I '7, December 12, 1924 ‘ ENGLI/H CE ECC-L/ITIN? BT JUSTIN EASSEE Two Lanffuapres, “Ajfprie” and English, Are Contrasted, and "A.cr^ie” Suffers A Handicap I • What do you write, Kn^lish or ^)r do you write? What do you speak. Kntftish or Atftfie? Or do you know? A sophomore (here) writes this: * , THK PAtU-LWr OK Th«* paKent of pndt* »a» th«* »»* dradl) nimt with the drvil and Duenna »n rhe «aKon. The fimt »an idle- neM utxin an ann. which r«*i>renentn lazzinenn and lark of rnerff>. (iluttonv up<»n a naine ahirh reprenentn filth and greedmenn. I.earher> upon a »olf reprenentn nneaking and loathnume aa>n of doinx thmijn. Averen on a ( ame! which reprenentn ureed of mone> or a miner. Anotht bursts forth in the flower of genius: the i* \c;ent of pkide i 0 The ( haractern of the I’aiten! ^ k Kirnt raifie Idolnenn on an ann leadirt; the proren- mon; Second came (tuluter> on a n» ine. he a an ver> fat and unpleaninx looking; third came I,etcher) on a goat, had red even a an not the nort of man \ ou would think a woman aould fall far; fourth came a Miner on a < ammrl. he had gold in great bagn and never npent an> of it; fiftk came hint) on a Wolf, the aolf a an rhea in*; a frog and greert blood a'an running from hin mouth, he a an glad to nee) people M>rr>, and norr> to n«>e them g?ad; and Six came Kath on a lion a ho a an roaring & foaming at the mouth. And still another; AM ERICAS SCHOOLS I \merica ha- net the a orld on a heeln. She han made more progrenn in her short life than an> other . country. Junt a fen >earn hack America na- one of the aild countries o( the aorld. The ahite man naid he came for freedom. He cleared the land, built citiea. factories, railroads, hrghnay*. and many other thing a importance. Noa the> fay the> a ant the freedom they Kad a hundred or a hundred and fifty yearn ago. which in inponible. America can never be an free an she a an fifty years back. American school have pushed her thin far and ai I emtenue to punh her foraard. It in true. f \mrnra has the most compleat network nf«Jtchools and holds sec*, ond place in extension service. The sun never sets on \meriran' research. She has men all over the world looking for something to improve their country. >fen it afe in North Africa noa looking for the reason why grass makes the cattle fat there and jyot here. Thene men could not do this work if there were no schools to tran them. i^ould 'America improve her schools? If she would follow some of the Danish iddas. which we know, she mav make much more headway than before. * V * In spite of himself, this last fellow raises a worth while question: “Could America improve her schools 9 If she would follow some of the Danish ideas, which wc l know, she may make much more headway than before.** ’ “—, she may make much more headway than bef- fore”—that sounds rational, common-sense. Undoubt edly it is true. l»ut 1 doubt if the Danish school system, applied. ;* here, omild prove sufficient remedy. English. specause we do not hear “if I were" anymore. We come on the A and M campus, and we learn a new lang uage-in the same manner we first learned bow to talk when we were babies. * » i * . 1 * We sjH*nd three hours a wepk learning English it. the classroom, and sixteen hoursfa day learning "Ag- gii ’in the dormitories. No wonder our professors fight , a losing battle! It’s a wonder some don’t talk "Aggie" themselves (He honest. Passer .... a lot of them do!). Well, now, by talking this, way,- are we cheating ourselves out of more than a gocnl English .grade” Yes! we are. We are doing nothing more or Ie.4n_ than turning a can of polish remover upside down over our heads, and Jetting the liquid drench us from head * to foot. t [ Lv * Well—maybe there is no use in Ifeing polished . anyway. Oh. yes is! First there-is your intellectual self-respect to consider. Oh, you don’t canf dbout that? Well—let’s see— * s < | Why do you shave? Why do you .hdve your trous ers pressed? Your shoes shined, and so on? Oh. you want to look good,? Why? Aha. I see now. For a moment ymi hauj^iyie stump* ed. You fix yourself up to lenple will form a good opinion of you. , ' I see more light, too. You think that the good opin ion of people is an aid to one’s success don’t you? J * Well, now I believe you've miscalculated a ‘bit here, sir. A well-dressed voice su»vly ought to’tn* as import ant as a well dressed person. Personally, I’d rather Ulk too any man (and I'd put more faith in him) of edu cated speech—regardless of his attire*—than to thfc (Continued on Page 27)., I X.