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COMMON WEAKNESS IN SCHOOLS “A common weakness in our schools is the general lack of correct English speech—not so much perhaps the correct use of words as their correct pronunciation, especially in regard to the vowel sounds,” said the director of the Technical College (Mr. J. H. Howell) at the monthly meeting of the board last night. “Since tho inability to use our own language readily and well is often a great disadvantage to those who by their natural abilities should take a leading jxisition both in business and in public life, 1 have asked the consent of the Department to arrange for a special course in spoken English for selected pupils from the Technical High School who would bo most likely to profit by such instruction. This consent has been granted, and Mr. Stanley Warwick is now taking two classes weekly, one class having special reference to public speaking and the other to elocution. I hope that in connection with the cenirig school we shall be able to iorm a class under Mr. Warwick in dramatic literature and elocution. Such classes arc held with much success in the evening schools under the London County Council.”
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 183, 29 April 1924, Page 6
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