The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-19

An AdanSton School Teacher
Says He Copied Most
Of Il.
Gators d the Telegram:
$500

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Owing to the fact that a paper
purporting to be that OF j. Walter
Duncan on play as Related to
School, has been widely circulated
by Mr.. Duncan through the news
and advertising columns OF newspa-
pers, IL is but fair to the reading
ppD:le that an explanation should be
made as 70 whose paper it really was
land the credit should be given ac-
cordingly. n Mr.. Duncan claims If
as his own, he Is guilty of gross
I plagiarism as he gives no credit to
/ those from whom he took most OF
the language in tie article. Some
ioT the books from which he copied a
great part OF his article are well
known to school teachers, as they
are used somewhat extensively in
1.-THE study at teachers meetings.
Much Of the alleged Duncan paper
lis taken verbatim ct literatim from
Frances Gulick Jewett's book three,
known as Town and city, and may
EDe found in Chapter eight and pages
afty-eight to sixty-seYen inclusive.
After reading the Introduction of
the Duncan paper, as ii is styled,
which Introduction is taken largely
from a dictionary, one comes down
to the fifth paragraph, starting on
The spartans," and 1t is found
that the paragraph is the same as
appears in the book mentioned eSe
eept that one comma Is inserted. The
next two paragraphs are the same
as are in the book, except words are
used instead of numerals and two
commas take the place of periods.
The next or eighth paragraph
Elbows that Duncan was little care-i
less in copying as he uses the word
while instead Of for though"
and parents" for them" and in
iserts the word do for emphasis.
otherwise both the Jewett and Dun
can paragraphs are the same.
In the ninth paragraph hel
switches the words of the author
from whom he got the idea to suit
ibis own taste but literally uses al
good part OF the original language
The same is done in the next par
agraph. Many words in the eleventh
paragraph show conclusively where
he got them from as they are alsoil
the original.
Following the Duncan paper all
the way down TO and including the
twenty-second paragraph there IS
scarcely a single thought that is not
based ON the chapter referred to in
the Jewett book aad it is absolutely
safe to say that the major portion
OF the language used in these para
graphs are-exactly those that appear
in the chapter.
Mr.. Duncan says my heart thrcro-
bed with heavy beat, as j looked
upon some of the children of these
cities enjoying themselves in simple
play with all that it means" IT.
might be we'll to add here that he
must have gotten that from the pic
lures in the book, part OF which
he devoted so literally to his own
use. They are pictures that edu-
cate.
The Jewett book forming most OF
the first half of the Duncan article.
look at the other half moment and /
find yourself reading another well
known author. I,refer to James L,
and his book, mistakes in
Teaching"
Mr.. Hughes's contribution to the
Duncan paper, although doubtless
not done with the knowledge of
Hughes, starts off in the paragraph
next following the Jewett re-produc-
ton and begins thus: cit is a mis-
take to omit yard supervision
The only change made in that para-I
graph was to leave out four or Ave-
words, in what he did use, and then
being in hurry he failed to copy
more of it. / infer that the reason
he did it was that he was again
careless in copying and grew tired
of such strenuous mental exercise.
Five lines follow this apparently
his own, although some of the
teachers or pupils in Harrison coun-
ty may run across them in a book
at any time.
4 There are several lines in the next
succeeding paragraph that were
taken bodily from Mistakes in
Teaching Then the next three or
four paragraphs are taken almost
literally from the Hughes book.