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Show PUPILS PREPARED FOR HIM Member of School Board Find They Need No Lesson In Pronunciation Pronuncia-tion From Him. The member of the board of public education who w visiting one of the schools In the primary department had made a little speech to the chit dren on the Importance of correct pronunciation. pro-nunciation. Picking up a chalk crayon, cray-on, he wrote the word "heinous" on the blackboard. "To give you an example, boy and girl," he aaid, "I wonder how many of you know how to pronounce that word" "Haynu!" shouted tb children to concert "Miss Guernsey." said the visitor, turning auspiciously to the teacher, "how did you know I waa going to try them on that?" "I didn't know It, Mr Judaon." h answered, "but I am something of a crank on pronunciation myself, and we have frfjuent drill on words You will find thai these children know bow to pronounr exquisite, despicable, despic-able, demoniacal, misconstrue, coadjutor, coad-jutor, naivete, sacrifice, renealogy. program. gerrymander. discipline, paresl. caoutchouc, exemplary and hilarious, together with many others tht do not occur to me Just now." "I ee." said the official visitor, uncertain un-certain whether to be crestfallen or Hated, "that those youngster don't need any lemon on pronunciation from me. anyhow," and he took hi hat and ind departed Youth' Companion. |