Word: holt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twenty-eight Tongues. Developed for the Army by the non-profit Linguistic Society of America, the records (and accompanying texts) are distributed by Book Publishers Henry Holt & Co. A set costs $50, whether French or Hindustani; mass sales of the Big Four (Spanish, French, German, Russian) make up losses on more exotic items. Royalties go to the Linguistic Society, which last week was planning the conquest of eight more languages to add to the 20* originally ordered by the Army...
Made of unbreakable Vinylite, the Holt-Army records give four hours of instruction on 44 sides-against one hour and 52 minutes for its long-established competitor, Linguaphone. The Army's 1,200-word vocabulary is commonplace instead of cultural, concentrates on such workaday problems as ordering a meal, seeing the sights, locating the washroom...
...Holt calls the teaching method "guided imitation": immediately after the native speaker does his stuff, there is dead track so the student can repeat aloud. Words are taught in progressively larger learning blocks ("I want," "I want a glass," "I want a glass of water"). In this way the student masters speech melody (intonation and speed) as well as vocabulary. By following the text as he plays the record, the student learns to read, too. But the real goal is speaking ability...
...Crimson summary: FG FT P Hauptfuhrer, rf 8 7 23 Prier 1 2 4 Crooby, lf 2 1 5 Brady 1 0 2 Rockwell, c 6 5 17 Holt 1 0 2 Henry, rg 3 1 7 Tomsovic 0 1 1 Davis, lg 0 0 0 Gannon 1 0 2 Rosinus...
Other members of the Varsity hoop squad are transfer student Erv Tomsovic, and two members of last year's Jayvee five, guard Rosy Rosinus and forward Frank Holt...