'Ain't' Is Wiped From
North High Vocabulary
In 'Good English Week'
Ain't just isn't at North high school this week. Ain't for is not, didn't do nothing for didn't do anything, and all the other nemeses of the high school pupils, will be washed from the vocabularies this week. Officially it's called "Good English Week" at North high, but it is rumored that a freshman told a junior, who told a sophomore, who heard it from a senior, that W.W. Hobbs, principal of the school, has gone on the warpath against slang. "Good English" weeks have been held in other schools within the last several weeks.
North High School, 1701 Fremont Av. N., Minneapolis, in about 1915. (Image courtesy mnhs.org)
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