“A WELL OF ENGLISH, UNDEFIED."

Shannon News, 1 November 1929, Page 1

“A WELL OF ENGLISH, UNDEFIED. "

Those purists who arc continual!;, expressing alarm lest correct Englis' speech should become a thing - of tin past by reason of shipshod converse tional liabits and the pernicious m flucnee of American “talkies” woul have found cause for rejoicing at t! young Womenjs rally held in the Pi Street, Methodist Church, Aucklan n:vs the "Star.” There as an acces

rv to an intional address h tiss Jennie Street on “The Proclaim icn of Freedom,” forty girls - fron !i ■' Auckland Girls’ Grammar Schoo ■ec;t< - .d in chorus two eloquent portion..f Scripture. “It was a treat.” <l<dared an elocutionary authority win

vas present. “Perfect. iu accent , enuncintion and expression. The rhv ti-.m of the sentences was ehurmine and every word was given its fun value. While the pupils of our seeon ; nv scliools are taught, their mother tongue like that there need be no fear of foreia’n influences, because no one could help but admire the beauty of cultured English.” Another interesting feature of the occasion were two tuneful anthems in Maori by a chon from the Queen \ ietoria School. the Girls' Citizens’ Guild paraded in uniform, and the building was crowded wit-h representatives of all the girls' iu'-titution--: in the city.