LANGUAGE 



CHAPTER IV 



IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR ALL 

 PUPILS 



To use good English is of as much importance to the busi- 

 ness man as to the frequenter of social functions, but this 



" good English " must not be interpreted as 

 Language . 



Training meaning simply scrupulous grammatical ac- 



curacy. Such precision is important to the 

 cultured, thoroughly educated man ; but of far more impor- 

 tance to the future of the ordinary boy or girl is the acquire- 

 ment of an easy flow of language, spoken and written, that 

 is concise and accurate in the choice of words, terse in the 

 utterances, explicit in the details, truthful and convincing in 

 argumentation, according to the pleasure or need of the occa- 

 sion. Such a power is of inestimable value in the home, the 

 workshop, the office, in any professional career. Natural to 

 some people, almost denied to others, the school is the train- 

 ing room for its acquisition by all. 



In our city there is carried on throughout the eight years 

 of the grammar schools a definite, systematic plan for the 

 elimination of common errors of speech and for the training 

 into an easy, tolerably correct, and ready use of English in 

 written and spoken form. From the first year three divi- 



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