, 1865-10-31

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OR1HQGRAPHlc REFORM.
Mee9lus u tue leacnef'6 Association
Address by J. medi1I, ESQ.,, upon ii.
So1eee VI of'oo&rapn1e Hc1ofms
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The Teachers Association held regular meetir
uoh. Mr. E. c. Delano presided.
Joseph Medill. ESQ. addressed the meeting Q
rphy of he FnritSh i,nrnso. AZ to1iou. ue o'tno'
the dcnI3es mon =. e2t e
;tt sb bSoaas. A. ~ % f. Intoe ne became acquain y
eoin1nns ~ fh 0G o. as se. Iofth IN u
deayor At The time 10 opoPnlarze it but rdicnle
sGs saa h1 i ri s,5 s1ss s3n
cesnnJ c. ne g g'sn9aiicsl system Of the lansuag'
nuss1 .oe o. 0RPSSs be l.. 4
81 the rebellion, however, be had rels1ed his ls6oI @
IN the editorial Chair IN order to hare more time ID
9hG fI. nSa nSals.lts - md had given no little a1tenton
rhal IS I'VE least change that will reform our vicion
sss.eHa o. otthogapn5 and whether 1t is PRACTICABLE
nearly as possible, and at the sane time attsn n
advantages Of the phonetic system. This he he
lered be had done in his syetcm, by which The ety
moloey Of the Greek and Latin words lYfll be nj
more irregular and hldrou+ than at preseuts ~
desisetions from the German could Be- NOR e, ui
the ultra scieulidc tnau sySsem a1,d The nv
incorrect style, he was willing TO devote hinseffo
lhe balance Of bis lie ii be Could taerebr Insnr H.
success, feeling as be did It's great advantages.
o Inc offhogsapMc reform Is only as far advanced
.azod and fea,he1gd liz advocates. Passias tToa
nese general ohser.ationa 10 the Question OF re
LII ~ sgn II ne ,elt at lcit 70 instructors aud pn
hnt parents would not ayree TO ii, from an over
estimate Of he ya,ue Of ths 2resent system. RI.
sonpfehsnded :, Slance The ..snsaon must 5
For the attainment Of this end be proposed The
'o1i9x1ng R'., ei6 sshsmS; G ., -.
e nn,iGs,s .sn ~ o. ne Present alphabet
second, Lei each letter rc!aiu IL present nau,e,
be sallea .wes" q OK. "A''D '''a'o
na sd hsaa I'D r. s,sIspes q: e .sioa
spI s,is nSs1 !, ,r .ne aSptF9'e IN hn" to dsna-
''.H,ps 43'sa = p,.,,a -. ,,,.,..- e''4 "
md not giys 70 these or the consonsnt digzapths
Fossh 96s b se xivo to b retained + the
IN rely. Ct dnty; but to be replaced By where It
Ro .hs s 1s .2S IT, vowel IN the body Of
en- snd sSo 70 be retained but the latter to be spelled
se ~ he ne p.95al "a 81 nonns and the pos:essise
II the sinsn!sr to ss,sin ibs present. 'ef0'
S:sen'h; The noaeess.re case Of nouns ending In
" to be formed By simply adding -, Instead Of
"lady-s:"
Eighth The marked .ss" to take the place Of Azr
hs at 'e ends 81 Tons M aDd syllahes sounding il ~
word. = zeal ?" asse 0a's at Tue beginning Of
Nmtn: words ending In sion, cion, ton, kc-. to
M n IN fpeAed @shun" or t|'son "tth '1k"
1rntn f;trc ~ . sr.or, ,.,,., ~, ,, A..
>caaG.
use he as il esae e sene psnc sas functions Of g.
Ii, IWelsn- Ose As at present before IN" as In
Hnaecn. q0ics.
thort .'e" Is silent in ''ed," as in siespeI.@
4'ba7ed ," ''sued," which must be retained in
order TO psrserte grammatical forms.
Fourteenth. Relaan wv befo!a sshtas in t.what~
(which " 'when. " "Whefe, because 1t Ii fnyaraably
so used now.
t. Fifteenth. Give sgt. hsrd or snb~yoeal sound
for the 70 called eo!t sound oY .1,%, IN arrm ".cfn,
..gyyes," epel .ssu.iestT tpstead af ..sc s'a'
present usase. 3 >AAf'' Ass"tu'as 70
Seventeenth. Such irregular dic1aphe as .sph..
A.eh, ;" ..rh." .gn,'' '.kn," ssru, In, s.pt'"
b md e se on-
Eighteenth Retsin The dlcrapb ..ch., for ..,sbs -,
as in .elatr, = ..church," schesp," bat drop he
tsat SasessntR sg 4 esf o%, ,sas.tss :
eonants =. IN ''hanDer s1iinnef,s sai;seh." ssaf.
fo1d,. as one is only heard In pronunciation.
The vowel sale, be would write q. folou, .Ar
As in ache -" ns in I'M. IL" ~ i, ~. 4..,1s
It's present character, az IN eel ..e a. in e1, .1
ns III old 10 a. IN an ..1 ~ ~ ~ TX II, e n u
M as II u and eanh. sto@1 -. ~ +, ~. y s.a n 1s
in full. Tins sixtecn roye1 sorca. ~ IA ~ ~
nan dna on, 1 ptosaea Ios which w cover the
thnt only rvs NV fn,Ms .a Ss. ~ c1nsttnteo
moddeied cioscly aiter he Yo.o & 1nn .Rey
but Sery eIiehtiy fTam tr nsrsent s hr ofl
scycsal variations s,f snnn4 c~nij Tmsa T! Mese
illustrating each on thc bSsek .boagd 1e4s 1s.mi
sIton Tas herr fnirtdneed ~ M tGns lsqna
Of and K SHOWING tie m.nne1 r. h's, %eh. ssas
ehoEld eesc,ajly be spriied drT1,fno ~ tsi .S5
giving Nv its close sound md nsSns -" in ali
The ncn eystem. the epcaErr rerns1.ed. ,ron,d ho
very easily written unierstood and fernhr .n1 - II
,hoash the reform Of language spoken b. esshty
Saxon race, sbarp 1t labor md ftme.s,rin1 ,rnai5
yet, be belfeyed, effect II,
y urging this. he aid:
diatcly ADOPTED millions or men and MINI N ,rnnses
now Wretched spoilers and living without hone nf
Improvement would. IN ve1J short tire, icarn to
f.; aoS mesa es % etS
nal lid, other than that given b. their Children
q 2. picked up BY iher daily contact With
- natural" 1t wnnld be no ion.er
matter Of mere memory Of arbitrary and 6rrpo..
lerons use OF letters. People would only have 10
ploy the letter. which when afTanred tneet1eT nst-
ur1l'y form 1t aud this II would be Quickly A.
qutted. and to the child would coma almost 10
Of The difficulty In learntng 70 read and spell their
language which Americsn Children eucoante,Inot
because they are more up. Or brighter, but simply
one-tenth Intricate OF Irregular Is tEat OF he
Engllth, and this ia the more strange and iuexcuss
be ece'ne that the main part Of our language Is
1e thought that the teachers Of Chicago hsd # In
their power 10 institute this great reform OF he
present mass ~ of absqfdlties which we cali our lan-
ssnd words Of de ,nsnae VI fsr too sre.a af for
the average tuteleence Of the people, and fhe con.
sequence OF this Is that not ten per cent OF the r
an spell correctly. Some men Of frteniiye mem,
ories and acute perceptions, msy manage 10 mater
marvellous amount Of this trs.h but Il cannot r.
general. One great objection to the intsof1nrfInn
of the phonetic sytte,o Is lie dcnjty Of yrTthsn.
Inc habit, md another is fhe dancef Of destroy9nc
he genealogical coustructiun of tka 1anrnaoe IL
ast ms ibe moet fmnortNnt hnt q 49, 1a} hv III
Benjamin franklin With Tic ansWsr T thal Az nohodV nv
horeht OF burning all The bonts ~ ,ha Irn. |
image now In use. But this would not
:han"e 10 sny ycry cn1sfdershe d@-1oe os
be appea,ance Of words Of cl.seicsi nr.o1n TN
10Th Greek and Latin were originally to a 1eP M
considerable extent phonetic So far as re1.ras ths
nlziuzc Of German. Norman- French f1enIsh
&C.. the manner in which II has been hsnaeJ
loun by no means gives Assurance Of it. nnrtr
The phonetic System offered now Is NOT hsiT n
Iezf chance a. hss hnen eifrcfed IN thn .-,at,n 90
II words sinee dc tine of Chauec,, THIS new AZ.
en- would 1uske educatinn ninet4cn.swenss}t.
asies than at present. and would save fnnm frs II
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