The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-16

DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGISTS IN
axNuAI SESSION -sPELlISG REYoRa.


n,srryourSHgp AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGISTS IN
ANNUAL RssIoS--sPELlISoR REFORM.
pHuApgLpnrA, July 14.-At the meeting
of the. American Pathological Association
professor March submitted the following
report from the Committee on spelling ne
form: ISL ....L
The committee has not taken any official
action this year. There has, however, Deen
much interest In the reform. Tne spe'lng'
Reform Association met 10 July, 1917, as
branch of tho National Educationai hsso'
citation. Resolutions In favor OF the reform
had already been passed by the stare iehcn'
ers' Associations OF PennsyIysnla, Massa'
chusctts, New York, New jersey. ONO,
Iowa, Missouri, and Virginia. as Wen rs "
the American Institute OF Instruction aho
other bodies OF teachers. Papers were pre-
senied at this meeting by Professor ho,ue'
man Jones. OF Liverpool; Hon.. w. I. har'
ris, OF st. Louis; Mr.. North, OF the urea
Herald. They were printed In pbonetic
spelling In the proceedings OF the American
Educational Association. The State Teach
era Association Of Missouri also voted to
print their proceedings In phonetic type.
In August and September last Scri5ner' s
Monfhfv published two striking articles In
favor OF the reform from Professor Louns-
berry, Of Yale.
ON the Cd OF September the Chicago 1ri-
bune appeared in amended spelling through
out. On the 18th the Home journal, oil
New York, began to be printed with the
following amendments:
First. Drop the ne at the end OF words
like dialogue, catalogue, where the pre-
cedipg vowel is short. Thus, spell dema-
Cog, pedsgog. epilog, synagog, etc. Change
tongue for tung. When the preceding
vowel Is long, as In pror6gue, vogue, dis
embogue, rogue, retain final letters, as at
present.
Second. Drop final in such words as de-
finite, infinite, favorite, where the preceding
vowel is short. Thus spell opposite, pre-
terri, hypocrit, requisit, DE. When the
preceding vowel is long, as Ia polite, fiaite,
invite, unite, &C., retain present form I'M
changed.
Third. Drop final te In such words as
quartette. coquette. cigarette. Thus spell
ciQaret, roset, epsulet, vedet, gazet, &c.
Fourth. Drop final me in words like pro-
gramme. Thus spell program, orifam,
gram, &c.
Fifth. Change phi for + in words like
phantom, telegraph. phase. Thus spell
aIiabet, paragraf, fiIosofy, fonetie, fotograf,
&c.
p. S.-No change In proper names.
fThe above rules were adopted by the
Home journal september II, 1871
They have been followed by the Utica
Herald, the Toledo Blade. the Burlington
Harkepe, the Cleveland Leader, and many
papers. The Etectrotlper. the Type Foun.
der, and the EtectrOtype Journal had
earlier mended their ways. The Indepen-
dent, New York the Princeton Reuie,c,
the New England journal of Education,
and many other journals admit amended
articles. Other papers silently change the
spelling Of a word or two, as the Spring
field Republican prints etiquet and pro-
gram. II is stated that over two hundred
Journals and periodicals in this country use
a greater or less number OF these corrected
spellngs.
The Home Jodrnql has issued broadside
Of letters in favor OF briefer spelling from
one hundred representative men. authors,
and scholars, including twenty-five presi-
dents OF leading colleges, and representa-
tiyes OF fifty colleges from Maine to Oregon.
The Chicago Tribune and the National
Journal of Education have published SINH
lar collections OF opiniOns.
The House Committee Of Education and
Labor at Washington reported bill to em-
power the President to appoint Il commits
sion to investigate and report upon the
spelling Of the public documents, with a
view 10 its simplication, and joint CON-
mission with the Government Of Great
Britain. In England, also, there has been
progress. A large number Of the most
eminent men have accepted offices in
the new Spelling Reform Associa.
ton; j. II. Gladstone, Max Muller,
Darwin, Tennyson, Balm, Taylor, Murray,
Lowe, and the like. The Pathological Asso-
citation Of England have also taken up the
reform in earnest, and have appointed a
committee to report list OF words needing
amendment in behalf OF history and ety.
mology. The list is 10 be presented by Mr..
Sweet, the great Anglo-Saxon scholar, on
the 9th Of July.
Among the new members enrolled during
the year are i. II. Wilson. Norwood, Va,
and Professor Thomas r. Price, University
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