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Show "CUT OUT SLANG," TEACHERS ADVISED IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Oct. 13. Teachers should have only one rule regarding re-garding slang--"r ut It out." Dr. Pay-son Pay-son Smith", commissioner of education for the state of Massachusetts told the 500 teachers In attendance at th annual an-nual teachers' institute for the north -western Idaho district here Thursday I Slang has caused a loss of the cense of discrimination among most of those who use It, he said. "A Mttle slang Is all right In Its place, and when the person who uses It is its master, but unfortunately that Is not usually the case. Some people have one word which they use in describing everything every-thing from a 6unset to a funeral ' Iir Smith stressed the Importance of teaching reading In the schools and urged careful training ;n language and spelling. |