Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-25
BETTER ENGLISH WEEK

Last Wednesday began Better
Speech Week." in the English depart
ment- Posters were made and poems
written by the pupils to illustrate the
common errors in speaking English.
Tne posters submitted were so many
| ana so varied in character that, in or
der TO simplify the work of the Judges,
lhey were divided into four groups.
Group 1 consists of posters made by
second, third and fourth year students,
put excludes all posters containing
cut-Work and pasting-that is, all
work not actually done by the student.
In TINS group first place was given to
roger Wilterding, second place to Al
bin Forsmo and third place to Ingwald
Gisselman.
Group consists of posters made by
second, third and fourth year students
but includes only those posters which
contain some cut-work and pasting.
only one place was accorded, that be-
ing given to Josephine Coates.
Group consists of posters made by
eighth grade students and first wear
high school students, but excludes all
posters containing cut-work and past
| Ing. In this group first place was
given to Ruth Ziebell of the eighth
| grade; second place was given to
Raymond Johnson; Dorothy Gerrow
and William Carter tie for third place
Group consists of posters made bv
| the eighth grade and first year high
SCHOOL students, but includes only
those posters which contain some cut
out work an pasting. In this group
one place was awarded. This was
| given to Anita Mueller an eighth grade
student.
The judges of groups and were:
Miss McGuine, Mr.. Halvorson and Mr..
| Holmes.
| The judges of groups and 4 were
Miss Gertrude Heinrich, Mrs. Thrasher
and Mr.. Reynolds.
AT the close of school on Tuesday.
prizes will be awarded the nine win
ming contestants.
tomorrow all students making
grammatical errors will be tagged with
yellow tags. This will conclude the
Better English Week" but the object
or gaining better speeches will be en-
| forced.
Wednesday is the closing day of
Better Speech Week." and will be OBJ
served as tag day. War has been de-
clared upon six very common speech
| eros:
Amt; he don't; any incorrect sub
stitute for yes" or mo-" This in
cludes uh huh, ia, etc.; this here
that there; the double negative: the
double subject.
Some OF the students were interested
in writing rhymes for Better Speech
| Week Many of the blackboards are
adorned with such verses as these:
IF to Germany you would go.
practice how to say "Aint SOP"
This country is a place for all
me young, the old, the great and
small,
The stout, the medium and lean
But not for those who say 81 seen"
Don't say "kid"
Webster never did.
"Ain't"
Is never used
| By saint.
"Awfully well"
Sounds like h !,
Ladies and gents"
Sounds like thirty cents.
HE don't is bad,
1t makes me mad.
II sure did,"
Is stupid.
"And-ah and-ah"
Is worse than Carranza.
Had ought"
Should be fought.
II lie the book here"
Causes many tear.
1
Il set on a chair
Just makes me swear.
| The posters were exhibited at the
Franklin school Friday evening in con-
nectiOn with a most pleasing enter
ta1nment given by that school. They
are now on exhibition in the kinder
garten of the high school building.
where they will remain until Wednes-
day evening, when number of the
posters, including those that won
prizes, will be placed in the window
rX Mr.