Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-20
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SPELL All. cIPHER.


SPELL AND CIPHER
There are great many complaints
as to the ueglect In. our public school
systems OF the basic principles OF an
English education. We zse gr2vely told
that diplomas are sometimes handed
over in colleges 10 girls who do not
spell correctly and who cannot COM
pose or write a decent letter for the
possofice- IL is getting serious. When
] was a coIlege girl, less than JIG years
old. and boarding with the presidents
family. among twenty-odd girls, we al
ways carried our Home letters down
stairs aud put them or the sitting room
mantelpfeee 70 be later carried to the
mail
ore dav. after prayers in the college
chapel. the president said to the great
crowd OF students: Il am going to vary
exercises this morning. ! shall ask
zach girl in this chapel hall 10 go IN
urn TO the sblackboards and. write the
address OF parent or guardian. and
when the boards are full, I SHAH can
for comments and criticisms
He told us afterwards that he had
heen astonished TO find an ill-spelled
and misdirected letter written by some
one OF Us. on Ahis mantelplece tnat
We rad q tine q It. to be sure, that
morning. but I do not think there was
ever a morning spent more 1udiciously
in that institution We learned now 10
direct letter.
a person who does not sEen Wen ID
alwavs at a disadvantage. Aand Who
sver tries TO. slip through school ana
lodge or COPY their arithmetic problems
viii always be poor scholars There y Is
~ a~~ouDIfshment that one may &C
ouire that Is superior TO good spelling
.Eood reading and q business knowieoge
Of arithmetic.
Looking hack over the experiences o.
4 lifetime, i would be sure 10 demand
that much OF a child.s teacher II lies
never learned any Latin. French OF
higher uiathematics-
Nothing else win do in the founda-
ton OF an education
uu PERns OF AMBITIoE
4 9sFa well known and established
fact that congressman ana senators ,
- rule become 50 infatuated Win
xS-..-5,fb ~, % city life that three-fourths
OF them. after they are =. =
hack there TO get some offroe OF posi-
ion which viii pay their expenses ana
,1Iov them to continue in that rank
rc1it5csl- atmosphere I have; known 4
go - such politicians 20 'reiinduisn
sbuir ambition. without apparent DIS
sonfent. but TIE number is Obliged 70
lie few if appearances count Ior any
tbinz I read in a newspaper the otneT
l-s3 fhaf one who had long and erect
i've Office holding had died Of oroksn
besrf,ss such cases may not be frankly
- down in many instances, but II Is
- before said. a powerful infa1uation
10 the average Office holder. II is also
ala that those who seek and get po-
sitfors in the governments service hang
on with almost death grip 20 their
rlaces and salaries They dry up IN
this kind OF work. but they would net
Unless a kings ransom was Of
fered them
s.tv life I know OF many hangers on
Who had been at one time IN ofhciaI
uosftfons (and lost them), who would
not have enough money left to carry
them home and bury them This IN
ratration is one OF the well recogntz-
ed perils OF ambition
a great many congressman. who lost
their positions. became lobbyists 10
r,eh tie claims OF the big interests
among those with whom they had been
personally and oficiaIly connected
never shall forget the frank expla-
nation given by the wife OF one OF such
promoters when she was calling on an
other lady from Georgia and myself.
Ny Georgia friend. with the most IN
nocent face inquired OF the visitor:
What Office does your husband hol0
in Washington
To which she replied. He used to be
a congressman from "a western stateJ
NJ. but he IS now a lubbyist-" II was
a revelation 10 US both. but IL explain
ed the status exactly.
Great amounts OF money were being
poured out at that time 70 defeat an
EFFORT TO protect the rights OF the
American people and ] never saw the