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Show BETTER ENGLISH I DRIVE CONTINUES I How Slang Reacts Against i Job Seekers Told By Employer I "Bet lor English Week," is meetlnr: I encouraging sucees in the schools of I Ogden,' according to 8u.c rlntendent W.j I Karl Hopkins. Program in all of the I school are being held, aiming to lm- H nrnvi he fvrrvday Kngllsh of the stu- dents. The third leiter of - r - ' - H sued by the committee in chars1, fol- I lows: Nov. H Denr Patron: Do not worry about the results ot H the election Let us not forget our H "Retter Kngllsh Week.'t Tlx- manager of i large department qtore in h'- east, where more than I - 3000 employee work, is reported to have said rei ntly: It has been my experlenco In em-H em-H plovlng girl? find hoy? between the H gJiei of 14 ond IS that they are r ed on account of not being able to use gr.od language, using slang Instead. They are unable to road, to write and gpell well enough Tin' fir.-i Uinn- I l onnidcr are appearance, upeech. peu-nianshlp. peu-nianshlp. and spelling. If these quali-flelatlons quali-flelatlons are lacking. fhy are reject-ed reject-ed even If I am In need of their st- it . evidenl fi thai zooA H English he a real eeeh 1 K use of good English calls fi the iw I It was she who did It. Instead of, 7 It was her, who done It, WM She taught me. Infctend of She learned inc. The in.: f. n from his ivheel, h stead of. Tb boy fell off of In- wln-1. 1 ought not have gone. Instead 'f I hadn't ought to here tfejnt He Is angry at me, instead of He is mad at me. ' ought not to have gone. Instead, of. I would of don- It fl Haven't any. instead of Ain't got 9M Heiwecn you and me. instead Hetwein on and I . It Is ours, instead of. 1( is num. It looks well. Instead of, n looks A little supervision and help on the M part of tin parehi in the use of ror-i i err lahguage forms will prove :i w on-derful on-derful help in (jpctng good language habits. Very sincerely yours, J TJSACU'EH, j : oo |