Word: grammars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gentlemen: Did you not slip?-Nov. 17, 1924, page 20, column three-the proposed legislation, requiring the attendance of all children of grammar-school age in the public schools, was voted upon in Michigan and Washington, not in Oregon, as stated in your periodical. The Oregon Education Bill was voted upon in Oregon at the election held Nov. 7, 1922, at which time the vote stood 106,910 for and 92,530 against the bill, being a majority of 14,380 in favor of it. TIME is now an indispensable periodical and you are rendering inestimable service to the busy...
...Young?"Rhythm and color in little frames and patterns from the classical tradition. ... A kind of sporting mental delight in hearing Mme. Simone take the soaring speeches provided for her, to see with what attack she dispatches them one after another, like walking a tight rope through a heavenly grammar...
...thoroughly approve of the necessity of getting away to a certain extent from the mere study of grammar in preparatory and high schools with a view to attaining the ultimate and finest reward that the study of the classics has to offer, a broad and profound culture, the greater rewards...
...increasing popularity of the Classics. There seems to be no doubt that most teachers are at last convinced that it is no waste of time to study 'dead languages'. They are, however, aware of their responsibility in concentrating more on the subject matter of classics and less on the grammar than formerly. To this end they are improving their texts and changing their methods of teaching...
...course covers two eight-month terms. The curriculum includes History of Civilization, Economics, Statistics, English Literature, Grammar (for the needy), Debating, Labor Problems, Journalism...