1961_10 The Daily Collegian October 1961

              The Fresno Stat* College Collegian	
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Geology Iri The Raw
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Ain't'Makes It At Last
Recently the almost forbidding word "ain't" found its way
to the dictionary. .Whether or not the word will become
accepted now depends on the jury, the teachers, writers and
of knowledge in the United States. Their verdict is un¬
predictable according to Dr. Dwight O. Chambers, lingustics
instructor.
Chambers said that the origin of the word is almost im-
issiblo to determine, and added that the word came from a
um area near London and is a substandard word in English,
although printed by the various compilers of dictionaries.
The word is actunlly the contraction for nm not.
point brought out by Chambers was the the American
public has allowed thje dictionary to become the bible when
the final judgement of a word is really determined by the
•ain't" becomes accepted Chambers said that Uie word
i only bo used in the first person singular, 1>but not
with nny other form.
time it could prove that the sentence I ain't . ... will be
accepted but a student could still get a poor mark for writing
saying, "We ain't going to accept it."    LARRY ADAMS
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—Th« Fresno State College Collegkm-
In-Training Starts Tonight
into the field.  (My
try the Phffip Morris.
It is well enougn to sit in one's Morris
sorority raahing, but if one really -mat
mutt leave one's Morris chair and go
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But I digress. I was saying that in order to know the true
facts about sorority rushing, one mu.it go into the field and
investigate. Consequently, I went last week to the Indiana
College of -Soot Welding and Belles Lettrea and interviewed
MeKccver. (It is, incidentally, quite an interesting little story
about how she came to be named Gerund. It seems that her
father, Ralph T. MeKccver, loved grammar better than any¬
thing in the world, and so he named all his children after parts
of speech. In addition to Gerund, there were three girls twined
rrepceition, Adverb, and Pronoun, and one boy named Dative
Case. Tho girls seemed not to bo unduly depressed by their
.. n..iw CMat}t aiai_ pes, rteadily more mi
"Yea, mister," ah. aaid, "1 waa rushed by a
orority"
"Did tlwy give you a high-pnasura pitchr
aaked. "Did
they use th. hard •ear
"No, mister," ah. replied. 'It waiaU done with quiet dignity.
They simply taUred to me about the chapter and tho girts for
about three minutes and then I pledged."
"My goodneml" I said. "Three minutes is no
a .ale. talk 1"
"It tfwhen they are boldlng you under .
rater, mater,"!
"Well, Gerund," I aaid, "how do you like lie houser
"I like the house fin., mister," she replied. "But I don't live
there. Unfortunately, they pledged more girls than they have
room for, n they are sleeping some of us in the beU tower."
"Isn't that rather noisy?" laid.
.     "Only on the quarter-hour," aaid Gerund.
"Well, Gerund," I said, "it ha. certainly bees a pleasure talk¬
ing to you," I .aid.