Exercise 164

About once a month devote a day to the production of a class paper. Let the class choose a name. During the first year let the items be developed into paragraphs. Longer compositions should be reserved for the second year.

Suggestions for Articles for the Paper

1. A column of interesting business items clipped from leading papers.
2. An important news item that would make a good "story."
3. Original editorials on one or more of the following:
a. Needs or improvements in city, school, or home.
b. Recent city news.
c. Business news.
d. State news.
e. National news.
f. Foreign news.
4. Personal experiences, amusing incidents, or anecdotes, preferably of the business world.
5. For sale advertisements, or "want ads" that the class would understand.

Exercise 165

Criticise the following outlines. Each topic is supposed to represent a division in thought.

1
The Wheat Harvest
1. A group of reapers.
2. Their costumes.
3. The field.
4. Starting the harvest.
5. Carting the sheaves to the barn.
6. The stacks.
7. The field after the harvest.

2
The Tongue
1. What it is.
2. It is a good thing.
3. It instructs.
4. Evils done by the tongue.
5. Especially slander.
6. Conclusion.

3
The Newspaper Strike
1. The cause.
(a) Strikers want higher wages.
(b) Poverty of the families of the strikers.
(c) Police have to protect newsboys against strikers.
2. Disadvantages.
(a) Newspapers are losing business.
(b) Newsboys sympathize with strikers.
3. Riots.
(a) Newsboys hurt and newspapers burned.
(b) Police cannot watch all sections of city.
4. Conclusion.

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