, 1879-08-23

esfnbisht for The llset time 4 system o1 bnD1c
tsi,ools va. ta thc pupil ss,olid be able to reaa
with tulcraalc case a1l exprrsion pasagc from
II news aapcr. and snel The samc with tolrrabie
accuracy. 1IIey iuru out a1unt .0J, ,c)o annually
wig Inv hcen tltn ti'c crsc: ~ s'rty Icr GSnt
e'sg Mr"fs per- ee"t "s'0 fol s.'oss fs i tie i.
rf"''e ""d ,ntt s,xty rs5 Ge"t Sl. FOL s1's ,'s
e.fno'a. without learning to rcntl nm Rpcl tner-
ahy, Il Is culrl,tatrti that tho cunLrY iays fnr
iuls nnn,laly s3,500,0Ml. The titao atHi Tic
m"ney wl'ty, wer 10 Ilav carcatea the new
recognized that tho truhla lies h the irregular
asu 'lnrrasonablc spellnE of Ehg lsfi.
:. l'r. sturs'', llor Majssty's Inspector Of
"ilIs' main dlflculty Of rca,lnr Enrlsl,
nrises from tn tntrnsIc ErreF1tlAr,ty Of The FIJI
Ellss, language. a confusion VI i.icns sets IN
IN lAr MIND Ut thc child respecting llIe powers
of The letters. which 10 serv alolY ami VERY ,t'-
MD md its eaoae'ty M 10 ' kno 'xoss os |. Z raiui BY ~
itll!nc1tse series Of lenIattv sIs"rts. y
appears tl.at out Of I,p73 fanrrs III tic Crtl
serv!to examinations, l,6dd candidates wer
ticht ior. swlng; lint IS, e'ahteas, t.,}s,
in spcl|ng. IL Is certain TINT tho eHr Ik no glide
III Linz spelling oi English, rather e reverb, t.i
that II Ii n,inst nrctsnry tu fur1n ter.uDn ne
aunfutafc With eact, individual whnt: II would
III fart, require a study D[ Latin, FRENCH ashi
Ango-sax0n. to cBatln n pcrson To kpei with
Ia'I'tlcs aecraey, but this in must cases, Is I'm
tlusible.h
Wulsh boys picx up Welsh, and German boys
NcrH'an, without turinal tracAtttE 9l suel.ne.
'lhuy read siso "lr III snoil ns they lcar, 'ltets
lctcrs. How IL rrNor thts d|!lvntty anil how tu
refnrsn Eux,ish spelling. IL ccsns tu be fully rec.
ocslizc.l in Ens1.I as Il artut problem of 81.
e,El sctenc AMI of stascs'ilaal*np. Alet,'1ers ot
rarlelnrnt AMI dgniiarlrs Ut lhe cniycrsitlrs
glr It nnxlls tho. III 1876 tIle National Union vi
Elementary TcuylleIs, representing soluu lu,00j
tcavllrrs Of England md Wales, past
almost nya 3afn'.y yn,.ao "S'o t i,or, r. fssss t
lnc subject Ut Euglsn spel.ng, with a
ycw ~ reforming ulltl simplifying It, Tic
school board tur London touk uo tl,e mater,
a.tst i-suti q circular asking u hers to unllc Ia
at, adures to tI'v EaueasitM Department III iuvur
Vi 1t. he Liyerpuui s4sll bradford Buagis hid
petrd tcluret a'ai nlurc tnan u hundred osi'tr
lizards suturnd invursb!e replies.
uu TnsdAy, May ~. 1911, q, confcrenc was
held In l.o,iu.l. Ut whtcu tnc Rev. \. Il. Sayte,
IN mh,cl, tie President Of TIC rlloloy.
tsal suricty. II. sweet, E.a., the Vicu'
preslucns, j. II. Murray, Ill. D., and cx-
Presidents took p1rt. rs vel as nuInerus df2-
n1tuses VI Church att! STATE tcI.t.llg kchn0l-
n.4stsrs and ea'Iuent rclornlcrs, tilcsl,lsrg Mr..
!. i'ttnan and Mr.. Ellis. icy spent tiay aud
eyrntI,g III liarnuniuB uiseusttl, and IN listen
Ins to sno't addresses, and adopted slRorhs
scrivs Of resul;,'iona, Which n'e7 ap'
Department Ut Education. ti,c Con-
yrn.lun WIS grrat succ"s, md calcti forth &C.
ttls articles III lhe Lonton Times, foEuwd, of
CURSE. When not prrceuel, by nriiclrs tu the
whole urrudcal pren Ut Great Britain. The
icputations watea On lilc Lurd President Of tue
Cuunr1!, Jan. IL, Isis, aud 1eeclvi d favorable
reuit.
The dssurbd state OF Europe has prevented
0nsctnlncnt uc.ius1, bu. ti,e rctort1lers !ny Of
,er'ct u per,nunent nrganizalon, .!I'u ar hard at
WufI. tnc urarftell "WOTKers,' is they ur-
1tte til col themselves, harn permanent blsu VI
upura,luns III Int ur1ntnl. A,iI publish NJ hulls
VI lsaac plIlIln1l. uIe ialus Inventor Ut Ulir iu.
nctir steto@rAIy, who usrs his resurces alsD to
support lunallc printing. His F0Hel = Jafuui
llus II weekly circusasiun Of se,n lt.0oo cupies,
usiu Uses A1l ingenlus ultahrt uf hirtyelglt let
era, coulnrn.ue very nearly with .l!c pslnclples
pf 1l.g iltulo-l.tB.
They vunHt n,urh TN help from America.
Tte suits two streams vi i.I.luGnc Inv met In
Atnrrlca i'll lAt acuun of tile American Flo
lurieal Association.
liirre tav long bcen ston to or teachers q
number OF Alurc Ut les inrrn!us ilnpruytneuts .
on i!c o'd ,t!elnotis of teac'ns to reid. There
ar lilo foHct!e ,nett,uu, .tIe touEe Hlefnod, the
wurst tr:etuNI, lAc wurd picture Mctnul. An
1ftIc!e sIas teen cu1Icd In tic educational
1urnuls 1atelY, alvocat.sls The last. NJ attuu
1iun nt nj Is pltI IL The suunds of lCttcts, 1t
suys. tte word 1s veSl rs the p,eure Vi nn
iea, md tilt pupils ar tuut tu !.ux III luturs ~
pAEa ut . peturr, not l5 representative VI
Sounds. Teaching to ritz II tcasnlts to ,lrnw
PICTURES. This system Is taut by som advanced
proleelrs at sxht!0l Institutes. Its itnMSthlu
10 tlnuT4N LaurG tIJTtsiy nllu cufigluslv Gull
ueHlutan Ot Our si}rlillE. Ii this arsten must be
USED, VIC ar lar teh!nl the Chinese; lur run
siictcrch rs pictures. lhelr s,rus ar fur easier
than uu7s to IIMsu md remember. We uay
uF
tn CatAay. In thu struggle ior lie We hay
reverted tu pylor-fsan.-Alc pcriud. hut 1t
calnut be- arite 10 u,d as lint. Our skitfuly
arratiHcI prsnsrl, nI!u claiis. md ul0ckB, with
lhtir patitnl s ADJ pictorial illustrations, iuy
contributed mich to cas-, ltarlI!lts. But tie
uest nrlp hns ruule lrun ie PrnNotlnci.l, A!fa.
Le1 Vi Dr, Ettwiu Leigh. rllts patriot SCHOLAR,
whose eo!nufehenstv Btutes vi tl!lcruey CIV
lin cam 10 I'D tIr 1intl!c III 1tlDsufer tu that
vi Artlst. las ucf!stl ses1es b, nll,!lel teters
BY Wl1tG:! thu tralt,ttun fran fotGtI nlLEbet iu
TIC standard s:r.as is ctfeetrd Win tlo 'abur.
The tesslInnny seems a'i'pc that twu to thred
years TT sc'Dol lite Ar baYeh by this lnYenlioIl,
nltl ltjtre sreIns tlOpe Of further kiMpiiHen
lion nnl Elln by II. with oil tllefs
uclns, lI0wtytr, orr srlh0! snpGrintcmluntx a.l,l
other stuuun;B Ut p'lntas i'm ar rerplext cul,'
t!ntialy by the spesl: problem. All trto con.
trr,lrej vi letters ul ,tjptHu1Y ar culut,!tyat ta
ranct,,1ery To teach III uutcael,abr, whimsical
as t,f Ailnlilalles; llcy Ar p3Ur shifts to Wci,
| wU Ar urssc,. hy rlH want Of d proper ulIabet
| aud Teas0nnblu sncl1E.
Ii, ls1J tho President Of The American Flo
logical Association III thu annual nI1res spuse
Ut tisc reform vi spelling as one which students
Of language Ut tn !jrotliutc. Tn llai hint, ~.
Fafcn1ly. ui'raals "er puuru IN upon ltlu AHss'
cainn tU taku aettun to direct popular tl1oV.
| uent for reTOrln. 1t was brut beturd lllu Asso.
raLtu, nrAn, IN l67tj by ll,c President, j. Ham
nlntd Tiu1nuuli. cttslttea wls appointed, ii,
tic words ut ilie resolution. Of "tllp reurrsuu:
attya Vi uur great universities and Of Linguistic
| sctcnee," to whom tue uatter WAS rt1ertl
ae co'niteo :. consstrd ol Prof.. W, d
n,uru 'rrnmhuIl. Ut Yae College; Prof. +,
i. Guild, vi Harvard University; Prot. +. A.
March,, oi LaTayctty Culr3e, ulill Pruf, 4. )
1lulucl1,al', nj lnu University OF Pennsylvania
At u,s annual sncets!,G, N 1871, a. New York
rrnf. ". ID. WhllnuY, Chairman Ut the Eolnlteu
presented rGlI?rt. It cutldHtns historical sI,rl
1s. The sch!,'ara want nu ctytl!ulovY prusrrvt
In that way. 1t c0n.len,s pctuF,al aifahats l.
r,'lllcIns thu uttunlpt to INV lGtcra lor uYcr]
d.stnauisllunlu Variation ot suulld; lnlliyiilla
ard lotal pr.luuc!aln,!Is shoul not Inv specI,l
characters to re:0rll ttieln. II ueseriuea ut
ideal altabct ~ having OLE stElt, n..l oHlY ono
1or cneh eit.ncntMry Ronnl. And hn1iy II dc
carcs lint tln roman aliatct IL 10 wuely ..llt
slr,,Y establish in usu a,lonu thu leading civ
ttlzch latluis that It cas,El't be tt!dv'autu: |,
adapting IL tu improved use fur English
tho e!turts Of scholars sllu4d be dlrectet
tuWartls tss 1!so with uniformity, uud II