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...raised the most constant furor. The complaints would not recur with such persistance if they were groundless. And, in fact, the courses in elementary French, German, and Spanish are little more than dull for student and instructor alike, a malaise traced to dogged adherence to the rules of grammar. Memorizing the order of verbs, pronouns and whatnot, lists of idioms, and verb forms may be necessary, but there is no need for the zealous stress currently laid on them. This process only dulls what ardor there is for learning, through the language, the culture of other nations...
...said the teaching methods in his department, which embraces Spanish, Italian, Portugese, and French, are being re-examined, with an eye to technological aids. He said Whatmough, however, considers language solely a matter of learning grammar, forgetting entirely the student also absorbs the culture and literature of the foreign language...
...whistle-stop talks. Here Ike was in his element: half the town gathered at the depot, high-school bands playing John Philip Sousa, the kids excused from school excitedly scrambling over freight cars and station buildings for a better look. These talks were far from polished; Ike's grammar could be hair-raising. The correspondents on his campaign train gleefully kept score of his cliches; but Eisenhower somehow can get away with cliches. When he says "I love this land," or "I am one of you," the words do not sound empty. (Although Ike could never approach Franklin Roosevelt...
...Maybe we could send our grammar school safety patrols up to give the boys instruction on crossing the street," Sullivan continued. "They just walk across as if Massachusetts Avenue was part of the campus...
After the meeting Sullivan stated that the city might send Officer-Delaney over to Harvard to "tell the boys about safety." Delaney has charge of the safety programs in the local grammar schools. "We will provide the white straps if Harvard wants to start a safety patrol," Sullivan added. "We will even give them little badges...