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Show Radio Artist Becomes Americas School Mdstei f:i hJ kXi'K-i . Un-4uHtt Ifttt j fkt Roi tt, t 4rumi Hurt itumt vda. , : Singers and Speakers Are! Teaching English to ' . Millions New York City. A breakdown . of the barriers of dialect and the . establishment of a national lan-. lan-. ?uage free from colloquialisms is saen by Chester Gaylord, noted radio singer, as arising out bf the new school of radio announcing. "Although we do not realize it, the radio artist is becoming our national school te acher.'1; gavs Gaylord. "The radio studio is his class room, and his pupils are his unseen aud'ence of miU'ons. The broadcaster, whether he is announcing an-nouncing a new type of washing machine or singing a popular song, l is meticulous about his diction and his grammar, for he fears the critics in his audience. "111 warrant there Is ho purer English heard these days thsn that spoken by the artists who broad-cast broad-cast over the radio. What is the result? . "The farm boy who stopped going go-ing to school in the sixth grade. . can listen to English as it should . be spoken, and even the East side New Yorker is beceming self con- " scious sbout his accent "Song writers are giving more attention to their lyrics because ef ' this, and the words are becoming as imnortant as the music. 'Under The Spell Of The Roses' Is a fox-trot fox-trot bal'ad, a warrelous dance tune and has a lyre which is a masterpiece. Such. songs as this, are. destined to live.". |