, 1879-08-23
letters which ecem to be best suttcd to aitf Ill the

ic'tets Wh1ch 6ctn 10 DC ecat sulca to 1ii Ill the
transition
rs)sugecstIons ar male as to ',c order'n which
arati,las changes nlay mast rt4s bu t'asIr
''Ncw letters can he ea.lcss Introduced bv
using 'tcm unly Tor The old 'e!crs wfeli they
resemble IN rnrnt. Long worls bear el,an-c
GEst, and yowrls nr lnnre easily changed thhtl
consuuarts. wtlrls rroieCt mare nlIOs and br!o
the linz; Drop"s 'nhl silent Is the casest
Til. report was attonted by thc. flln'oescal
Association w.to,lt .llsscut, and tho Cunlltce
c,lJt iEl1rll anoter yeur.
Ihsan',a' meeting NJ, u ths Spelling ! Reform .;,,
Association va: :.,r hei ena,,, tn dMy, y,, an! the
% Naaa, i. i. ila1ac'"an, nna ".
u. whitney. .ilale final report On lie sche,ncA
Of llrw lefers and new snelnE* .referd tu lhrtil.
e,a ioI and reported Tor general t.sr md Tor tIe
puptIrA tona of tile AHsnea Inn l:'e afLbrt terc.
IN set fnrth, ass! recommended tie attelNpt to
bring u in,o in,cdfatc usu In the mancr yut forth
IN !Ic slnnt sngjeslluNs Ut the re:uht.
TtEe rcfurt wn. H1uuctl, MI me dlaentlnE.
fhc CDtn,ice Of Publication l,reee!etl to rsenast
bulletin, set.,Ig forth AlMl illustrating tse ~.
porta girttg FORMS Of chpitnis nl,d strrt letnrs
anl directions to pslnters 10 initiate tise ,,uw
lcters ny eutng an,i lnyertislx cutt,on types.
There WAS lung aseiAy IN preparing ilcw types
atld srrInt piutrs, purity from ihs dillru1Gv Of
tue work. aiitl pnrtEr lr0'n sle ilncs and aNscnc
ol onr har..!.w',rkt Secretary. Once started.
We tlay ussl our types theraiy ncctrl' ng tu u,lt
inra'is. Four Bulletins t,ay bcen Issued al cir
r,lla,rd by tnuls ..uls. Spelling tefurm station.
cry. ranBr md envelopes with Soclt,E lsgfnrn
ncangs. md vnrills kslaler circulars, hav also
hes:, sst!: out: QUARTERLY meet ,.s nav pecn
l'rd ut New forA, ii. Louis, Chicago. ausl Hos
toi1.
Thnt at St. Louis was general convention
introduced tu t'le ptl'ic w abc artlelss itl tl'c
!ratlbE rapers, md al.l.est hY f!rc.prtst
.Ient tic ilon. ". I. Harris, md Mr. I. r. vlek.
ROY. in papers wllch buy been printed.
Tile dlkcu,tuns wer reported Ut length.
Tic Convention flna!Y tor,nI Itself futo per-
n,a,'e't orns,rl, Of sI,s srel ~ Aelorn Assocla-
tis,', Wntrh wil hold tnoutnsy meetings lhcrc
wus tiu great Asse,u oluIa Or sptcclt-lI1tng ak
tnr meetings lit New York and Dus'on.
1t NAV ue wusti, while tu nirn ..un few fncts
to giY III idea VI Whit IL go,nr "u outside the
utlI.aL actlon Of iAe Spe.ug Rclursu Assocla-
t!ul,.
Tic American Fllo1ocical Asseclat!on hay
issued " lnc Proceedings" " of the July mpst IL,
containing sl.s re3urt uf tho "CoIltre III New
Spel.rlgs,h llsu I'LL nustract OF q pauer OIL "As*
sO.ai1n." D. Atr. Wtgtitinan. ltlc Assassination
iay had two lollt4 ol III new types cut to natcn
thosu usu1 in tic proceedings" a,ul III lie
"Transac.lons," anl uapurs vii bu printed in
both III anf sugttaIE wlllGu uutnurs ot each nlay
adopt in l,arsnuns with the rat'urts. lie ncw
yu!uu!s cunlaIns surh paners In the month
q Auku,,, l.77, at Cn'raso,, H., tue
an Jana. J. afHs5 b"ssss, {Ss sssdr"s, r%Sss s to o1
trudueo the a!lAbat u( 'i1r SuehilE Reform
Association into tIlulr wtlslY-eifcuIAtua ucri-
oIicnl. u,e LNt FJE,. Ihr letters Wer III
troduecd gradually IN s,,rrcsr months. 1t now
an,l.,u1lrrs lint II punItti,,s nil lhr new lctrrs
MD riI!uls ilInt Iley cnilayas no one, but us,st
in pro,,u1lviatiO,1 Ii Ills vllttl shall prov to bc
wel founded, NJ see tic h"3lo g Ut NC enl ol
The ula spel.l,g. lie publishers har bud M al-
yertisnutt printed with l,c new types. Inserted
IN several n..wspaYsrs They ,iIsposu Of large
nnn,,,uts II Surl NJ Reform Stu unury. Mr
jiiuritmrr ms urrepted ,nu th,s iuu ui U,rpcfvr
far ,r NurLowesi' md mas Issued liz Cuultec's
re nnrfs. md U ncr yaitla0tu tuutcr In II ,IIdsom
n,,I ,.,,,yrnlrnt t,rr,1InrH WITH lila ue,r tynns
NesvIu,ious #, favor III return hpy bret, past,
Educational Xshurla tt.1., thr state TeacIlcrs'
ASSOCIATIONS nf Now TURK, ren,ls, lyapia, uui3,
New Jersey, Illinois. u,u br ruuly o.i,rr smuier
Teachers, Assuriaiions.
ancria, ni,vsv In ~. rrs and In .,,,slnt'v at.
y sn ~ N Il n9a. q, yrw
Yorr, aud sir. Il. Longlcs, st. Louis; spelling
rstnrin departments t,ay been nrwIy ut,,ouuccI
the Edueu.;ona I,eekY VI ChtraGo; In oortaut
new m,pks by Mr, SWEET. presiuu1,k uf ,.,u Fila.
Logical society vi London. ltbl by Mr, i, il,
(;G,Jst one. hay ipeu pl,bIisi,t bY MACMILLAN i
Co., and man; articles inv .,ocarl in tic nlava.
zines.
;Tl1c f.+rts,ature nf yVIsro,sin bas aonofntrd
", d. Wiiltfuru. Srpcrintrtltlunt III PIh,c In
struc;lon: il, b, Dayj,. Of Danu County: Guurv.
ii, Paul, vi milwaukee,: George s.. Aloes. OF
W,uHc,aro coa1,ty: IND ,1onn b, ouIuoy, Of
G,ux I.,untv nIunf.inu Il - In,,,,3r,,
and t.clvrtnln whether any ot ttlo proposed re-
fnrIna IN English ogthulrafy HOW Under cunslu.
rr;.sluu By lcgisIutiY bod!cs or prarlist IN any
vi the public achuus, Or commended AlAl approved
~ associations 0f scholars und experienced
tearncr5 in tuls runtry, Ut Europe, can he prun-
erly and expc4ntusly auuted. Or otherwise
pr0Inpied ail,i encouraged, In the public
sruuls, or in lie publication of tho Official doc
umcntS III this Stale, ur otherwise"
In March, 1si0, concurrent resolutions mast
bo,h ilonscs vi ll,u Fcnn1slyanlu Legislature,
authorizing thu Governor to npl,otnt q roris-
un of slx competent persous to rrpo up,u IN
unsctl}eu urtlugrAfy for the lltIic documents
No uppusiion, a,l1 so,nu Eoua re.uuriss from
Senators Fisher a,Il Allen.
Mnrch g, Senator Il. 1t. ITaiues introduced
similar resolution i,ito the Seua1u Of Iuwu,
wl.lct. past wlth,t opposition, but too latp tur
the uilyr House.
Sc.!utur ". W. Fowler, Chairman of tic con-
nec.c Lcgislatiy Cnnl,nIss,u,,, when consists
fur, hrr 1T FrD.s, Whitney Md T'ru1nb!iI uI
Yaic, Hart III Trbly, ulul Vau I,eusrllUIcn Of
Wcsieyn., unlycrstty, Will, ,ba Eion, il, G,
Eurtllrup Secretary III EIyattnn, IN tretnrtl,g II
yuufe cIt the subject for publication in alsqa,,c
vi illc nuxt sphioil nl the Legislature. Ncxt
winter n.uny more Of the States a!loud ]c moved
| tu nciton. So s.oll Congress; ulni to That cud
11ieInurInls tlaY bun urerAreu, md ghoIlI bu