The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03

comment. In the History was one
bearing the picture of soldier bear
ing the flag. Accompanying the
picture were the words: 81 pledge
allegiance to my flag, my country,
my language"
Perhaps the one causing most COM
ment was the baby poster with the
lettering, Begin early to speak
good English"
| Monday morning in chapel Miss
Wilson gave short talk concerning
the origin of our language. She said,
1.-THE art Of expressing our thoughts
by means of words is a practice of
such long standing that we accept it
as a matter of course. Though some
believe human speech is a divine ac-
complishment, it is considered by
most people to be human invention,
perhaps coming from mans desire to
imitate some sound in Nature. Were
it not for the fact that infants can
not speak we might believe speech
to be a process not requiring the ac-
ton of the mind but it is a very COM
pick process" Miss Wilson told
how good English week is being OBJ
served in other high schools.
Miss Scandrett gave a splendid
talk on the subject, "Why We Need
Good English Week" She gave the
following reasons for our poor Eng
lish: Carelessness, laziness, accept
ing wrong expression as authority,
mistaken ideas, ignorance. From
these excuses number of common
mistakes arise. Those in verb forms
are quite common and form ten per
cent of our mistakes in speech. Miss
Scandrett showed how slang lowers
the grade of expression. She stressed
pronunciation, spelling, correct or
ganization of sentences. The text of
her talk was, 81 will not be negli-
gent to put you always in remem-
brance of these things though ye
know them, yea think it meet to stir
you up by putting you in remem-
brance of these things"
On Tuesday morning Mr.. j. N. Ev-
ans spoke on the subject, "Good Eng
lish as Business Asset" Mr.. Evans
has been a successful business man
for number Of years. He has been
in position to meet people who use
good English and to meet those who
use poor English. His remarks were
clear and to the point. Some of his
thoughts follow: eve should begin
in the home to teach good English
for there is no better place to learn.
The high school students will soon be
going into the world for business rea-
sons. Some of the things to be re-
membered in writing a good letter
are punctuation, plain simple words
which will help to avoid misinterp-
rotation. Our letters should be mat
tiers of pride. Slang is most insult
ferable and should be avoided"
Wednesday the Faculty Glee Club
gave two numbers. They were
Grounds" dealing with good English:
Speak good English,
Speak good English,
All the time, all the time,
Sound your letters clearly,
Not humble merely,
These things tell.
Judging from the applause and
compliments the students enjoyed
the chapel program. 1t has been sug-
gested that the Glee Club go on the
Lyceum Course.
Thursday morning Mrs. Thos. Bar
rier gave an address on English in
Cultured Society" She defined cul-
tured society as the worlds workers
who are thinking, planning and OBJ
serving the great things of the world.
Her work in the church and Federal
ed Clubs has made her capable Of
discussing the need of good English.
Her discussion was clear, interest
ing, helpful and presented in a way
that the students will not forget the
points she brought out She told us
she was bringing us bunch of sweet
P's. They were the things to be
gained from a use of good English
pleasure, popularity, prestige and
power
Friday morning the dramatic club
gave a good English play in chapel.
The indictment was against the four
Verb Brothers-Be, Do, See, Go
accused of making attacks upon
Miss Mother Tongue while she was
reciting in class room of the Lib
eral High School, by competent wit
nesses-Culture Person, Glass Crit
icism, Business World and Smoke M.
Out. The States Attorney, Mr.. Nice
Usage, succeeded in convicting the
four brothers. Even the fearful plea
of Mr.. Insincerity, attorney for the