Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first published in England in 1857, and used by at least three generations of English children. But that it did not live up to its title is confirmed by Winston Churchill, who refers feelingly in his memoirs [A Roving Commission] to his early bouts with this primer. The pre-primer you mention as now being in use in Detroit schools sounds remarkably like our old primer, which also used simple drawings and rhymes. Cat, fat, bat, says the Detroit primer. Pat a fat cat, said Reading Without Tears. Winston Churchill evidently finally learned to read...
French Lick, Ind. (pop. 2,000), a quiet spa, has a special place in the nostalgia of the Democratic Party. There the pre-F.D.R. generation of Democratic leaders were wont to gather before and after election-time, consuming mint juleps, Pluto water ("If nature won't, Pluto will") and the salty wisdom of Indiana's late boss, Tom Taggart. Last week the Democrats, their blood up, went back to French Lick to consider how their party might be reinvigorated for 1956. "There is no question but what we will focus our guns on the President himself...
...making intimate friends; he still doesn't. He worked tirelessly; he still does. He helped keep the accounts for the De Sapio trucking firm, hustled new customers, many times was out on the docks at 3 a.m. on hauling jobs. He planned to be a lawyer, took pre-law courses at Fordham and attended night classes for a year at the Brooklyn Law School. But iritis, a chronic eye ailment that was the residue of an earlier bout with rheumatic fever, ended his schooling. (His mother still mourns his failure to become a lawyer, saying, "A solid thing...
...pupil is expected to build up a vocabulary of 50 to 100 words he can recognize at sight. Some teachers use flashcards; others may have a "daily newspaper" for which the children can recite a one-sentence story about themselves ("I played ball yesterday"). Detroit schools use a pre-primer called Before We Read. This teaches the beginner to distinguish shapes (e.g., by picking out a sailboat from a series of trucks) and sounds (e.g., by picking out objects with similar names, as in rabbit and rattle, turtle and turkey). The next book also contains a number of word captions...
...through the Red Lion Bar, a replica of an 11th century English pub, more refreshments will be served. Says the script: "Please note that as the tour goes through the Red Lion, you are to serve the guests from our Irish mugs 'arf and 'arf." At the pre-opening "Victory Dinner," Host Hilton will wine and woo some 400 guests with a show by Comedians Jack Benny and George Gobel, spread out a feast costing Hilton $30 per plate...