The Century Handbook of Writing Part 60

12. To consult a Bible encyclopedia and read it concerning Easter, one learns quite a little about that religious holiday.

13. Never try to shoot a rabbit or any animal when they are not moving, for among hunters it is very poor sportsmanship to kill any animal before they have had a chance to get away.

14. We find that many of Whittier's poems were concerned with slavery, which he considered a very great moral wrong, and determined to do all in his power to eradicate this evil.

15. Rhetoric is required in order that a person may learn how to express their thoughts so as to be readily understood, and the ability to do this greatly increases the value of your knowledge.

=D.=

1. Socialism is different than anarchy.

2. He ate the lunch instead of his sister.

3. The Volga is the longest of any river in Europe.

4. I come over to see if you will leave Tilly go on a picnic with us tomorrow.

5. The value of the birds are studied and the good results taught to the older children.

6. Despotism is where a ruler is not responsible to those under his authority.

7. When a boy or girl enters a high school they think they are very important.

8. I was anxious to begin eating, so no time was wasted by me.

9. They run out of ammunition, which caused them to loose the battle.

10. The mind is not only developed, but also the body.

11. He built a reservoir varying from 75 to 150 ft. in diameter and from 8 to 15 ft. high.

12. The most princ.i.p.al reason for going to college is so as to prepare myself for teaching.

13. While the room was not very large, yet it had a good-sized closet in which to put a trunk would be easy and lighted by a small window.

14. A college education is supposed to be general and thorough by training a man not only into something definite, but give him a wider scope from which to choose from.

15. Motion pictures give actual battle scenes showing just how the different countries carry on warfare, in taking care of the wounded, making ammunition, and how they discharge the artillery, and advance or retreat.

=E.=

1. He acted like the rest did.

2. He don't see anything attractive about her.

3. Neither Admiral Beatty nor Admiral Sims are afraid to take chances.

4. The Girl's Campfire Organization was organized when the Boy Scouts organization was proved such a success.

5. Coal is found likely 15 ft. from the waters edge, extending horizontally under the cliff.

6. It is no sure sign that just because a student has took a course in literature, that he really enjoys the best reading.

7. One of the most noticeable characteristics about Lowell's letters were that they are brief, to the point, and emphatic.

8. On the license there will be found the laws regarding hunting and on the back of it tells when the different seasons are open.

9. The St. Louis Republic is a partisan democratic newspaper and thus it can be guessed as to what their editorials are like concerning political questions.

10. If the public in general is well posted on the subject and finds that the charity workers are in earnest, they are much more apt to donate.

11. Some were laughing, some acted serious, others like myself were merely looking on.

12. Entering the campus, the Library is seen, which is a building nicer than all the others.

13. The Ideal Starter starts the engine perfectly without leaving the driver's seat.

14. The fly feeds on decayed vegetable matter, and also the decayed animal.

15. It is true that some people keep a fire extinguisher. It is of minor importance when considering organized fire protection.

It is organized fire protection with which we are chiefly concerned, so let us dismiss the former and proceed to the latter subject.

=F.=

1. In olden days the curfew rung everywheres at 9 o'clock.

2. If a person was to become a charity worker, it would necessitate him giving time and effort.

3. I think most any person can appreciate a good joke when it is not on them.

4. Your clothing for the hunt should be warm and of goods that will not tear easy.

5. Life can be cla.s.sified in four general stages. Infancy, Youth, Maturity, and Old Age.

6. At the sound of the summons I had to arise from my downy cot and hurry to the morning repast.

7. He was surprised at the way people lived in the city.

Especially the dirt and misery of the slums.

8. The house is battered and dingy, being built twenty years ago by Mr. Robinson, and needs paint badly.

9. We hadn't scarcely more than begun the work when one of the engines got broke and we had to stop until it could be fixed.

10. Neither self-denial nor self-sacrifice are to be admired, or even pardoned, at the cost of happiness, Stevenson says.