Word: grammars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From Newton, that bewildering little suburb of Highlands, Falls, Centres, and Corners, yet enviably incorrupt in spite of the names it is called, comes word that the grammar schools will no longer annoy the proverbial little Johnnie with marks, but that the teachers at regular intervals shall consult with his parents, and only they shall know how their son stands in his studies. The result will be that the child, will no longer be harrassed by his parents' bribes and threats, or by his schoolmates scoffs, will with encouragement, go about his work free of care, and with...
...supposed to have tasted everything prepared for her husband several hours before he ate it), she arose from public anonymity in a magnificent Moscow funeral. Last week Correspondent Barnes stood at the door of a classroom and watched Son Vasya wave his hand anxiously at his motherly-looking, sixtyish grammar teacher for a chance to recite. Not until late in the lesson did she call on him. Then he answered correctly in a bashful voice, hastily sat down. Vasya is in the fifth grade (equivalent of a U. S. seventh grade) while his seven-year-old sister Svetlana...
...introduced himself in the idiom of the true labor leader: "The name is Lewis-John L." When the titters had died away Lewis, John L. began to read in a surprisingly soft, resonant voice one of the best labor speeches ever made before NRA-a speech perfect in grammar, literate in expression, temperate in tone, earnest in thought. Only his closest friends knew that his wife, a onetime Iowa school teacher, had spent years straining coarseness and vulgarity from his diction, prodding him to soak his mind in good literature. Though he does not strut his learning...
...Italian Grammar, Reading and Composition...
Similar to all the elementary language courses, Italian 1 is pleasantly dull. Each day students appear with their reading or composition prepared, and the whole period is devoted to cramming grammar and vocabulary into them. Anyone wishing a reading knowledge in this language will find this course useful. However, those who simply want a "snap" should not include this course...