Education: Mispronouncer

When Assistant Principal Samuel S. Jaffe of Brooklyn's Public School No. 150 wanted to say singer, hanger, longing, banging, clingingly, his tongue betrayed him. So New York's Board of Examiners in 1934 unanimously rejected his application for a principal's license. Last week Teacher Jaffe, still awaiting the result of an appeal to the city's Board of Superintendents, filed another appeal with State Commissioner of Education Frank Pierrepont Graves. Although statistically Teacher Jaffe has one chance in 30 of persuading Commissioner Graves to interfere, his action moved the Board to consider how...

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