Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-31
4 Scho0lma>ter Abroad.

can anyihin, sood come cut Of Naz-
tu,fh
The pci,noucs of this inquiry Is
not confined TO time or cline. 1t is
as Appropriate now. with all the light
WLtch progress throws upon mau' :
g. IHliiitlof. A. II va, VIII II the stars
served a. heinlds and Mankind read
all manner 4 strange things IN the
heavens Now ~ then, the petty
Ioalousios OF rrncila,ItIes, just such
a. are indicated by the above query,
cropped out ut intervals, and it Is
ptulur that We should occasionally
administer "a iobuke To the arrogant
splrit It hctiay-.
II seems that some Of our river
noighbors aro dIsploas, because the
session At Vancouver, halls from Pu-
get Sound. Memiui," cores
Ionleut Of the Orcgouidli, crit,cIses
h,s pronunciation. lie SAYS tina. the
Prof, rsor declared he came from
Oiympiar To teach mn institoot, and
q" "a lee,"ra he gave extracts from
Aenophons Memorabilia; that he
announced. the order Of exercises
might 10 enarged ut any time but
that caro- would Ice taken there
should be- 10 couilexlon."
All this seems To be quite amusing
to " Memi,i.' but 1t will be seen
hat the interest lie mnnlests only
belray h' pro,lnc,ahsm. Had he
Travelled the world over" Lie would
have made the discovery that the
English largna9o widely varies as
spoken IA "ileient places or by diff
ierent Peep e. The capitals have a
raiols p.cu,iar to themselves. and
collego-bred gentlemen almost inva-
nably adopt some departure from
tho standrr Of pronunciation Of the
/ simplest OF words, somewhat as IA
groceryman adopts n trademark to
distinguish his wares.
This. u little rejection will show,
IN admissible, # not to say com
mcndable. 1t distinguishes those
who have laborlously scaled the top
most heights Of the mount Of know
edge from the common herd. 1t in
dicates individuality, self-reliance,
fertility Of resource, an independence
Of those leading strings 50 essential
TO childhood and by no means to be
abandoned by those whose opportu-
mites for instruction have been con.
fined 10 common schools. 1t an em
inent divine or u learned lawyer uses
,iber and n,ther when the preference
Of acknowledged authority and com
mon usage is given to either and
neither, a reference to the diciion.
AIRY clearly shows n powerful motive
for tho change. hher and nithei
find favor in aristocra,ic England
aud these and some other words
like tho American-cured breakfus
bacon imported from the mother
country, derive a peculiarly agreea
blcncss Of flavor from sea voyage
How many OF our preachers inton'
their sentences! How many of on
lawyers display eccen,ricities of ex
preston and gesture. These would
all DO condemned if we but look a
them through Memini's" short
, focused glasses. He should remem
that even dlscord may become al
! element OF harmony, or rather it
, aid. preparing the ear for an abso
lutte perfection Of blending chords.
Tho reason why " Memini" canno
| apprs ciate our professor is plain.
, hamlet like Vancouver cannot b
: cosmopolitan. and without varie
. observation and comparison of me
OF fine attainments, any attempt @
criticism is likely to overwhelm i,
= author. Very few mer visit tina
I place who do not travel in regulu
. orbits, nnt village critics should nc
= shoot their arrows at the first shinin
I luminary they discover that pursue
an erratic course.
THr What com HerciNe has LITERAL