August 04, 1933 (vol. 14, iss. 34) • Page Image 3
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY A Methods followed in the making of a dictionary were described by Prof. C. E. Fries of the English depart- anent in a recent School of Educa- tion afternoon conference. "Language scholars now regard the function of a dictionary to be the recording of facts of usuage rather than the setting up of a standard of correctness," Professor Fries said in discussing the change in attitude from the time when the books were regarded...…