHrfHHHHHHHHHHHHHHftiSHHHHHHHH (everything but tho slnglo power of , inuklng money. To tho young man struggling for a position In life, lack of ability to spell Is somewhat moro serious. A loiter appylng for a position that should contain Bovernl unspclled words would bo reckoned that of nn Ignoramus. It would convey a suggestion of Indolence and Inefficiency. Inefficien-cy. Tho older people look back with regret to tho Llttlo Kod Schoolhouso where rows of buzzing youngsters used to poro over tho Bluo Hacked Spoiler by tho hourB togothor. Tor-Imps Tor-Imps there were as many poor spellers spell-ers thon as now. In thoso days &. great many men had llttlo or no edu cation. Had spelling may havo attracted at-tracted less attention than now. Tho old fashioned school had ono astuto method of developing tho spoiling habit, and that was tho old tlmo spelling match. Competition does wnko up tho boys and girls wonderfully.- Thoy might dream for days over tho regular spelling lesson without ncqulrlng nnythlng Hut thoro was no perfunctory study when thoy wero cramming for tho Friday afternoon after-noon spelling match. |